Bernie Sanders
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What do you think is happening in the United States? So what you have right now is an economy with more concentration of ownership than we've ever had. That means whether it's agriculture, transportation, healthcare, whatever it may be, fewer and fewer massively large corporations control what's produced and the prices we pay. And then you look at our political system, and we don't talk about it.
What do you think is happening in the United States? So what you have right now is an economy with more concentration of ownership than we've ever had. That means whether it's agriculture, transportation, healthcare, whatever it may be, fewer and fewer massively large corporations control what's produced and the prices we pay. And then you look at our political system, and we don't talk about it.
What do you think is happening in the United States? So what you have right now is an economy with more concentration of ownership than we've ever had. That means whether it's agriculture, transportation, healthcare, whatever it may be, fewer and fewer massively large corporations control what's produced and the prices we pay. And then you look at our political system, and we don't talk about it.
What is the reality of the political system today? And that is that billionaires are spending huge amounts of money to buy this election. In Trump's campaign, you got three multi-billionaires spending over $200 million. Three people. Democrats have their billionaires not quite as concentrated.
What is the reality of the political system today? And that is that billionaires are spending huge amounts of money to buy this election. In Trump's campaign, you got three multi-billionaires spending over $200 million. Three people. Democrats have their billionaires not quite as concentrated.
What is the reality of the political system today? And that is that billionaires are spending huge amounts of money to buy this election. In Trump's campaign, you got three multi-billionaires spending over $200 million. Three people. Democrats have their billionaires not quite as concentrated.
But at the end of the day, billionaires play an enormous role in terms of electing politicians and in Washington in determining what legislation gets seen and not seen.
But at the end of the day, billionaires play an enormous role in terms of electing politicians and in Washington in determining what legislation gets seen and not seen.
But at the end of the day, billionaires play an enormous role in terms of electing politicians and in Washington in determining what legislation gets seen and not seen.
You got it. Let me give you one example. Lobbyists. We pay in the United States by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. This is an issue I've been working hard on with some success. Take a wild and crazy guess. How many lobbyists are there from the drug companies in Washington, D.C.? Over a thousand. Over a thousand, right?
You got it. Let me give you one example. Lobbyists. We pay in the United States by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. This is an issue I've been working hard on with some success. Take a wild and crazy guess. How many lobbyists are there from the drug companies in Washington, D.C.? Over a thousand. Over a thousand, right?
You got it. Let me give you one example. Lobbyists. We pay in the United States by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. This is an issue I've been working hard on with some success. Take a wild and crazy guess. How many lobbyists are there from the drug companies in Washington, D.C.? Over a thousand. Over a thousand, right?
There are 100 members of the Senate, 435 members of the House, 535 members of Congress. There are 1,800 lobbyists.
There are 100 members of the Senate, 435 members of the House, 535 members of Congress. There are 1,800 lobbyists.
There are 100 members of the Senate, 435 members of the House, 535 members of Congress. There are 1,800 lobbyists.
well-paid lobbyists representing the drug companies including former leaders of the republican and democratic party that is why one of the reasons why we pay the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs military industrial complex you've got a revolving door people go from the military into the general dynamics into lockheed martin and the other large companies and what we see there is an institution in the pentagon
well-paid lobbyists representing the drug companies including former leaders of the republican and democratic party that is why one of the reasons why we pay the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs military industrial complex you've got a revolving door people go from the military into the general dynamics into lockheed martin and the other large companies and what we see there is an institution in the pentagon
well-paid lobbyists representing the drug companies including former leaders of the republican and democratic party that is why one of the reasons why we pay the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs military industrial complex you've got a revolving door people go from the military into the general dynamics into lockheed martin and the other large companies and what we see there is an institution in the pentagon
We spend a trillion dollars a year on the Pentagon. It is the only federal agency that is not able to submit to an independent audit. So if you think there's not massive fraud and waste and cost overruns in the Pentagon, you would be sorely mistaken.
We spend a trillion dollars a year on the Pentagon. It is the only federal agency that is not able to submit to an independent audit. So if you think there's not massive fraud and waste and cost overruns in the Pentagon, you would be sorely mistaken.