Bernie Sanders: “when we look at budgets, we look essentially at two things. First off, we look at what the budget actually does, because…”

“when we look at budgets, we look essentially at two things. First off, we look at what the budget actually does, because it is a set of priorities, and we look at what the budget does not do. Any sensible group of people, whether it is a family, whether it is local government, State government, whether it is a business--people sit around the table and say, OK, these are our needs, this is what we have to address or this is no longer relevant or this is wasteful and we have to get rid of it. That is what a budget process is about. When you examine the Republican budget, it almost seems they turn that equation upside down and they do everything we should not be doing and they don't do what we should be doing. The overall reality of America that most people understand is the middle class of this country for the last 40 years has been shrinking. Yes, we are in a lot better shape today than we were when President Bush left office, but real unemployment is 11 percent. We have the highest rate of childhood poverty in the industrialized world. Despite the modest gains to the Affordable Care Act, 35 million Americans still have no health insurance. Millions of families--whether it is in Nevada or Vermont-- are wondering how in God's name they are going to be able to send their kids to college when school is so expensive. What happens to those young people when they leave school deeply in debt?…”