LIVE: I’m not a lawyer, but what the Intel CEO is saying to Congress sounds like extortion to me.

I’m not a lawyer, but what the CEO of Intel is saying to Congress sure sounds like extortion to me. No, I do not believe we need to provide the microchip industry with a blank check of over $76 billion.

[@The_R-n-I_Guy]

Lobbying Congress should be illegal. And taking donations as a sitting Congress member should be illegal.

[@bidipbo]

True, but the corruption is so endemic and the money so ensconced that without a civil war, nothing is going to change.

[@spanky7277]

Even Pelosi to > she also broke the Cardinal rule . She Got inside Information on her very own Stock . So Is it O.k. for them to break the laws because they make the laws ??????

[@spanky7277]

Bernie needs to apply the Bern . He needs to allow all the truth come out . Manchin needs to go !

[@everthealtruist]

Congresspeople owning stock in companies should be illegal too.

[@xsu-is7vq]

@@everthealtruist Plus their relatives

[@anthonysharpe5104]

It is insane that any CEO gets paid $179 million a year in salary package. I bet that same company says they can’t afford to pay their lowest paid workers an extra dollar an hour.

[@epa2349]

Those lowest paid workers are dispensable, they can be replaced by anyone in market as they are low skilled workers. While CEO is the best of the best, if he leaves, dozens other companies will line up to recruit him. CEO is the one that runs the company & make it profitable. A great CEO will managed run a company to profit even with average workers, but vice versa doesn't happen. So such high demand job will have insane salary.

[@randibgood]

I think it's legalized wage theft. Those in upper management are so not worth what they get paid. They get outrageous salaries and bonuses, yet the company cannot give their employees any of that $179 million? Can't afford the people that actually do the work and extra day off? It's bullshit. No one person is worth that kind of money. It does not matter what kind of profits he is able to get for the company, if the company isn't taking care of ALL of it's employees. If they paid them well enough, they would have more dedication, more loyalty, be more agreeable, call in sick less often, etc. The list of benefits the company would get from taking care of it's employees is vast. I remember when a good 60-70% of the people of retirement age, had worked for the same company since they were a teenager or in their 20's. That's when companies took care of all of their employees, not just upper management.

[@calisto2735]

@@epa2349 "ceo is best of the best" 😂🤦‍♂️ the delusion!

[@reginafetty6374]

@@epa2349 yet they would never be able to do the job of the lowest paid worker, who makes them all of that money, because they don't have the skills to perform those duties, but feel they deserve so much more, to pay slave wages and take away the few convinces that the low paid workers get, that many can't afford ones house, while the CEO had 4 or 5.

[@coolbuddydude1]

@@reginafetty6374 They pay low because there are too many people who are willing to receive it. Do you hire the most expensive plumber or the cheapest ?

[@HighWarlordJC]

Strange how Bernie is consistently one of the only politicians in Congress who actually hears, relays, and fights for the concerns of their constituents.

[@jasonhutchins9239]

Im from his state and he doesnt do much for me

[@secesh7184]

What a joke…….

[@nicevideomancanada]

Especially on his own YT channel

[@Priestofgoddess]

@@jasonhutchins9239 Are you mixing the senator of a state with the governor of a state?

[@deborahburdette5779]

All I need is 25,000 that'll put me a well in because there's no city water and a toilet is there any government charity programs out there that I can call use

[@f1r3hydr4nt]

He's literally standing alone. He's alone in the shot. What a debacle this nation's politics are.

[@zappy7393]

You know your system is corrupt when most everything this man says seems like common sense from a tax paying stand point, yet is consistently voted down in favour of corporate handouts. Pigs at the trough is an understatement.

[@kudanavadmont1242]

With all the fucking simps who think they can be a Bezos, they will always toss their actual morality aside for money.

[@ethansmith5100]

Chip act is to help leveling playing field. When when china Taiwan Korea government each do 150billion in subsidies that is extra 450 billion$ in backing our chip industry has to compete against. How is our chip industry supposed to realistically compete against $450 billion in subsidies fairly. 76 billion is better than nothing but not enough. This chip act is not because of corporate greed , but to counter overseas subsidies. We don't live in a vaccum, we need to adapt to what our competition are doing.

[@avengeddisciple]

@@ethansmith5100 how about Intel make good chips at a better cost/performance ratio than rely on government hand-outs? I thought this was supposed to be a free market 🤔

[@ethansmith5100]

@@avengeddisciple agreed intel should do their part and make better chips, absolutely agree, but you can no longer call it a free market when it overseas government are skewing the market by 450 billion, at some point USA government has to step in and level the playing and return it to free market. You can only call it a handout if overseas government are not subsidizing. In this case they are heavily subsidizing, so the chip act is merely an attempt at reducing the imbalance.

[@kudanavadmont1242]

@@ethansmith5100 As is their right to do. The U.S. has already been told NO on getting more monkeys for research. The U.S. was told 20 years ago to start a monkey farm. We didn't listen. As is the murican way.

[@puravidadew7031]

Notice how when the important speeches are given by anybody there’s nobody else in the room except the person giving the speech. What a useless Congress, and Senate.

[@deankaren9237]

And they wonder why there approval rating is so low.

[@303TAG303]

its ironic because Bernie is the best speaker for his authenticity alone. he doesn't need anyone else in the room to ruin it

[@christophergraham9726]

Because the shame would be to much , and might make them have to look inside their souls.

[@reannapatton8044]

I ran into Mr. Sanders while visiting DC. I shook his hand and thanked him for what he does for the American people, and I nearly cried. Thank you. Please keep fighting for us.

[@MsWarriordiva]

It just dawned on me that Bernie is one of the most articulate senators in DC. What he says tells a complete picture, not a rant or whine or stupid questions meant to deflect from the truth.

[@VitriolicVermillion]

In the age of far-right populism, this is an issue. He doesn't use thought-terminating cliches, so he gets ignored. When some yeehaw freedumb type gets up there and hoots and hollers on some Reaganomics bit, people who don't want to think believe that the thinking has been done for them already. Not only are we in the age of far-right populism, but we are also in an age where consumption is pushed hard to keep the money flowing upward as a supposed stimulus for the economy. This focus on consumption turns political and economic discourse into nothing more than a commodity, "content," to be consumed. You can see it all over the Internet. It's why Trump was allowed to stay on Twitter for as long as he was. He drove up their "engagement" metrics, which made Twitter more money. So, these pre-packaged partisan positions -- where both parties are neoliberal at best -- that I mentioned being hooted and hollered are the "content" that a lot of people like to consume. Sanders is very disadvantaged in this market, because his positions are not bite-sized and easily digested by people who feel a lot of demand on their time and energy and want someone else to do their thinking for them. I don't know that I would want Sanders to adapt to this market in that total way that a lot of politicians do, reducing everything to sound bites and feel-good USA #1 junk, but maybe he could take on a briefing-style approach to arguments like this. KZbinr "Beau of the Fifth Column" talks a lot about this style of communication, and it was pretty relevant to him in his military career. I encourage looking him up. The structure, essentially, is: Tell them what you're going to tell them, then tell them (this is the part Sanders did in this argument), then tell them what you told them. Maybe that sounds like repetition at first, but rather than just three of the same briefing, what it actually is is a summation strategy that accounts for people tuning you out when you get into specifics, and making sure that they either remember, or cannot be reasonably believed to have not heard, the core parts of the argument.

