Gen Z

Gen Z will spend $18,000 more on rent before they turn 30 than millennials did, study says (March 29, 2024)

 

 

The boomer generation hit the economic jackpot. Young people will inherit their massive debts. (September 26, 2024)

 

 

 

Tweets by Bernie Sanders on Israeli Terrorism

Congress must not provide any more U.S. funding for Netanyahu’s illegal, immoral, and brutal war that is destroying the lives of innocent men, women, and children in Gaza. (January 5, 2024)

There is a horrific humanitarian disaster in Gaza. The U.S. should not provide another nickel to the Netanyahu government unless there is a fundamental change in military policy and their response to the humanitarian crisis. (January 19, 2024)

Netanyahu’s right-wing government is starving the Palestinian people. On top of its indiscriminate bombardment, Israel is imposing onerous restrictions to block the delivery of essential humanitarian aid. The U.S. must use all of its leverage to end this horrific war. (January 26, 2024)

The United States has got to say loudly and clearly to Netanyahu and his right-wing government: You are not getting another nickel of U.S. taxpayer money to murder women and children in Gaza. (March 1, 2024)

The United States of America cannot allow the wholesale slaughter of the Palestinian people. (March 3, 2024)

The American people are increasingly disgusted by the destruction of Gaza and the unbelievable misery that is befalling the Palestinian people. This must end. No more taxpayer dollars to fund Netanyahu’s war machine. (March 11, 2024)

Last week, 7 courageous aid workers with @WCKitchen were killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza while trying to feed starving people. (April 8, 2024)

Why would we give $10 billion to a government that is deliberately starving children? (April 18, 2024)

Right now tens of thousands of children in Gaza are facing starvation, malnutrition, and famine. And Congressional leadership thinks it’s okay to invite war criminal Netanyahu to address Congress? No. Unacceptable. (June 4, 2024)

The American people do not want to see starvation used as a tool of war, which is what the Netanyahu government is doing right now. (June 19, 2024)

 

 

No, Netanyahu should not be welcomed into the U.S. Congress. On the contrary, his policies in Gaza and the West Bank and his refusal to support a two-state solution should be roundly condemned. As I stated last month, I will not be attending his address. (July 23, 2024)

 

 

Netanyahu is a war criminal. We must do everything in our power to end the war in Gaza, and provide immediate humanitarian relief to the people who are suffering there. (July 24, 2024)

 

 

Since the war in Gaza began, at least 39,000 Palestinians have been killed and 89,000 injured. Netanyahu is a war criminal. He should not be addressing Congress. (July 24, 2024)

Netanyahu is not only a war criminal. He is a liar. (July 25, 2024)

 

 

 

Tweets by Bernie Sanders in 2019-2020

If there is going to be class warfare in this country, it's about time the working class won that war. (August 21, 2019)

Grocery store workers deserve hazard pay and the protective gear they need. (August 14, 2020)

During the worst economic crisis in modern history, it is shameful that Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans think they can take a vacation while Americans face eviction and hunger. (August 14, 2020)

The Postmaster General must resign immediately. (August 15, 2020)

We must end U.S. support for the unauthorized, unconstitutional, and disastrous Saudi-led war in Yemen. (November 10, 2020)

112 co-sponsors of Medicare for All were on the ballot. All of them won. (November 10, 2020)

Tweets by Bernie Sanders in 2021-2022

As the incoming Chairman of the Budget Committee, I will fight to use "budget reconciliation" to boldly address the needs of working families. (January 12, 2021)

Tell me, why is the GOP, the so-called "party of the working class," so comfortable in voting for tax breaks for the ultra-rich, but when it comes to legislation which addresses the long-neglected needs of the poor and working class of this country, they are nowhere to be found? (August 23, 2021)

A great nation is judged by how well it treats its weakest and most vulnerable. (September 27, 2021)

If Canada can guarantee paid leave to its people, why can't we? (October 13, 2021)

Today, the CEOs of this country are making 350x more than what the average worker makes. (January 7, 2022)

We need a windfall profits tax. (June 25, 2022)

Some say bold climate action is "expensive." Compared to what? (July 19, 2022)

Tweets by Bernie Sanders in 2023

It’s time for us to move to a 32-hour work week with no loss in pay. We can reduce the stress level in our country and allow Americans to enjoy a better quality of life. (May 8, 2023)

Republicans are so concerned about the national debt that their estate tax repeal bill would give... (May 19, 2023)

