Bernie Sanders

And she talked about her satisfaction helping seniors fixing their hair, the women getting their nails and all that stuff. And the pride. She's a religious woman. Okay. And the pride she had and how she feels good. I want us to feel good about doing good stuff. Yes. Not just ripping off other people. I don't want to be.

Exactly.

Exactly.

Exactly.

This is the kind of discussion we need to have. And it gets back to this thing, you know, this blew me away, this Pew poll about whether you feel better off. And we got diverted a little bit. It's not just economics, whether you're better off inflation accounting for dollars today than you were 40 or 50 years ago. It's more than that. It's you feel part of your community. All right.

This is the kind of discussion we need to have. And it gets back to this thing, you know, this blew me away, this Pew poll about whether you feel better off. And we got diverted a little bit. It's not just economics, whether you're better off inflation accounting for dollars today than you were 40 or 50 years ago. It's more than that. It's you feel part of your community. All right.

This is the kind of discussion we need to have. And it gets back to this thing, you know, this blew me away, this Pew poll about whether you feel better off. And we got diverted a little bit. It's not just economics, whether you're better off inflation accounting for dollars today than you were 40 or 50 years ago. It's more than that. It's you feel part of your community. All right.

or you're feeling isolated and alone, and you're spending half your time on your goddamn cell phone. Yeah. Right? And, you know, how do we... I mean, the craziness is we have more potential wealth now with all of this exploding technology, so we don't have to be working 50 or 60 hours a week. We can be thinking about how do we... What does it mean? A, should we be dealing with the economic issue?

or you're feeling isolated and alone, and you're spending half your time on your goddamn cell phone. Yeah. Right? And, you know, how do we... I mean, the craziness is we have more potential wealth now with all of this exploding technology, so we don't have to be working 50 or 60 hours a week. We can be thinking about how do we... What does it mean? A, should we be dealing with the economic issue?

or you're feeling isolated and alone, and you're spending half your time on your goddamn cell phone. Yeah. Right? And, you know, how do we... I mean, the craziness is we have more potential wealth now with all of this exploding technology, so we don't have to be working 50 or 60 hours a week. We can be thinking about how do we... What does it mean? A, should we be dealing with the economic issue?

Should everybody have a decent standard of living in America? Can we do that? The answer is yeah, we can.

Should everybody have a decent standard of living in America? Can we do that? The answer is yeah, we can.

Should everybody have a decent standard of living in America? Can we do that? The answer is yeah, we can.

Yeah, I do. I happen to believe that we should not have billionaires. All right, so you want to get rich, fine, get rich. How much do you need? All right. Yeah. So I would have a very steep tax. $999 million. Something like that. All right. Maybe $900 million. But we want to change the culture around. You know, I talked to Bill Gates. I did an interview with him on Netflix.

Yeah, I do. I happen to believe that we should not have billionaires. All right, so you want to get rich, fine, get rich. How much do you need? All right. Yeah. So I would have a very steep tax. $999 million. Something like that. All right. Maybe $900 million. But we want to change the culture around. You know, I talked to Bill Gates. I did an interview with him on Netflix.

Yeah, I do. I happen to believe that we should not have billionaires. All right, so you want to get rich, fine, get rich. How much do you need? All right. Yeah. So I would have a very steep tax. $999 million. Something like that. All right. Maybe $900 million. But we want to change the culture around. You know, I talked to Bill Gates. I did an interview with him on Netflix.

And I said, Bill, you know, you're worth a zillion dollars. Were you motivated as a young man with the dream that you'd become? He said, no. He said, I love computer programming. That's what I loved. That was his passion. Then he ended up making huge amounts of money. So, you know, I don't begrudge people making a lot of money, but I think there is, should be a limit there. to how much you make.

And I said, Bill, you know, you're worth a zillion dollars. Were you motivated as a young man with the dream that you'd become? He said, no. He said, I love computer programming. That's what I loved. That was his passion. Then he ended up making huge amounts of money. So, you know, I don't begrudge people making a lot of money, but I think there is, should be a limit there. to how much you make.

And I said, Bill, you know, you're worth a zillion dollars. Were you motivated as a young man with the dream that you'd become? He said, no. He said, I love computer programming. That's what I loved. That was his passion. Then he ended up making huge amounts of money. So, you know, I don't begrudge people making a lot of money, but I think there is, should be a limit there. to how much you make.

And also, and then getting back to economics, is we are looking at a nation today, not only with massive income and wealth inequality, but incredible concentration of ownership. Want to hear a fact? Yeah. You got three Wall Street investment firms BlackRock, State Street, and Vanguard. Vanguard, yes. Who combined are the major stockholders in 95% of the corporations in America.