[@wildfire9280]

@@VitriolicVermillion You could almost call it an antidote. If only everyone could easily come across it.

[@janaiburnett9766]

What amazes me about Bernie Sanders is how he can be in Congress with all those corrupt liars and thieves and manage to remain honest, hardworking, with so much integrity and a timeless message for the people. He’s a man above men!

[@eebb1030]

exactly my thoughts one man alone makes no difference

[@Sarah-said]

Bernie has made a huge difference, most of all he has made massive amounts of Americans wake up and realize who is screwing us over.

[@Tempus-N0X]

@@eebb1030 true…but one man alone can provide the spark for change…..all fires start small….but with enough fuel become life changing events…..

[@iSirLincoln]

@@Tempus-N0X Not anymore. If you have an original idea they will make bots to counter you and shut you up. We're living in a dystopia it seems.

[@Lucas-dw4ws]

My Grandpa was involved with microchip manufacturing in smaller company... they under Reagan and bush pushed the industry out for larger profit gains, and he lost his pension. The executives received there compensation package and everyone else left for dead, very un American and un patroitic. He was forced into retire because of health at 61 and made it 72 on social security. The company had contracts with NASA and DOD, but they allowed that just like Bernie said, now they want us to pay for them to come back because they are stuck. There should be many cluases in this bill to keep Americans like my grandfather, keep them from getting robbed and left with nothing for all his education and gifts, left poor. One of his final words spoken to me was, I was born poor and now I'm gonna die poor. 💔 take care of yourself and each other because the wealthy will mislead you if you let them. Kirk out.

[@DustinHawke]

Sounds pretty American to me. Real America, not the one we all pretend it is.

[@ellencooney5563]

Rewards, truly, are in heaven.

[@aimwilliamson6609]

Love to you and thank you for sharing 🙏🏻 I definitely feel ya❣️

[@MsWarriordiva]

Sorry for what your family experienced. It's incredibly sad & 💔 for Americans to go through this type of treatment.

[@tedcates4583]

Lucas thank you for your comment and what you describe is happening everywhere in the job market. I have never understood why any working person would consider voting for a party that is hell bent on suppressing workers lives.

[@rickdavis8996]

I love listening to Bernie talk he makes more sense than any other senator.

[@anthonyciriglo3677]

Bernie is truly a rare breed, a senator that actually cares for and works for the citizens of this country. 👍🏻👍🏻✌️

[@mahaffer71]

What bills or policies has Bernie created that fully passed that actually effects people? He just votes thats it. Bernie makes $174K from being a senator $390K in book royalties. So yearly salary is $564,000. How you think he owns 3 mansions each worth over millions of dollars. One time owned 4 To be in the 1% you have to be making $535,000 a year. Bernie is in the 1% Remember he used to be against millionaires now its billionaires

[@anthonyciriglo3677]

@@mahaffer71 Agreed, he does not have an impressive record of getting his sponsored bill passed, he is an authentic outsider, and needs to compromise. His value as a senator lies in adding-amendments to bills , and rallying citizens to get behind bills by calling or writing their reps to vote for certain legislation like raising the minimum wage . More reps in Congress need to speak out against corporate welfare,greed, and extortion lobbying.

[@mahaffer71]

@@anthonyciriglo3677 raising minimum wont do any good. The cost of everything else will go up to compensate for that. California is proof of that.

[@anthonyciriglo3677]

@@mahaffer71 the cost go up because of corporate greed. That intel ceo in the video made 179 million in base salary. You and I will not agree on much, so let’s just agree to disagree. Peace✌🏻

[@mahaffer71]

@@anthonyciriglo3677 LOL explain the connection of corporate greed to bernie's house price

[@lucky3026]

Bernie….you are still my number 1. None of your supporters have left you. Thank you for all you do and all you try to do. Thank you. Keep fighting. We truly appreciate it. Stand your ground.

[@tyroneknight4930]

Yes 👍

[@vorpalbunny4091]

Yes! We're all still here! RUN, BERNIE, RUN! ❤❤❤💔🤬

[@andreah6379]

@@tyroneknight4930 Tyrone, I don't get black voters in South Carolina, or young voters nationwide! I am a 66yo white lady & I knocked on doors for Bernie in Nevada. They loved him here! The young ppl would turnout in good numbers to his rallies but when it came time to vote, they hardly showed up!? 2020 we all hear was a record voter turnout. 66% of eligible voters came out to do their 1 basic civic duty: vote. But in 2020, only 25% of young eligible voters did that same thing. Here's 1 thing I find fascinating that nobody ever talks about: The primary voting for Democrats starts, it leaves Nevada, Bernie in both 2016 & 2020 gets an upward trajectory from voters, then in South Carolina everything changes. Black voters who so desperately need REAL change, in 2016, they followed corporate-owned, late John Lewis, voting for corporatist, Hillary. In 2020, these same black voters followed corporate-owned James Clyburne to corporatist Biden and propelled him to president. Both times, these same ppl turned their back on the progressive changer, Bernie. Why do they keep shooting themselves & really all of us in the foot repeatedly? MSNBC a corporate-owned news channel promotes James Clyburn as a very powerful congressman from South Carolina. He IS because of big corporate donors! He is very conservative. Conservative means 1 step forward, 2 steps back. I never hear anybody on the left talking about how Bernie always loses once his campaign hits South Carolina!

[@hyphen8d725]

@@andreah6379 I have a feeling it has less to do with people not wanting to vote, and more to do with being blocked from being able to vote.

[@Julia4672]

@@andreah6379 I really resented what Clyburne did. It was like he alone chose the democratic nominee. The Democratic party continuously tries to suppress its progressive base. That base is overwhelmingly young. They seem blind to this. I think this is why younger voters don’t turn out. I think they would turn out for Bernie. The problem is the older Democratic voters. The overton window has shifted so far right that they are more like what Republicans used to be.

[@eltome2328]

Why is this message so hard for Americans to grasp? It’s astounding! Bernie is a visionary. History will prove him right.

[@danbauer3669]

Because America adheres exclusively to the ideals of capitalism. Capitalism is a system where your money matters and your life doesn't. Doesn't matter what Bernie says, America will never move in his direction as long as capitalism is the national religion.

[@johndzwon1966]

"Why is this message so hard for Americans to grasp?" Because of poor education, and conniving "influencers" like Rupert Murdoch's Fox News and con artists like Trump who are willing to cheat and lie to get what they want.

[@dw3403]

wall street. They are working for their investments.

[@osamabinliftin8632]

Personally I’m pretty conservative, but I really do like hearing what Bernie as to say. His honesty, transparency and sense of duty really is admirable, no matter where you line up. Keep it up good sir!

[@lisacateyes53]

As a Social Security recipient I am grateful for Bernie Sanders, he is a one of a kind Senator. Always fighting against the Corporations that abuses the heart and soul of America, the working class, the middle class, small Mom and Pop businesses, the retirees and disabled on Social Security, the poor, the homeless and students. As a democratic socialist since high school, my political beliefs haven't changed in the last 50 years and thank God Bernie's hasn't either. Thank You Bernie, the preeminent statesman of my lifetime! ONE LOVE!!

