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I happen to believe that getting an education should not leave you in crippling debt for decades.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) April 21, 2021
It should be harder to buy a gun than to access unemployment benefits.
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) April 18, 2021
Let me get this straight: the police are highly trained and their judgment should never be questioned, but they can’t tell the difference between a Glock and a taser?
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) April 17, 2021
I stand with the @seiuhcpa hospital workers in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania who are demanding safe staffing levels and patient care conditions. Community Health Systems should sit down with its workers and negotiate a fair contract. https://t.co/cEPLGOFdep
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) April 17, 2021
More than half of older Americans say they’ve avoided going to the dentist because of the cost, while 1 in 5 Americans over the age of 65 have untreated cavities, and 2 in 3 have gum disease. This is not a reality I believe we should accept in the richest country on the planet.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) April 17, 2021
Cost to manufacture 1 vial of insulin: Around $ 6
Cost of 1 vial of insulin for consumers:
🇫🇷: $ 9
🇩🇪: $ 11
🇯🇵: $ 14
🇦🇺: $ 7
🇬🇧: $ 7
🇨🇦: $ 12
🇺🇸: $ 98The American people should not be forced to pay the highest prices on the planet for prescription drugs.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) April 16, 2021
Biden shouldn’t allow Trump’s insurrection talk to continue. He should order release of:
-The real reason Trump is not allowed to get intelligence briefings
-Helsinki meeting w/ Putin
-Unredacted Mueller report
-When Trump knew Khashoggi was in danger
-What was on the WH server— Tom Joseph (@TomJChicago) April 14, 2021
56% of Americans support cutting the Pentagon budget by 10% to pay for fighting the pandemic and funding education, health care, housing.
That includes 69% of Ds and 51% of Rs.
Congress should reject Biden’s Pentagon spending hike.
@DataProgress https://t.co/Tcp2O8ynSs
— John Nichols (@NicholsUprising) April 14, 2021
Industry should not side with insurrectionists
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) April 14, 2021
2020 Military Spending:
🇺🇸$ 740 billion
🇨🇳$ 193 billion
🇮🇳$ 64 billion
🇬🇧$ 62 billion
🇷🇺$ 61 billion
🇫🇷$ 55 billion
🇩🇪$ 51 billion
🇯🇵$ 50 billion
🇸🇦$ 49 billion
🇰🇷$ 40 billion
🇦🇺$ 31 billion
🇮🇹$ 29 billion
🇧🇷$ 22 billionWe should not spend more than the next 12 nations combined on defense.
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) April 12, 2021