Not playing to anger, which is really the dominant theme on both the left and the right right now. it seems to me the difference between the way donald trump ran his presidential cam dane and those who came before. george w. bush, it was compassionate conservativism, bill clinton was a centrist democrat. barack obama was the let s get rid of this whole red-blue divide. and donald trump came and ran right at those divisions. if you look in the final weeks of those presidential campaigns. there was a lot of divisive rhetoric, you re for the billionai billionaires, we re for the people, stuff like that. but it wasn t as consistent as it is right now. there was sort of an invisible line that was respected to not go so far as to question the motives of other americans. people would attack other politicians, other people in the
Vermont and all around this country, is people see this president as a total hypocrite, someone who campaigned before the american people, saying i m a different type of republican, i m not going to cut social security medicare and medicaid, then he appoints people to those important positions whose whole life s work has been cutting social security, medicare and medicaid. he says i m going to take on wall street, then he appoints the head of goldman-sachs, one of the largest financial institutions as his right hand guy and surrounds himself with billionai billionaires, so i think there s consternation in this country and you re seeing people stand up and filing back. you re seeing it in utah and elsewhere. hundreds and hundreds of people coming out. on february 25th, two weeks from tomorrow, there will be, whirals all across this country, where
New england. the billionaire class must be told loudly and clearly that they cannot have it all, that our government belongs to all of us, not just a handful of billionai billionaires. [ cheers and applause ] super packs funded by billionaires buy elections. we have to stop worshipping people who make billions and billions and billions of dollars. it is not acceptable that billionaire families are able to leave virtually all of their wealth to their families without paying a reasonable estate tax. by september with message in questions sanders outpolled hillary clinton 43-36. just a few weeks later one line in the first democratic debate
Way that money influences politics and power is so, so, so much larger than which candidate wins a primary. in this case, it s a reminder of journalist a.j. liveling s famous line that freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one. when we come back, a retrospective of the year in billionai billionaires. it s been a wild and wacky one. rush relief to your tough symptoms. to put you back in control. [doorbell] woman: coming! alka-seltzer plus sinus. thisit s like candy block ofcane lane. i know. oohhh. oh, holiday ferris wheel. i kind of love it. look at those reindeer. jeffrey, you re awfully quiet back there. i was just thinking. maybe it s time we finish this test drive and head back to the dealership? that is so jeffrey. soooo jeffrey. so jeffrey. oh. elves.. it s practically yours. but we still need your signature. the volkswagen sign then drive event. zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit,
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