[@DanielleA2023]

A multi billion company with executives making million$ in salaries... Demand additional more taxpayer funds?!!! 💯N.o.

[@coffinsnail6930]

And a man 200k pasd has multiple houses with more then a million and never had a job before government..he can't plan the money over his yearly.

[@lzrd8460]

DanielleA. - Real Patriotic Americans, aren’t they! These companies really are insatiable pigs at the trough.

[@kikapuneniya3827]

Mr Bernie Sanders should've been our leader, he's been for the people and human rights since the 70s, he's consistent and an honest man, we need to ban CEOs from having political influence

[@katiehettinger7857]

Tell that to so called conservatives on the Supreme Court, who said corporations were people.

[@Vynzent]

Biden is a useless wet mop. Bernie would have gotten things done.

[@Cygnus888]

@@katiehettinger7857 They also said that women were not people.

[@Bisquick]

​@@katiehettinger7857 Indeed, to encapsulate/synthesize your descriptive political point with kikapu's normative value point with some quotes, as succinctly put by Boss Tweed in his hubris: _"I don't care who does the electing, so long as I can do the nominating."_ And thus inevitably, as that craaaaaazy Marx guy that manipulative morons scare everyone into never reading via a cultivation of prideful ignorance as a virtue put it, _"the executive of the modern state is but a committee for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie."_ It's almost like the miasma of social tension & alienation felt pretty ubiquitously across the world (thanks to US empire and its corporate neoliberal "full spectrum domination" hegemony) is generated by the material organization of society at its foundation in terms of ownership and control. Though often ideologically hidden in plain sight, the "mode of production" of capitalism implicitly dictating the bounds of all possibility by confining its horizon strictly to perpetual profitability for the capitalist class, a material benefit necessarily achieved at the zero-sum expense of the working class (hence the situation we're in, only compounding over time). Hollowing out all social trust/meaning to be sold for profit and consolidating political power in the hands corporate/finance capital via purely monetary relationships. The god of gold which fuels its social inertia de facto becoming its sole organizing principle/value, fracturing human relationships at every scale, _"...[tearing] away from the family relationship its sentimental veil and [reducing] it to a mere money relationship."_ A thread of class struggle uncoincidentally visible throughout the entirety of human history, the modern age being carried forth in the fervent working class radicalism of the sans-culottes, with their idealism slowly falling out of favor with the bourgeoisie in the National Convention during the French revolution as their egalitarian project encroached on this newly cemented middle-class material power, despite riding this momentum to overthrow the Ancien régime in the first place. Ok jeez, sorry for the unintended screed here lol, am frustrated at the stale/impotent bread and circus "politics" that pervade the mainstream in the form of "culture war" distractions from material _class_ politics (and clearly have nothing better to do as I listen to saint bernard I guess lol), but just to emphasize the hopefully already obvious throughline here: the _actual_ choice for humanity, should we choose to you know _actually_ reconcile with reality and deviate our societal trajectory _away_ from the as of now inevitable "common ruin of the contending classes" (my god, climate change _alone_ ), is just as Rosa Luxemburg succinctly put it during the uprisings in 1918 Germany that lead to Weimar, before of course being executed by the freikorps paramilitary (later becoming the SS, shocker) at the behest of Ebert's _social democratic_ SPD (and we know the rest): *_socialism or [continued] barbarism._* _"The ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is something we make and could just as easily make differently."_ - the late great David Graeber _"The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it."_

[@marywest6844]

The Crooks of Democrat Party Cheated Bernie Sanders. He is the true real president resident.

[@catcatcatcatcatcatcatcatcatca]

It started with them demanding lower taxes. Then they demanded no taxes, and now they demand their own profit margins to be doubled through taxes. The taxes were never too high bevause they never asked if they had enough for themselves; the question always was can they have more, and no matter the conditions they will always ask the same question again.

[@hamslice839]

The precedent was set when the administration bailed out the farming, oil and auto industries. Now it's microchips, it will never end because anyone who is in office for more than a term becomes corrupted by special and corporate interests.

[@Raymund-Swales]

Intel income taxes for the twelve months ending March 31, 2022 were $2.838B, a 24.74% decline year-over-year. Intel annual income taxes for 2021 were $1.835B, a 56.09% decline from 2020. Profits last year were $46,000,000,000, but they paid less in tax and now want an even larger tax rebate? Can someone explain that?

[@aristizle8797]

They are performing their fiduciary duty to their shareholders. The majority shareholders want more money. Laws-as-written, they need to lobby hard to avoid paying money to anyone other than shareholders. Every dollar that a worker gets is a dollar denied to a shareholder. Every dollar paid in taxes is a dollar denied to a shareholder. Stock buybacks converted business money into shareholder money. ... They could always SELL more stock to raise money ... but that would dilute the power of existing shareholders. Can't do that. Line goes up.

[@Raymund-Swales]

I know man. It's ridiculous. Weaponised corporations.

[@MybestLucky]

And meanwhile they pay for million dollars commercials that accuse congress of blocking technology.

[@andreah6379]

Bingo.

[@thierry1026]

​@yup solo So your logic is if the US govt don't give 76 bils to intel, I will not have a computer...

[@cruisinsusan8084]

False equivalence is their only language

[@thierry1026]

@yup solo No, they didn't.

[@AdamBladeTaylor]

This man is a true patriot and American hero. His policies are the way forward. End corporate control of government.

[@awesomematthews1238]

He still seems much more coherent than Biden or Trump. Shame on the media for saying his age was a factor.

[@terrylancey5451]

I'm glad that you bring this information to the public Bernie. It just shows that politicians are not working for Americans. All the severely struggling going on in our country is needles and unfogivable..

[@fredyscanlan]

You need to become a democracy. A 2 part corporate system is not a democracy….

[@bobbafett1849]

@@fredyscanlan yes thanks to the corporate states of merica and billionare oligarchs who put in place those (scotus, congress) who allowed Citizens United to become reality. Dark, foreign, oligarch money from ANYWHERE on the planet has bought both parties, with the exception of a scant few. Sanders is one.

[@janeblogs324]

So Intel made 46 billion in profit last year, now they are asking for 20 billion of tax payers money or they will sell out to China. They are demanding their friends get 76 billion too. Extortion, yes

[@72marshflower15]

Those nice rocket launchers being sent to Ukraine are being sold on the black market out of the back of SUVs.. To think the Democrat Party had the nerve to ask me for donations, lol.. 👎🇺🇸👎

[@STho205]

@@fredyscanlan if we were a democracy we wouldn't need Bernie Sanders...or anyone. We'd just sit in the forum every day and vote every whim. Too bad no productive work could get done. That's what the slaves did in Athens....the real work.

[@DouglasJohnson.]

Just as James Brown was the "hardest working man in show business" Bernie Sanders is the hardest working man in politics, and he's always on the side of what is right. Thank You Bernie, for always fighting for us. You have my undying support, trust and respect.

[@digitraxanr]

Absolutely!

[@DJKurdziolek]

Bernie got on the good foot… lol

[@bluejack644]

Bernie knows the scene, like a truth machine. Ow, get on up!!

[@patriciahawkins5037]

God Bless you Senator Sanders

[@whiteindianone]

for all the wrong reasons.

