Bernie Sanders on Super Rich
on Saturday, October 5, 2013Bernie Sanders Money Quotation speaking in response to the US Supreme Court ruling
on Citizens United case allowing corporations ability to contribute to campaigns and act
as super rich “People” referencing Abraham Lincoln’s famous “Of the People, By the
People and For the People” in the Gettysburg Address. Bernie Sanders said:
We are rapidly moving toward a nation of the super-rich, by the super-rich and for the super-rich
— Bernie Sanders
In this quote, Bernie Sanders is sharply criticizing the growing concentration of wealth and power among a small segment of extremely wealthy individuals. He argues that policy decisions and political influence are increasingly being dominated by the interests of the “super-rich”, to the detriment of ordinary Americans.
Sanders suggests the U.S. is becoming an oligarchy where the very affluent effectively govern on behalf of their own narrow financial class rather than representing all citizens. The quote conveys Sanders’ view that America risks losing its democratic principles and middle-class foundations if economic and political power continues centralizing within a tiny fraction of the population.
Christopher Weyant, The Hill
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