applause thank you, thank you all very much for coming out this afternoon and let me think those who have already spoken, sylvia pallid reno, ally new sin and chris dickson, thank you very much for what you have said. What i want to do is for a little bit different than what i usually do because i want to involve you in the discussion, i dont want to give you a long speech element to three hours. Think laughs i want to touch on, theres so many issues but i want to touch on some of these essential issues and get your thoughts on. I want to start off with the issue of money in politics. If you run for president of the United States it is an expensive proposition. My concern right now it is that especially since Citizens United and what we have seen is a major corruption of our political process and the concept of democracy meaning one person, one vote. What most of us believe, and we were arguing about an issue people raise their hand a majority winds and everyone has the same thought. B
Do, because i want to involve you in the discussion, i dont want to give you a long speech. I will limit it to three hours. [laughter] sen. Sanders i want to touch on there are so many issues out there but i want to touch on some of the very essential issues and get your thoughts on it. I want to start off with the and politics. If you run for president , governor, or senator, it is an expensive proposition. ,y concern right now is that especially since citizens united, what we have seen is a major corruption of our political process and the concept of democracy, meaning one person one vote. We are america here. If we were arguing about an issue, majority wins. Everybody has the same vote. But increasingly in american politics, that is not the case. You have a handful of billionaires who are literally spending hundreds of millions of dollars in all kinds of ways electing candidates who represent the wealthy and the powerful. And that concerns me very much because that undermines americ
Pellegrino, dr. Uni libby, ellie newson, and chris dixon, thank you very much for what you have said. [applause] is do a formatdo a little bit different than i usually do because i want to involve you in the discussion. I do not give you a long speech, i will listen i will limit it to three hours. [laughter] sen. Sanders i want to touch on, there are some out there. I want to touch on some of the essential issues and get your thoughts on it. I want to start with the issue of money and politics. If you run for president of the United States, for governor or senator for that matter, it is an expensive proposition. Thatncern right now, is especially since Citizens United , what we have seen is a major corruption of our political process. And the one person one vote. We are america here. If we were arguing about an issue, majority wins. Everybody has the same vote. But increasingly in american politics, that is not the case. You have a handful of billionaires who are literally spending hun
Questions on education, health care, and Climate Change. If you run for the president of the United States, it is an expensive proposition. Now is thatight especially since Citizens United , what we have seen is a major corruption of our political process and the concept of meaning oneeting person one vote. We are america here. If we were arguing about an issue, majority wins. Everybody has the same vote. But increasingly in american politics, that is not the case. You have a handful of billionaires who are literally spending hundreds of millions of dollars in all kinds of ways electing candidates who represent the wealthy and the powerful. And that concerns me very much because that undermines american democracy, which is why you end up in congress with Republican Leadership talking about tax breaks for billionaires and cuts to social security, medicare, and medicaid. Go out on the streets of indianola or anywhere else, it is not like that. That is what the money interests want. We ha
Please welcome to the stage teethree. [applause] thank you. Thank you so much. [applause] thank you. Thank you iowa. Thank you Iowa Democratic party. Thank you fellow democrats. [cheers and applause] the first time i came to the state was as a volunteer to knock on doors for president ial candidate a young man with a funny name. [cheers and applause] and we knew the stakes were high then. The stakes are colossal now. If countries cannot afford more for more years that cannot recognize it. We know what is at stake and we know he will do everything he can to hold onto power. But if you nominate me his playbook will not work this time around. [cheers and applause] i dont get a golf course with my name on it while pretending to care about the working class. I dont even golf. I drive a chevy that was built in ohio by the very same workers this president has led down. [applause] and i dont go to work in an office in washington dc. It is six hours that way on iad. Here in the midwest. And we