[@codacreator6162]

We’ve tried Trickle-down Economics for more than 40 years. Why can’t we try reversing it for a few? These guys are so sure we’ll put corporations out of business if they carry their own weight, but I don’t think so. I think they’d trim stuff at the top, actually become more viable and stable companies AND their employees would be able to feed and house their families.

[@codacreator6162]

If we keep going down this road, there won’t be a market for corporations to exploit. Period. Every company shirking their responsibility to employees by claiming they “pay competitive to the market.” When you ARE the market, that’s hardly a valid statement. Paying competitive to the market is corporate speak for “I’m making millions from their pain, leave it be.”

[@BicycleFunk]

"Patriotic people, no doubt." You just have to love Bernie.

[@BicycleFunk]

@ꜱᴇɴᴀᴛᴏʀ ʙᴇʀɴɪᴇ ꜱᴀɴᴅᴇʀꜱ lol ok

[@kenwhite6449]

@ꜱᴇɴᴀᴛᴏʀ ʙᴇʀɴɪᴇ ꜱᴀɴᴅᴇʀꜱ Lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ChaoticAngelKitten]

He’s amazing!

[@TheD4VR0S]

BERNIE does not give advice on crypto its a scam account

[@humboldthammer]

@ꜱᴇɴᴀᴛᴏʀ ʙᴇʀɴɪᴇ ꜱᴀɴᴅᴇʀꜱ Do fish shit? Borrow + Bomb = the False Profit we the SHEEPLE still follow since 2001, when Double-Ewe Bush LIED us into two failed wars and the great financial crisis of 2008. "I fooled ewes twice. Shame on ewes. Baa'd?"

[@stevenwilliams9413]

As a serviceman, thank you Sen. Sanders for speaking truth to power, and for calling out the hypocrisy. Thank you for keeping me focused on legal activism. Thank you for giving me purpose in educating my peers on what we need to support.

[@mahaffer71]

What bills or policies has Bernie created, that fully passed, and that actually effects people? He just votes thats it. Bernie makes $174K from being a senator $390K in book royalties. So yearly salary is $564,000. How you think he owns 3 mansions each worth over millions of dollars. One time owned 4 but got backlashed and sold one To be in the 1% you have to be making $535,000 a year. Bernie is in the 1% Remember he used to be against millionaires now its billionaires

[@uncannyvalley2350]

@@mahaffer71 who are you comparing him to? Because if you're going to to a claim of excess, it's a relative term and needs context. Let's compare him to say, Manchin, or Pelosi, or Schumer, or Trump, Epstein, or the Klintons. You're using begging the question fallacy to make a strawman argument

[@mahaffer71]

@@uncannyvalley2350 Someone who pays their taxes, therefor their salary and get every right to criticize them. While almost all those names you put are people who also need to be gone and out of office. At least all those names have gotten bills/policies passed, whether i liked them or not. They did do what they promised. Not that hard to understand and not a strawman argument. Bernie might as well look in the mirror when talking about the rich

[@rachelnyn5543]

Thank you for your service. ✌🏼

[@War-Wizard]

Navy vet here in Hawaii, Mr. Sanders, you are a legend. Hero. I support you and am here if you ever need. Aloha!

[@lindakay1700]

No more Corporate Welfare! Please keep fighting for the Average Citizen 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@bigcatproductions2789]

Empty Chairs ! Where are our elected employees ??? 🇺🇸 Bernie Sanders has excellent Hearing 👂🇺🇸 A true Humanitarian !

[@cleanremarks]

"Pay me to stop exploiting third-world countries." -Literally every billionaire

[@Iivaitte]

"If you are lucky, I will choose to exploit here at home."

[@uncannyvalley2350]

I prefer to complain over actual solutions, every American ever

[@tomconverse7862]

When Michael Moore challenged CEO Phil Knight of Nike to bring 500 jobs to Flint Michigan, his response was, "Build me a factory and I will." UNBELIEVABLE! The man is inhuman. That's what greed does to a person.

[@Ghost-Mama]

I’m so tired of the government forcing us to live in poverty while they spend our tax dollars in other countries and for corporations to get richer and other stupid stuff. We can’t afford to live in this country anymore, and it’s sickening.

[@markgigiel2722]

Do you ever notice that when someone like Bernie does a speech like this in Congress. There's nobody there.

[@AngelRodriguez-zt6nv]

Bernie speaks the truth, based on facts, reason and common sense 😉

[@jayneberkley9742]

Amen.

[@fsaari]

Hes a sellout. All his top grassroots activists quit his campaign in 2016. It's just taken forever for the word to spread. Look into jeff weavers and the meeting with billionaires he had set up for B.Sanders

[@babybirdhome]

And he’s done so consistently for his entire political career. Make no mistake - term limits are designed to keep people like him out of office. Corrupt people are a dime a dozen. People like Bernie Sanders are a national treasure.

[@fsaari]

@@babybirdhome Hes a sellout. All his top grassroots activists quit his campaign in 2016. It's just taken forever for the word to spread. Look into jeff weavers and the meeting with billionaires he had set up for B.Sanders

[@x7Samuraix]

Although I don’t agree with his views, we’re the government have all controls with no regards of the constitution, like in a communism/socialism. However, when he speaks about tax breaks and tax money relief to corporations, I agree. And this is ironic, when you have to agree with a socialist communist, it shows how corrupt our political system is.

[@lindabrooks1863]

What a shame!!l like to know why do they need any help from the government.?😡 You are the definition for what a man should be and I believe God has you in mind.

[@alanheyes694]

Bernie used to be a carpenter. Guess who else used to be a carpenter? 😉

[@benwu7980]

They point to the recent shortages and supply issues, that affect production in Asia ( Taiwan and South Korea mostly.) They want to bolster US production in order to alleviate the reliance on what has been a ever increasing uncertainly over Taiwan in particular, so there is a somewhat valid aspect of it increasing production security. They really don't want people to be looking at their profits though. In the case of Intel, the 'planned' new plant in Ohio alone, would be about a 20bn$ investment, for which for that alone would get about 6bn$ of these subsidies. Building fabs is a very expensive outlay, but it does create a lot of jobs in the short term and in the long term, around 3000 very well paid jobs, and many more thousands of jobs in the vicinity. For some contrast, Germany is offering 7.3bn$ in subsidies for a planned Intel fab there, that would cost 19bn$. They are a publicly traded company, and would have a legal responsibility to make decisions that best benefit their stakeholders or shareholders. Some better options must be available than just giving handouts :/

[@irishlady30]

We're investing in corporate America, with no repayment or any return from said profitable enterprises?? Why do we as taxpayers pay for our own demise??

[@timf7679]

@@benwu7980 United States corporate law does not, and never has, required directors of public corporations to maximize either share price or shareholder wealth

[@benwu7980]

@@timf7679 I did not state "maximize" , I said to "best benefit"

[@ultravediting]

This country makes me sick. I don't want my taxes bailing out corporations that are TRAITORS!!!

[@caroleekeith2823]

Investigate all politicians for organized criminal activity.

[@tigersforever4577]

My god, this is despicable that Congress would even consider voting and giving 76 billion to a bloated industry.

[@TexasRiverRat31254]

Why wouldn't they? They'll buy massive amounts of Intel stock at the bottom of the market, ride that up, plus receive campaign contributions if they do as they're told by their corporate masters. And claim they're doing it for the people!

