Bernie Sanders Quotes About Inequality

Quotes about: Inequality

• A nation will not survive morally or economically when so few have so much and so many have so little.

  Bernie Sanders

  Economic Inequality, Littles, Inequality

  "Commentary: Yes, This Campaign Can Get Even More Spectacular". www.chicagotribune.com. January 22, 2016.

• I think the issue of income and wealth inequality is in fact a moral issue.

  Bernie Sanders

  Thinking, Issues, Income

  "Bernie Sanders Goes Biblical on Income Inequality". Interview with Josh Harkinson, www.motherjones.com. April 2, 2015.
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  They talk about class warfare -- the fact of the matter is there has been class warfare for the last thirty years. It's a handful of billionaires taking on the entire middle-class and working-class of this country. And the result is you now have in America the most unequal distribution of wealth and income of any major country on Earth and the worst inequality in America since 1928. How could anybody defend the top 400 richest people in this country owning more wealth than the bottom half of America, 150 million people?

  Bernie Sanders

  Country, Class, America

• Trickle down economics is a fraud. Giving tax breaks to the rich and large corporations does not create jobs. It simply makes the rich richer, enlarges the deficit and increases income and wealth inequality. We need economic policies which benefit working families, not the billionaire class.

  Bernie Sanders

  Jobs, Class, Giving

• Income and wealth inequality have reached obscene levels, the threat of climate change is more frightening than ever, and the billionaire class is now allowed to spend unlimited amounts of money to buy the candidate they want. And it is up to us to stand up and fight back. If we stand together, there is no limit to what we can accomplish.

  Bernie Sanders

  Fighting, Class, Together

• I think the media and the candidates have got to talk about why the middle class is in decline and why we have massive levels of income and wealth inequality.

  Bernie Sanders

  Thinking, Media, Class

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

• The truth is that political consciousness in this country is pretty low... To the degree that we can help educate and organize people around the most important issues facing their lives and show that there is support for fundamental changes in the way we do business in the United States of America in terms of income inequality, in terms of low wages, in terms of disastrous trade policies, in terms of being the only major country not to have a national healthcare program - that's success.

  Bernie Sanders

  Country, America, Issues

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

• Here's what income and wealth inequality is about. Last year, the top 25 hedge fund managers made more than 24 billion, enough to pay the salaries of 425,000 public school teachers. This level of inequality is neither moral or sustainable

  Bernie Sanders

  Teacher, School, Years

• Let us wage a moral and political war against the gross wealth and income inequality... ...let us understand that when we stand together, we will always win.

  Bernie Sanders

  War, Winning, Political

• The decision is I'm going to do everything I can to fight for the working class of this country, the low-income people against income and wealth inequality, do everything we can about climate change.

  Bernie Sanders

  Country, Fighting, Class

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

• There is far too little discussion in Washington about the collapse of the middle class , almost no discussion at all about the incredible income inequality and wealth inequality in this country, and the fact that we're moving toward an oligarch form of society.

  Bernie Sanders

  Country, Moving, Class

• This is what income inequality means in America, and why the gap between the very rich and everyone else is growing wider. According to a recent study, CEO pay is now 295 times more than the pay of a typical worker. In 1965, the differential was 20 times. We must create an economy that works for all, not just the top 1%.

  Bernie Sanders

  Mean, America, Typical

• Today, the top one-tenth of 1% owns nearly as much wealth as the bottom 90%. The economic game is rigged, and this level of inequality is unsustainable. We need an economy that works for all, not just the powerful.

  Bernie Sanders

  Powerful, Games, Needs

• Today, the United States is No. 1 in corporate profits, No. 1 in CEO salaries, No. 1 in childhood poverty and No. 1 in income and wealth inequality in the industrialized world.

  Bernie Sanders

  Childhood, United States, Salary

• If we can create a climate among people that says that any serious candidate for president, Senate, governor, [the] House is going to have to talk about income inequality, raising wages in America, trade policy - that's a huge success. It's not putting pressure on a candidate. It's mobilizing people.

  Bernie Sanders

  America, People, House

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

• We live in a country where a small number of people have incredible wealth and power. America has more income and wealth inequality than any other major country.

  Bernie Sanders

  Country, America, Small Numbers

  Source: www.ebony.com

• At a time of massive inequality, I think we can raise substantial sums of revenue to address the needs of working families, the elderly, and the children, by asking those people who are doing phenomenally well to start paying their fair share.

  Bernie Sanders

  Children, Thinking, Elderly

• Things are getting worse. You know, when you look at this campaign, and you realize the enormously serious issues this country faces, right, we got a collapsing middle class. We have more wealth and income inequality today than we've had since the 1920s. We have all of these enormous issues.

  Bernie Sanders

  Country, Today, Serious

  Source: www.truth-out.org

• In a world of massive wealth and income inequality, Europe must support Greece’s efforts to build an economy which creates more jobs and income, not more unemployment and suffering.

  Bernie Sanders

  Jobs, Europe, Support

  "Greek referendum: No campaign storms to victory with 61.31% of the vote - as it happened" by Graeme Wearden and Julia Kollewe, www.theguardian.com. July 5, 2015.

• It would, I think, be hard for anyone to make the case that the United States is a just society or anything close to a just society. In America today, there is massive injustice in terms of income and wealth inequality. Injustice is rampant.

  Bernie Sanders

  Thinking, America, United States

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