This hypocrisy is truly breathtaking. (May 24, 2023)

Republicans say raising taxes on billionaires and Pentagon cost overruns are off the table in the debt limit negotiations. WRONG. What should be off the table are children, working families, and elderly Americans. (May 26, 2023)

I will be voting no on the debt limit deal because you do not do deficit reduction on the backs of Americans who are already struggling. (May 31, 2023)

I stand in strong solidarity with Teamsters who have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike at UPS. (June 16, 2023)

On Sept. 11, 1973 Salvador Allende, Chile’s democratically elected president, was overthrown by a military coup backed by the U.S. which ushered in a fascist government and the loss of thousands of Chilean lives. Today, we honor the memory of Salvador Allende. (September 11, 2023)

The United States must do everything it can to put pressure on Netanyahu’s right-wing extremist government to end this disastrous military approach, which is causing such horrific damage to human life in Palestine. (December 10, 2023)

@AIPAC is a right-wing organization that supports extremist Republican election-denier candidates. Now, they want to spend $100 million to defeat Progressives. Whether AIPAC likes it or not, the U.S. must not give a blank check to Netanyahu’s horrific war policies. (December 10, 2023)

This week Cigna said it would be spending $11.3 billion not to lower premiums, deductibles, or improve health care for its policy holders, but to buy back its stock to make its executives and stockholders even richer. This is what a corrupt & broken health care system looks like. (December 15, 2023)

This year we saw more union organizing and successful strikes than we’ve seen in decades. Working people are making it clear they are sick and tired of being ripped off and exploited. They’re standing up against corporate greed and we must stand with them. Solidarity forever! (December 27, 2023)

Today just 3 Wall Street firms, BlackRock, Vanguard & State Street manage $20.7 trillion in assets. These 3 firms are major shareholders in 95% of S&P 500 companies. (December 30, 2023)

Tweets by Bernie Sanders in 2024

If Democrats hope to remain in power, they must adopt a progressive agenda that the American people will vote FOR – not just rail against someone to vote AGAINST. (January 17, 2024)

No amount of union busting can stop worker power. Congratulations to Starbucks workers all over the country for this major step forward and for making it clear to all workers: When we stand together, there is nothing we cannot accomplish. (February 29, 2024)

If you watch television in America, the word working class will never, ever be used. (March 1, 2024)

Thanks to an executive order signed by President Biden, the minimum wage for federal contractors has gone up to $15 an hour in 2022, $16.20 an hour in 2023 and $17.20 an hour today. Now is the time to increase the minimum wage for all workers to at least $17 an hour. (March 1, 2024)

Starting today, millionaires won't pay into Social Security for the rest of the year. Billionaires stopped paying the first day of 2024. This is absurd. If we make the wealthy pay their fair share, we can make Social Security solvent for 75 years and expand it by $2,400 a year. (March 2, 2024)

Today, I am announcing my intention to seek another term. (May 6, 2024)

No job is more important and more difficult than teaching our nation’s children. (May 9, 2024)

Corrupt real estate developers are gentrifying neighborhoods and forcing working families out of the homes and apartments, only to replace them with fancy condominiums and hotels that only the very rich can afford. We need affordable housing for all. (May 11, 2024)

Congrats to Jeremy Corbyn for winning his seat as an Independent in the UK elections with a strong grassroots campaign. Corbyn made the mistake of believing that the Labour Party should represent labor – and was expelled. His constituents disagreed. Now he’s back. (July 6, 2024)

Here’s a simple fact: If politicians stand with working families, working families will stand with you. As it turns out, lowering the retirement age & raising the minimum wage are very popular. Congratulations to the French Left for taking on right-wing extremism and winning. (July 8, 2024)

 

 

We must defeat Trump, end Citizens United & tax the rich. (July 12, 2024)

 

 

If we do not get our act together, we will see more drought, more flooding, and more extreme weather disturbances. We will see homes and businesses wiped out all over the world. Calling climate change "a hoax" endangers every future generation. (July 17, 2024)

 

 

There's no rational reason other than greed for Ozempic to cost nearly $1,000 in the United States while that same exact drug can be purchased for a fraction of the price in other countries. It's long due time for the pharmaceutical industry to stop ripping off Americans. (July 17, 2024)

Donald Trump, who has taken millions of dollars from the fossil fuel industry, has a solution to the climate crisis: “Drill, baby, drill.” Just on that basis alone, nobody in America should be voting for Donald Trump. (July 19, 2024) 