[@promethius7820]

Would bet a million dollars I don't have that it will be passed by August.

[@dingusdingus2152]

"...a few billion dollars here, a few billion dollars there, and pretty soon you're talking about some real money..." ---- Everett Dirksen

[@dstripedape978]

@@promethius7820 Yep, Intel stock @ 40 sounds like a plan

[@misscelanious4788]

I would assume that the lobbyist are lining their pockets$$$

[@williambaxley3327]

I am so proud that we have somebody up there that has good sense keep up the good work Bernie we're behind you

[@chezmoi42]

@♜ ꜱᴇɴᴀᴛᴏʀ ʙᴇʀɴɪᴇ ꜱᴀɴᴅᴇʀꜱ Scam bot.

[@72marshflower15]

Too bad his support for Ukraine is costing the US billions.

[@carolemartin241]

He is at the helm of the mess america is in!’

[@JL_Cascadia]

@@carolemartin241 what a load of bs. It's the corporate oligarchs and the republicans and corporate dems who bend over for them and sell out the people of this country.

[@peaceloveharmony7213]

@@carolemartin241 How so? I’m calling BS on your statement. I think you need to back that up.

[@spanky7277]

Intel currently operates four factories, called “wafer fabs,” in the United States. In addition to its site in Arizona, which is being expanded, it also has fabs in Massachusetts, New Mexico and Oregon. It also makes chips in Ireland, Israel and has a single fab in China.

[@monicawestrn]

Senator, I listened and heard you. I’m a die hard Republican, I agreed with everything you said about Intel. Extortion

[@spartahill]

Mr. Sander's words here in this context are what I would consider "newsworthy." Yet this is the first time I'm hearing of this critical issue. To be clear, the scheme of government welfare for the insanely rich isn't new; it's just that it rarely makes the lineup of the news cycle clickbait. Big thank's to CNN for its coverage.

[@vorpalbunny4091]

So agreed! 👍💔🤬 So well said.

[@imminenthope3939]

the fits time ? really? are you from america?

[@uniquelylily1166]

I shared. Make it go viral

[@uniquelylily1166]

Hope, are you from America? Your sentence structure leaves little to be desired. I'm just saying. 😎

[@yinyangxperience5137]

I cant use my thumb enough, its tired! Thank you Bernie! Middle finger to Intel's CEO! I will order my laptop from an AMD laptop.

[@djrolla6146]

This man is a treasure for this country,it’s sad that he tries to help the ordinary American but his massage is always suppressed by the corporate media.

[@Youbetternowatchthis]

One could say he is a true American patriot

[@markbrophy5454]

KZbin refused to censor this video but if Bernie had advocated spurning Covid vaccines, KZbin would've taken down the video 5 minutes after Bernie published it.

[@peaceloveharmony7213]

He should have been elected president in 2016. A little birdie tried to tell us.

[@7karlheinz]

A great example was on last week's "This Week with Martha Radditz" every time Bernie mentioned Joe Manchin's coal and oil money she would interrupt him. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJWnlJV5r8d2b5I

[@angelmujahid2233]

Unfortunately it’s not just the corporate media a pretty good dose of societal stupid is contributing

[@NP33888]

It is amazing how long Bernie has been fighting for Americans and a segment of Americans let him down 2x. Shines a light on a segment of American mindset. Unite the vote for the rest of us.

[@presidentialhustler464]

Thank You Bernie for spitting Facts! Don't reward the people that caused the problem! No Corporate Stimulus!

[@jrfuentes8606]

When a poor person becomes rich,they are grateful for what they have, when a rich person grows up rich, their only motivation is power. Beware America.

[@rsr789]

Bullshit.

[@silvrtaln]

@@rsr789 such a compelling argument and backed up with citations too.... wow, I wish I was the accomplished master debater you are.

[@selalewow]

@Chris Wen So FDR was the exception that proves the rule.

[@mahaffer71]

68% of the world’s richest people are ‘self-made". Bernie makes $174K from being a senator $390K in book royalties. So yearly salary is $564,000. How you think he owns 3 mansions each worth over millions of dollars. One time owned 4 but got backlashed and sold one To be in the 1% you have to be making $535,000 a year. Bernie is in the 1% Remember he used to be against millionaires now its billionaires

[@selalewow]

@@mahaffer71 I noticed you put self made in quotes. Is that because most "self made" rich people got hand outs from rich relatives to get their start?

[@melaniel.s8990]

Thank you Bernie for standing with the 99% and helping the people.

[@tyroneknight4930]

Totally for the people yes 👍

[@conterary1]

But sadly, when it comes to elections 99% don't vote for him.

[@adrikhankant6170]

If only democracy wasn't so corrupt.. what a good President he would be

[@kdawson020279]

Keep on, Bern. I respect your no-BS attitude towards fighting for the 99%.

[@Chuchifritos]

One of the realest dudes...not many of them left.

[@villedocvalle]

Man when he speaks about the need to provide dental coverage to seniors and my heart breaks knowing so many seniors go without dentures in their late years. This country can and must do better for its citenzery

[@mikeseymour1792]

This man shines like a blazing sun. May his light burn thru the BS !

[@terwillagermcghee4148]

They're laughing at this, they have no idea what pride and honor mean, except when they can use it against someone to seal their deal. Greed on that level is a mental health crisis.

[@androidfarmer8863]

We are living in a country that has become a caricature of itself, with a heavy emphasis on doing the wrong thing, and flaunting it.

[@MybestLucky]

Sen Lee and the others who are so worried about the deficit as they line their pockets,with corporate interest donations.

[@kipincharge2833]

🤬 your like Bernie🙊🙈🙉 🛑 STOP THE SLAVE THINK⚒️ they are not "donations" or as Bernie repeats over and over "contributions" they are 🖕BRIBES🖕BRIBES🖕BRIBES🖕BRIBES🖕BRIBES🖕PLEASE 🛑 STOP THE SLAVE THINK⚒️

[@deonking2648]

He should definetly run in 2024. Much love from Kentucky

[@luckiestgirlintheworld684]

Yay!

[@imminenthope3939]

unfortunately, he serves corporate Democrats and runs only to sheepherd you into the evil Democratic-olicharchy party. bernie is a walking contradiction we need to end the republic of geriatrics.

[@n3v558]

I just thought that. He is sharp as a tack and they wouldn’t be able to do what they did to him last time again

[@joeye7518]

Another record setting oldest President? Yeah, no. Someone with progressive ideologies like Bernie should run. Not Bernie though. He has had his chances.

[@indfnt5590]

@@joeye7518 sure as fuck can’t have Biden or Harris. 💀

[@waitaminute2015]

This is what major news outlets should be talking about, but they never will.

[@eleanormartinez8274]

Nothing burns me up more than the fact that the seats behind Senator Sanders are always EMPTY when he speaks.

[@barbsmith1006]

I love you Bernie! What a great man you are standing up for Americans! I’m Canadian and wish Americans would open their eyes to see you are only working to given them a better life!

[@mandycollette5150]

Some of us are paying attention sister!!!! I've been feeling the bern ever since I actually started paying attention because he is our only hope!!! Few others that don't take corporate contributions,but key word there is few!!!! #ENDCITIZENSUNITED

[@alwayslernin4400]

@@mandycollette5150 here here

[@markberman8958]

Our DNC Primaries are rigged. Bernie won and they outright stole it from him. Twice. He should be President and would be if we really had free and fair legitimate elections.

