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"For too long, unfunded federal mandates have drained the budgets of states and communities. The strength and vitality of our communities must be restored."
Quote by -Bernie Sanders
"Vermonters often ask me whether I am pessimistic about the future of our country. My honest answer is that I am not."
Quote by -Bernie Sanders
"States used to protect consumers from predatory lenders, but strong state usury laws were obliterated by a 1978 U.S. Supreme Court decision."
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"In Finland, where 80 percent of workers belong to unions, all employees enjoy at least 30 days paid vacation, and the gap between the rich and poor is far more equitable than in the United States."
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"Representative Spencer Bachus is one of the only people I know from Alabama. I bet I'm the only socialist he knows."
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"If credit unions can grow and prosper with a 15 percent cap, so can banks."
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"In 2003, GlaxoSmithKline paid $88 million in civil fines for overcharging Medicaid for its anti-depressant Paxil."
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"In 2004, Warner-Lambert, a division of Pfizer Inc., pled guilty to two felonies and agreed to pay $430 million for fraudulently promoting the drug Neurontin."
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"In 1999, Hoffmann-LaRoche paid a $500 million criminal fine for leading a worldwide conspiracy to fix prices for certain vitamins."
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"For every $1 billion we invest in public transportation, we create 30,000 jobs, save thousands of dollars a year for each commuter, and dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions."
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"I see a future where American companies lead the world in the production of hybrid-plug in cars and electric vehicles."
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"Even the alternative weekly newspapers, traditionally a bastion of progressive thought and analysis, have been bought by a monopoly franchise and made a predictable shift to the right in their coverage of local news."
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"For much of America, the all-American values depicted in Norman Rockwell's classic illustrations are idealistic. For those of us from Vermont, they're realistic. That's what we do."
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"Ted Kennedy devoted his lifetime to protecting those most in need, and tens of millions of Americans have been the beneficiaries."
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"People don't trust private health insurance companies for all the right reasons."
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"As a result of the digital age and the decline of first-class mail, there is no question that the Postal Service must change and develop a new business model."
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"What the American people want to see in their president is somebody who not necessarily can win every fight, but they want to see him stand up and fight for what he believes, take his case to the American people."
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"You want to know the way to raise money? Put a transaction fee on Wall Street, so maybe we can curb some of the speculation and raise some money."
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"Of course the Republicans have long wanted to privatize Social Security and destroy it. But Social Security has been the most important and valuable social program in the history of the United States."
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"I thought the Bush economic policy was a disaster. We lost 500,000 private sector jobs during his tenure."
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"There is nobody that I know who believes that Bank of America is a human being who should be entitled for the same constitutional rights that the people of our country are."
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"I think the American people in many cases want to transform our energy system."
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"I am sure that there are some single payer advocates who think the only thing worth fighting for is single payer."
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"I'm not a Democrat, I'm an Independent, but I caucus with the Democrats."
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"I come from a rural state. People drive 50, 100 miles to and from work every single day. That is true all over America."
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"The bottom line is that when Senator Inhofe says, 'Global warming is a hoax,' he is just dead wrong, according to the vast majority of climate scientists."
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"CEOs of large corporations earn 400 times what their workers make. That is not what America is supposed to be about."
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"You've got the top 400 Americans owning more wealth than the bottom 150 million Americans. Most folks do not think that is right."
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"Who do you think controls the Republican Party? Big money controls the Republican Party. This is where their campaign contributions come from."
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"The Fed has got to become a more democratic institution that is responsive to the needs of the middle class, not just Wall Street CEOs."
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"If you look at the newspapers here - the Washington papers - most of the discussion deals with campaign gossip."
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"These are the same people who believe, in some cases, the federal government should not play any role in providing health care to our people or protecting the environment."
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"In my view, a corporation is not a person. A corporation does not have First Amendment rights to spend as much money as it wants, without disclosure, on a political campaign."
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"The Federal Reserve has a responsibility to ensure the safety and soundness of financial institutions and to contain systemic risks in financial markets."
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"The Federal Reserve needs to provide small businesses in America with the same low-interest loans it gave to foreign banks."
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"We need an energy revolution by breaking our dependence on fossil fuels, polluting fuels... I am very, very confident our small state will lead this. We will be noticed by the country and the world."
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