Mr. President, everybody knows this country faces a major deficit crisis and we have a national debt of over trillion. What has not been widely discussed, however, is how we got into this situation in the first place. A huge deficit and huge national debt did not happen by accident. It did not happen overnight. It happened, in fact, as a result of a number of policy decisions made over the last decade and votes that were cast right here on the floor of the Senate and in the House.
to read Sen. Bernie Sanders' address to the Senate, June 27, 2011, click on
http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/12807
Please sign Bernie Sander's petition to President Obama,
http://sanders.senate.gov/
that the poor and middle class have suffered enough. It's time for "shared sacrifice."
More here, with a video of Bernie's hour and a half speech on this debt reduction deal:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
Today, in America, "the top 400 Americans own more than the bottom 140 million Americans."
Also tell President Obama not to cave to the rich directly at the White House website:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact
Over 60,000 so far have signed, at the time of this posting (doubled since yesterday!). Add your voice!
SIGN THE PETITION AMERICA! SEND THE WHITE HOUSE THIS MESSAGE: Bernie Sanders speaks for (me, our family, etc.) too!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inXC_lab-34