[@mahaffer71]

@@mandycollette5150 What bills or policies has Bernie created, that fully passed, and that actually effects people? He just votes thats it. Bernie makes $174K from being a senator $390K in book royalties. So yearly salary is $564,000. How you think he owns 3 mansions each worth over millions of dollars. One time owned 4 but got backlashed and sold one To be in the 1% you have to be making $535,000 a year. Bernie is in the 1% Remember he used to be against millionaires now its billionaires

[@tracimcmurray5244]

If America had more people who genuinely cared about every citizen, like Bernie, we'd be stronger and better for it. What a life, dedicated to public service. What an example you are, Bernie Sanders.

[@onlythewise1]

ha ha ha wow how dumb can you get he lives in a ten million dollar house and you think he cares , maybe

[@sueprator9314]

Dont start with Bernie being a Saint-hood. HOWEVER, I do appreciate in 2022 this stance and we must all fight together. (I don't appreciate Bernie of 2016). This is ugly FLEECING OF THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER by the rich corporations that DO NOT PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE.

[@drakemia4079]

I agree

[@eviliswhereevilthinks9617]

You said it.

[@fasteddie4145]

we would be Venezuela or Greece if we listened to Bernie.....

[@KM-pm6qe]

5:20 the quote. Paraphrased: “give us (large, profitable chip manufacturers) $76,000,000,000, or we’ll move [even more of] our operations overseas.”

[@odettetenney409]

How Wonderful & extremely intelligent Senator Sanders is !!! I am very proud of him and that he is in Congress. TRUTH WILL SET U FREE...VOTE BLUE 💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@robertpolnicky7702]

Someone that has some brains running for president. Now if the majority of the public would get some and vote for him next time.

[@andreah6379]

Bingo. That is the next major problem! 1st, are fascists out of power. 2nd are educating those braindead leftwing voters. MeidasTouch is the new hot leftwing YT site. These 3 young guys are promoting young ppl to vote in this next very urgent election. Great. But then they show a video of Newsome scolding Gov DeathSentence just like he's a 5yo.. The comments were all cheerleading Newsome for this phony stunt, like "Yeah! That's who I want for president!". No policy from Newsome was stated. No guide given for what he wants US to be, nothing but this cosplay-like skit for braindead lefties to hoot & holler over. Trying to educate voters, especially youth to DEMAND MORE from democrats--I just keep shaking my head thinking no wonder USA is becoming a 3rd world country. The 1st step is easy compared to the 2nd.

[@vorpalbunny4091]

A-effing-MEN.

[@paulcolose9844]

They probably WOULD have voted for him in the 2016 Dem primary, but, you know....

[@EggersEggers-pd6te]

Exactly. Electability is such a stupid word. Just vote in favor of what policies the average american citizen wants.💎👍🤙

[@brockmiller574]

Ranked choice voting and open primaries would make it a lot easier to get someone like Bernie elected. Though, considering that the DNC has Super Delegates, well, that says a lot.

[@poladelarosa8399]

A sane politician who works for American well being. Thank you, Senator Sanders.

[@mahaffer71]

What bills or policies has Bernie created, that fully passed, and that actually effects people? He just votes thats it. Bernie makes $174K from being a senator $390K in book royalties. So yearly salary is $564,000. How you think he owns 3 mansions each worth over millions of dollars. One time owned 4 but got backlashed and sold one To be in the 1% you have to be making $535,000 a year. Bernie is in the 1% Remember he used to be against millionaires now its billionaires

[@TheAstraeuss]

If it wasn't for Bernie would we even hear this truth, maybe from the progressives in Congress but Bernie has the biggest platform.

[@J-K-L-IV]

I believe nearly all of our'representives' in the Congress allegiance is not to we the citizens but to their corporate masters. Their‏ commitment is not to God and country but to the almighty dollar. Our house is comming down around our ears and we continue to elect one grifter after another. We need 434 more honorable men like Senator Sanders. Let's start down the right path in 2022.

[@nates9105]

Yes! And if there is no other alternative or honorable representatives then be THAT representative; this is because the rest of us know the same if not more than they do.

[@stephenthestoryteller3139]

An honest politician is a rare sight to see. #FeelTheBern 🔥

[@tyroneknight4930]

Yes 👍

[@Notfunnysam]

💥YES! So sick of the establishment hypocrites.

[@humboldthammer]

WE THE PEOPLE (that's us) have proven that we are liars, cheats, thieves, and murderers who CANNOT be trusted to govern ourselves. The NEON GAUD will be unveiled at the Great Re-Set on 09/23/26, and will assure that men and women never lie, cheat, steal, or murder again -- so help us GAUD. Resistance is fatal. Disorder will not be tolerated. And so ends our 250-year experiment in SELF government. EPIC FAIL. THEN 10/12/26. "You have destroyed yourselves with your endless wars of Gods. Now bow down and worship YOUR BEAST." That's what Xi says.

[@grantjohnston7148]

I never heard of an honest RepugniCON, unless they ran as a RepugniCON and are actually dems.

[@Mettle_DAD]

I love this man. I don't care how old bernie is, his mind is still sharp. He should b our next President.

[@jkrigelman]

