At 10:25 eastern yesterday Senator Bernie Sanders (I, VM) Started speaking on the floor of the Senate against extending the bush tax cuts for the weatlhiest Americans. He didn’t stop speaking until 6:59 pm. He’s the first senator in the last 2 years to actually perform a fllibuster, the rest of the senators like to threaten the use of a filibuster, but never actually do it. This is a much shorter version of what he spoke about from Nov 30th:
He argues that the top 1% of americans are making 23% of the income in this country, which is more than the entire bottom 50% of income earners combined. This has been steadily rising since the 1970s when it was only 8%. This disproportionate division of wealth is crushing the middle class and the federal government is faced with huge deficits (mostly from the wars that coincided with the bush tax cuts – how do you fight a war and decrease taxes simultaneously?) So why would we ever as a people choose to give the top 1% (the millionaires who can pay taxes) a free pass on billions in potential revenue?
Sanders facts were checked here.
Call your senator, Call your congressman. Tell them that they answer to you, their constituent and not the millionaires and/or corporations who bankrolled their regular and/or smear campaigns. If they actually want to do something about the deficit, this is the place to start.
