carolina, in vermont and throughout america children are going hungry. it s not acceptable that billionaires become richer when kids in this country go hungry. that was bernie sanders warming up, rally ago crowd in south carolina moments ago. the democratic primary race doesn t have the same fireworks we re seeing on the republican side, not right now, but front-runner hillary clinton might be set with a collision course with her closest rival bernie sanders who is holding a town hall meeting in columbia, south carolina, as we speak. a report today in the names compares sanders surging campaign to that of barack obama eight years ago. by overtaking hillary clinton in new hampshire in some polls and drawing tens of thousands of people to his events on the west coast as well as thousands in iowa and nevada mr. sanders, 73 years old, has recaptured the enthusiasm that fueled the 2008 obama campaign with t-shirts
standards so that people make ging 25,000 or 30,000 a year working 50, 60 hours a week get time and a half. and and we need paid sick leave and guaranteed vacation time for every worker in this country. this campaign starting today is going to send a message to the billionaire class and that is you can t have it all. you can t get huge tax breaks while children in this country go hungry. you can t continue sending our jobs abroad while millions are looking for work. you can t hide your profits in
the reality is that 76% of the people who receive food stamps are either elderly, they re disabled or in families where there are low-income kids. and to cut those programs is to simply make people in this country go hungry. and i ve got to tell you, ed, these are the same folks who are cutting food stamps for kids and for veterans who want to give huge tax breaks to billionaires and large corporations. that is not what the american people want. senator, on one hand, they wrap themselves in the flag, saying they support the vets shall they don t want to make it a political issue. but then again, willing to go ahead and cut the lifeline. 200 bucks a month to a vet who is down on his or her luck, having a hard time getting back into the economy. i mean, what do you say to these republicans? well, what i say to them is they have got to listen to what the american people want. and what the american people want, ed, is not to cut make these drastic cuts in the food stamp program.