I don't normally comment on things like this but I'm feeling special today. This is largely from an engineering perspective both in Hardware and Software engineering. I can say from 12+ years experience in this industry, most of our engineering jobs are absolutely being moved to lower cost regions for short-term profitability. This has been going on for longer than I been working in industry. For the past 5+ years, anytime we complain about being understaffed for what we need we get three options: get interns (good luck converting them to full-time employees), open a req in a "low cost geo" or get a contractor "from a low cost geo". I had to move groups several times as my job was scavenged by dominant teams that needed work, outsourced, or they simply refused to backfill people here in Arizona. The idea that any project can be effectively managed with a team of people scattered half a world away and be successful is... optimistic at best. Unfair to someone on the team at worst. It's been done but usually someone must suffer to fill that gap. And temporary work in engineering is a joke. It takes a lot of effort to ramp people up. So unless you just have remedial, mindless work, then your investing in the person you bring in. Much of the engineering outsourcing today is highly unlikely to come back unless you make it painful for companies for each head outsourced. From a bean counter point of view, you can get 5 engineers over in Asia for the cost of 1 here. Problem solved right? A bean is a bean? I been job shopping in Europe recently, you can get 2 or maybe 3 engineers for the cost of one here. And realize, that won't work, Europe already has an engineering problem. Because they have already been outsourcing their engineering jobs for years and are lacking the talent locally. Their economy and circle of influence is just not large enough to grow to support proper pay for the work required. From what I hear a bulk of that work is picked up by the cheapest bid in east Asia but, people like to have someone to blame so who really knows. The business side will always look for "cost cutting" for profitability. Long-term factors do not play into this at all with investors nor finance alike. The semi-conductor industry in US lately has struggled with keeping up with TSMC. The people that knew what it meant to make a good product that works on new technologies have moved on. Retired or so fed up with broken systems of Agile, Waterfall, politics, and general over complication of what should be simple processes... whatever their reason... they just left. Retention of engineers is a problem, you only get burned so many times before you find a new career instead of dealing with your current one. A lot of these guys are very smart, passionate, and motivated. If you piss them off, they are not sticking around. I'm not one of those guys I just take the beating. I have been lucky only in that I have not been involved in the death marches. 50 to 70 hour work weeks for months on end? 1 to 2 hour "standup meetings" every day. No thanks! Any profitability we are seeing at this point I honestly believe has a lot to do with cost cutting and outsourcing work or by simply raising product cost. Meaning the cost is passed to consumers or we ask way too much of our engineers. I think that the industry is finally seeing this and are trying to patch the holes and "regrow" engineering talent locally. Especially in light of Russia, backed by China, that these "investments" may not have been the best choice. Intel invests a good amount of time and money into STEM programs. But you will not see those returns for years if at all. We are barely maintaining the number of engineers we have. While China and India double year over year. www.nsf.gov/statistics/2016/nsb20161/#/report/chapter-2/international-s-e-higher-education In my engineering college 15 or 16 year ago (I'm getting old), most of my classmates were on student visas. Many of my coworkers over the years are on work visas or have immigrated over. I love these people to death, but, that means we could not find the talent here in the US and it was more efficient to immigrate someone over than to find the talent here. The last-last Intel CEO Brian Krzanich policy to layoff and ban about 15k employees back in 2016 probably didn't help matters. There is probably some analogy of a snake eating its tail here or something. My understanding of the solution space in order of likelihood to fantasy: - Customers will pay more for our products year over year. (I have a 15 year old computer and I get a discount on Intel products and it is still too expensive to upgrade.) - Outsourcing of more technical jobs. (Which further undervalues our US engineers.) - Engineers would need to be prepared for pay cuts and more grueling schedules. Which will largely discourage people to go into engineering fields as it would not be financially smart for our children to pay a bunch of money for an education into a field that is going to pay to recouped those costs. Educators are already feeling this right now and we replaced them with underpaid and unqualified staff. (Who wants that stress) - The cost of living in the US would have to come down. (US Inflation, greed... fat chance) - Hope for a "Childhood's End" or "The Expanse" unified world government? (All governments suck so pick your poison) - Upper management needs to trim their own fat and leave engineering alone. (Lets be honest, management will never take that hit.) - The free market will sort itself out. (HAHAHA) I think that the likely situation is the first three. Continue to raise prices of products, outsource more labor, and tell our engineers to suck it up your taking a cut. If Senator Sanders is president for a day and waves his magic pen, suddenly education is cheaper/free, executives are capped at a million dollars, and we lower cost of living across the board. Yeah that may stop the bleeding. But that puts us at the same disadvantage European engineers (again, I presume from what I been getting while looking at work). We may also lose some people that primarily went into engineering for the big pay checks but you cannot fault people for their priorities. The situation sucks but that said. I don't want my taxes to go into bailing out big corporations. It's a management/finance issue that they have created over years and now they have to eat the shit cake they baked.

[@royblack7305]

When Birnie lost we all lost

[@vorpalbunny4091]

Succinct truth.

[@tyroneknight4930]

Totally on your side and Bernard Sanders for the people ❤️🙏👍❤️🙏👍❤️🙏👍

[@chezmoi42]

@Chris Wen That is a scam bot. They impersonate the original channel and try to scam or spread malware among gullible commenters. Never respond, always report. Keep safe and alert. Thx.

[@inasuma8180]

we should never give more money to these corporations ever again. not without strong accountability strings attached.

[@sharondavid-melly1498]

Bernie Sanders is one of the most diligent supporters of the American people ❤️. God bless you and thank you, Bernie. We are forever grateful.

[@katiehettinger7857]

You have to love Bernie, when he is spreading salt on corporate greed and standing up for the every day people of America.

[@mahaffer71]

What bills or policies has Bernie created, that fully passed, and that actually effects people? He just votes thats it. Bernie makes $174K from being a senator $390K in book royalties. So yearly salary is $564,000. How you think he owns 3 mansions each worth over millions of dollars. One time owned 4 but got backlashed and sold one To be in the 1% you have to be making $535,000 a year. Bernie is in the 1% Remember he used to be against millionaires now its billionaires

[@jeromydehaan4991]

Bernie like Biden has been in office for years and none of his ideals would or have help anyone

[@justinoxton6790]

@@mahaffer71 how much do you make a year?

[@scottsexton2590]

Corporate welfare needs to end now so we can pay down the national debt and regain our country's place as number 1 in everything other than military spending, we're +/-23rd in education, we're Not number 1 in general health or life expectancy ,happiness, infrastructure, food quality and many others. Time to kick out lobbyists and close loopholes

[@epa2349]

Then don't whine if these multinational companies that creates millions of private sector jobs go overseas, because they are completely within their rights to do so. Then you gonna ask what is Bernie's plan to create millions of pvt sector jobs? Well he got none. His only plan is to shame these companies into staying. He is stupid, lacks basic knowledge of any regular employer.

[@tedcates4583]

Again class this is how to drain a swamp . Thank you Senator Sanders

[@lyrebird712]

I am MASSIVELY in favor of chip fabs going up in the USA and was very excited to hear that Intel planned to be putting one here. This is not how we should allow them to do it. In response, I'd like to see the USA start a fund for startups and smaller businesses working with RISC-V and means test it to reject the largest corporations like Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, etc.

[@StopWhining491]

At least one person is hearing what the American people are saying. When will the rest of them start to listen?

[@paulcolose9844]

As soon as they pull the cotton out of their ears and their hands out of lobbyist's deep pockets.

[@Notfunnysam]

Sadly, never. They make so much money for themselves and get caught up in the rush of fundraising and we lose them. They shouldn't be allowed to trade stocks.

[@Nel1y]

I'm just glad that more and more people in this country are finally paying any attention to the bullshit that's been going on for so damn long.

[@vorpalbunny4091]

Are they, though?

[@reidwhitton6248]

Nah, millions are watching Fox News. They want the orange criminal back in office in hopes of having cheap gasoline again.

[@jb1139]

This infuriates me to no end. How dare this smuck of an intel CEO try to extort our tax dollars from us.

[@lillianvazquez6672]

I am so grateful 🙏 for you Bernie but we are all in this struggle and need to support you and others in our own states. Thank you.

[@cassandraleigh6729]

❤️ Thank you for fighting for us, Bernie. Without you, America would be so much worse than it already is. It is an honor to be alive at the same time as you and see you in action. Thank you for your unwaivering support for the lower class and underprivileged.

[@susanbruce8974]

Well said.

[@danrey5336]

It's not that we're underprivileged we just know when it's time to let go of the tid

[@mahaffer71]

@@susanbruce8974 What bills or policies has Bernie created that fully passed that actually effects people? He just votes thats it. Bernie makes $174K from being a senator $390K in book royalties. So yearly salary is $564,000. How you think he owns 3 mansions each worth over millions of dollars. One time owned 4 but got backlashed and sold one To be in the 1% you have to be making $535,000 a year. Bernie is in the 1% Remember he used to be against millionaires now its billionaires

[@BluePatriotWinner]

Bernie for president in 2024.

[@kin-of-orakio]

Life in America is such a grift. Such staggering corruption by these companies and the shady Republicans who are bought off by them.

[@ericburger6482]

Yes, but there are also Democrats that are in with the corporations as well. We need more "Bernie-crats".

