Political Quotes

“I applaud the gentleman's remarks, and I especially congratulate him for focusing his thoughts on what is happening to ordinary working people rather than just the very wealthy and the very powerful. One of the aspects of modern life which concerns me very much is that when we turn on the television or we read the newspapers, as you well know we hear about the booming economy; do we not? We hear about how some Wall Street folks tell us that the economy has literally never been better in our lifetimes, and they wonder just how long it will continue to be so good. And then I go back to the State of Vermont, and I talk to working people from one end of the State to the other, and I say to them tell me about the booming economy. And what they say is, Bernie, I am working two jobs or three jobs, and my wife is out working long hours just to pay the bills. So we do not have too much time to consider the booming economy. We are just working hard to keep our heads above water. And the reality is, according to the official statistics, that in the midst of all of this great boom, what is going on for the average working person? Well, I do not hear this too much. Yes, we know recently, we read recently, that the CEO's of major corporations are now earning over 200 times what their workers are making, so we can see for the CEO's, the chief executive officers of major corporations, things are booming. That is true.…”