Senator Bernie Sanders fights excessive oil speculation (MSNBC)
March 21, 2012
Watch Bernie talk with Ed Schultz on MSNBC about fighting excessive oil speculation.
“There is now more supply available in America today than there was 3 years ago when the price of gas was a $1.90 a gallon. There’s less demand now than there was at any time since 1997. We’re not looking at a supply & demand problem.”
Vermonters Vote to Undo Citizens United (MSNBC)
March 7, 2012
Watch Bernie on Jansing & Co. discussing the fight against Citizens United in Vermont
“The people of Vermont & the people of America are totally disgusted with what they’re seeing in terms of the huge amounts of money that billionaires & corporations are now throwing into the political process.”
Pumping fear (MSNBC)
February 29, 2012
Bernie joins Ed Schultz to talk about the real cause of high gas prices.
“The issue is the fact that over 80% of the oil futures market is controlled by speculators. Their function in life is not to purchase oil, not to use oil as an end user – they are not in the trucking business, they’re not in the airline business. Their sole purpose is to speculate and drive prices up and that is exactly what they are doing right now.”
Republicans less troubled by Republican voter fraud (MSNBC)
February 21, 2012
Watch Bernie on MSNBC talk with Rachel Maddow about fighting voter suppression efforts.
“It’s very clear that what these Republicans want to do is to drive as many people as possible – especially poor people, older people & minorities – out of the political process. And that is just reprehensible.”
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