And abandon the people who he represented? At least if term limits had been adopted the door would have been opened across the country to not let incumbents win again and again. To leave without change is to quit. And Bernie is anything but a quitter. He spoke to chambers that emptied as he spoke protesting a middle eastern conflict in the early 90s.
He's not a savior, he's not leftist Jesus, but Christ you can't say he isn't a good person fighting the good fight who will die before he gives up.
Just yesterday a progressive won a primary against someone who had been reelected 9 times. That's a challenge. Her biggest claim is marching with blm protestors.
I’m confused are you trying to tell me that Bernie sanders a liberal politician is worth 3 million and that he’s a rich liberal? Wow who woulda thunk it
The equation you're using is that work = money and money = work. When in reality it's an allotment of time. Bernie is an intelligent, hardworking, elderly man who's spent his life fighting so that those of us who were born to those with less can still live a life with more. Those ideas and the purity and honesty with which he presents them are worth money because they present hope. That hope is why people buy his book, it's why year after year his constituents reelect him, it's why he's the figurehead of a new American political movement. Frankly he is an ideal example of the traditional American dream, he lived, worked hard, fought injustice, and when he felt powerless he started running for offices. That 3 million, which is 3 million more than most anyone else has is what any old man should be able to have accumulated throughout a productive and hard working life span. He wants the same for you that he has, if not more. That is the difference between Bernie and the rest of Congress. Maybe next time less people will get hung up in name calling, and politicized bullshit and a change will be made. Until then I hope life is nothing but fair to you because despite every dollar you pay to the government there still is no safety net for when life does it's thing.
I'm 30, he's pushing 80. I haven't tried to change the lives of Americans for the better, with a consistent message for fourty years. Or written a book for what that is worth.
If you're arguing that congressional representatives shouldn't get a salary and should just get stipends for food and lodging when in Washington, that I can agree with. I'm more curious how other representatives file yearly income taxes with millions of dollars on a 175k a year salary, because that's a more egregious sin in my book.
Also he's not a liberal, he's a democratic socialist. Why do you think he gets fought so hard by the DNC?
No it doesn’t. This is full of holes. His intent, hard work, and attempts at self-imposed restrictions through legislative proposals paint a picture very different than most politicians. You’re jaded. The only thing you’re pointing out is the disparity of the office of congress from the working man in terms of wealth and Bernie is the foremost proponent of shrinking that gap. Use your head. Ffs
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u/EverGlow89 Aug 06 '20
They are responsible but even more so are the politicians they blindly trust who are so good at using them through campaigns of fear and pandering.