Ralph de la Torre, CEO of Steward Health Care, epitomizes the outrageous corporate greed of our for-profit health care system. (July 26, 2024)

 

 

Why do working class people live shorter lives than the very wealthy? (September 27, 2024)

 

 

If Donald Trump is elected, the struggle against climate change is over. The United States will withdraw from the movement toward sustainable energy. What kind of planet will we be leaving to our kids and future generations? That’s what’s on ballot this November. (October 25, 2024)

 

 

Elon Musk – the richest guy in the world – is allowed to pour zillions of dollars into Donald Trump's presidential campaign. Does that sound like democracy to you? We need to overturn Citizens United and move to the public funding of elections. (November 2, 2024)

 

 

If Donald Trump is elected: The struggle against climate change is over. Women will lose the right to control their own bodies. We'll have no shot at raising the minimum wage. Humanitarian aid will not reach starving people in Gaza. Do not sit this election out. (November 4, 2024)

 

 

It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them. (November 6, 2024)

 

 

Missouri, a conservative state, raised the minimum wage to $15/hr. Nebraska, a conservative state, passed paid sick leave. Arizona, a conservative state, enshrined abortion access in its constitution. People across the political spectrum support these popular policies. (November 14, 2024)

 

 

Why don't we discuss the fact that Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos & Larry Ellison own more wealth than the bottom HALF of Americans? Part of the answer is that the people who own the media are doing phenomenally well. They aren't interested in highlighting massive levels of inequality. (November 14, 2024)

 

 

The stress of being poor in this country wrecks your body and your mind. (November 15, 2024)

 

 

Both political parties in America are dominated by billionaires and corporate money. Real change in this country will come about when an organized working class leads the fight for justice. We need working class candidates to help us do that. (November 26, 2024)

 

 

How come we don't talk about class in America? Because when you talk about class, you risk working people coming together and taking back power from the top 1% of our society. (November 27, 2024)

 

 

We don't need more people on Wall Street engaged in high speed trading. We need construction workers. Doctors. Teachers. Childcare workers. (November 29, 2024)

 

 

Billionaires in the U.S. are .0005% of the population, yet accounted for 18% of 2024 electoral spending. Just 150 billionaire families spent nearly $2 billion. This is not democracy. It is oligarchy. Time to overturn Citizens United and move to public funding of elections. (November 29, 2024)

 

 

The top 1% of Americans have taken $50 trillion dollars from the bottom 90% in the last 50 years. And you wonder why people in this country are angry? (December 3, 2024)

 

 

Trump has suggested that Canada become the 51st state in our union. Does that mean that we can adopt the Canadian health care system and guarantee health care to all, lower the cost of prescription drugs, and spend 50% less per capita on health care? I'm all for it. (December 3, 2024)

 

 

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: The priorities of the national government are totally absurd. More and more money for war, less and less for human needs. It’s time to invest in health care, jobs and housing – not more weapons of destruction. (December 5, 2024)

 

 

A small number of billionaires own and control our economy. Increasingly, they own and control our government through a corrupt campaign finance system. This is not democracy. This is oligarchy. We must overturn Citizens United and move to public funding of elections. (December 7, 2024)

 

 

We need to change our national priorities. Instead of pouring endless billions into a wasteful and corrupt Military-Industrial Complex, we should be investing in health care, education and the needs of working families. I will be voting NO on the bloated military budget. (December 8, 2024)

 

 

Politicians cannot vote their conscience when they know that if they defy billionaire-funded Super PACs, millions will be spent against them at the polls. We must get Big Money out of our electoral process. (December 10, 2024)

 

 

Americans need to know that somebody is standing up and fighting for them. (December 12, 2024)

 

 

To Amazon, long-term pain and disability is just the cost of doing business. (December 14, 2024)

 

 

The US Congress this week came to an agreement to fund our government. Elon Musk, who became $200 BILLION richer since Trump was elected, objected. Are Republicans beholden to the American people? Or President Musk? This is oligarchy at work. (December 18, 2024)

 

 

Today we have: More income & wealth inequality than ever before. More concentration of ownership than ever before. More billionaire control of the political process than ever before. Our job: fight back & create an economy and government that works for all, not just the few. (December 23, 2024)

 

 

Ask the American people: is health care a human right? The vast majority will say yes. (December 26, 2024)

 

 

On the campaign trail, Donald Trump stood up and said he would cap credit card interest rates at 10%. I sincerely hope that Trump keeps his word. (December 31, 2024)