[@alexbaum2204]

There are Dems who are sadly just as corrupt. If we’re going to get the rats out, we can’t just get rid of half of them.

[@kin-of-orakio]

@@alexbaum2204 Some, yes. But not all are bought off and fully corrupt. Republicans have made that an art form, however, aside from a very tiny handful.

[@alexbaum2204]

@@kin-of-orakio a very tiny handful. Ethan, I’m sure you and I would both see eye to eye on a lot. Better to unify behind larger agreements than fight over smaller disagreements. Having said that, “a tiny handful” is sadly something I believe to be the operative phrase when it comes to all of Congress. And for longer than either of us would be at all comfortable with. The good news, is that at least that tiny handful consists of people on both sides of that aisle, as it were. I will admit that I believe there are more still trying their best among the Democrats than among the Republicans. But that doesn’t mean that the party isn’t also rotting from within. I’m pretty convinced most up there on The Hill would prefer to see us divided and distracted so they can get theirs while the getting is good. And that’s why I have tried to stay away from combative back and forth between Dems and Reps, conservatives and progressives. It just feeds into it. I’m dragging on, but I hope you get what I’m trying to say here. Either way, I firmly believe that of the good guys who remain, Bernie is at the top of the list. He’s the man that should have had the job. He represents the best facets of this country and its people, and I have a supreme level of respect for the man. I hope he inspires more in the Capitol who are willing to listen to follow his example and take the torch when he passes it. And I hope we can somehow give him his flowers while he’s still here. I’d vote for him in a heartbeat if he decided to try for it one more time.

[@kin-of-orakio]

@@alexbaum2204 Couldn't have said it better myself. And Bernie would absolutely have my vote. He understands our problems and stands for principles that many other politicians have abandoned (if they even had any to begin with).

[@joannelook2048]

This is the person who should be our president on his second term already!,

[@AntoineFinch]

WHY DO WE NEED to GIVE MONEY TO CORP'S THAT ARE MAKING PROFITS? they have money and we want to give them more money?

[@johnthompson6374]

What I hear, is a man speaking truth to power. ❤

[@aimwilliamson6609]

That is the first phrase that went through my mind too! Thank you for making me feel less alone today John Thompson 💌

[@danbauer3669]

Uh.... he is power. Arguably one of the hundred most powerful people in America, and he talks good but he doesn't DO anything. This walking disappointment has you and everyone else commenting here fooled, though.

[@Johnnymars-1]

Some folks don’t agree with Bernie’s politics. He has always been about helping those less fortunate, and in a society where greed and individualism is becoming ever so more popular, this man continues to follow his heart and beliefs. Thank you for a lifetime of fighting for the middle class and poor Bernie.

[@erich6860]

Bernie is an actual patriot. Corporations and rich people suck the life out of our country and take advantage of its working class. These working people generate all the wealth that has built everything in this nation, including the actual labor. If we keep letting the rich and corporate barons rob us, we will lose our country.

[@jimcarrington6744]

Thank you!

[@nates9105]

It isn't individualism that is threating and tearing us apart. It is quite the opposite - tribalism, fascism, and a Christian nationalist movement wanting to install a theocracy. White nationalism and the Replacement Theory is what drives the minority opinion and powerful to make things worse to stave off competition to money and power.

[@Dragonluna69]

Every time I hear Bernie speak it makes total sense and appreciate how he stands behind truth and the American people needs over corporate welfare.

[@jojoaction80]

You have my vote Mr. Sanders.

[@oldreprobate2748]

These companies decision years ago was to offshore their production. They also made the decision to not invest their profits in the company, but rather to put those profits in their pockets. When as a business owner or manager that the board keeps on despite poor decision making deserves to go belly up.

[@MF-ty2zn]

Consider being a candidate yourself. Bernie is getting old. New, young people are needed. Contact Bernie and let him know you are interested. Visit your local DNC and volunteer. They want good candidates too. They can help with funding. Remember AOC was a waitress. That's how we get things turned around. Run as a candidate in primaries. Be a precinct committee manager.

[@Notfunnysam]

I think this is one of the most important, least spoken of factor for a better future.

[@roberthall2064]

Bernie would walk circles around any other candidate......bar-none

[@Notfunnysam]

@@roberthall2064 he still needs protogee's. He won't live forever unfortunately.

[@Vophren]

Bernie: I'm a big fan, but I also work as a semiconductor engineer - and I work for the UC system, so not some profit company. The semiconductor companies will not build fabrication facilities stateside unless incentivised. The infrastructure is decimated. The US side semiconductor tech is pushing 20 years old and it's an entire generation behind. We can't hire enough engineers because we stopped *training* those engineers. So you might say, what about smaller foundries? What about competition to Intel? That's not how semiconductors work. Semiconductors require 1,000+ people to get one modern plant online. Semiconductors are the single most complicated thing humans make. We don't just need $76 billion for the industry (and we need that). We need repeated, constant investment, much like nasa for a solid 20 years. Do I think Intel should get to pocket this? Hell no. They can profit share their proceeds with the government. Don't give them a grant subsidy. Give them a low-interest loan. BUT - It is *critical* to build backup semiconductor fabrication facilities to the ones TSMC has in Taiwan. It's absolutely critical - because China could pick a fight and shut down most of the modern economy if they did. That would ruin everything we consider the modern world - it'd put us back at 1960 within 10 years as installed electronics fail to simple thermal diffusion. Would they do that? Yes. SMIC is catching up out of necessity since we banned them importing our chips. WE ARE ON A STRATEGIC TIMER. This needs to happen or the containment of China's ambition will fail, and they will not have an economic reason to avoid a war. This is not a problem that applies to other industries. There is no equivalent to TSMC in any other industry. You're not fighting this battle the right way. Exactly HOW are you planning to solve the semiconductor crisis? If not this way, then how? Because you have 10 years at most to solve it, and it will take us 7 years minimum to bring it online from the date of the check being disbursed. Intel has NO fabs in Asia. They have 1 fab in Asia planned. The first one. Ever. Intel is not the enemy here. They've struggled to compete with Taiwan and china for decades because labor costs here are too high compared to cheap labor in Asia.

[@Tony78454]

Thank you. Your comment paints a bigger picture. However it still seems shitty the lower income bracket is having the wage essentially cut through inflation while a billion dollar company gets a check Further if some money goes to free education simultaneously, specifically to this field. I think this would be easier to swallow. I'm currently looking for a new job as my wages are stagnating

[@donstevenson2660]

The promise in Ohio is always high paying jobs. In fact temp. agencies are used and pay and benefits are drastically lower, the tax abatements are still based on actual full-time rewards.

[@albardo08]

Bernie is one of the few honest politicians who care more about people than in receiving corporate support. We would would be doing so much better if there were more like him. God bless Bernie!

[@eclipsetoys6551]

Geez, how can we get this guy elected to be President, of course so many folks would not like it but he really could be the best president this nation has seen in decades if not ever . I am just one guy but I do have a vote

[@vorpalbunny4091]

@@eclipsetoys6551 He *would* be. Absolutely no doubt.

[@coffinsnail6930]

So honest he got a million new house to let Clinton run and drained challenge.

[@albardo08]

@@coffinsnail6930 Bullshit Right wing propaganda.

[@themarbleking]

@@coffinsnail6930 Would you give up the presidency of the United States for a million dollar house? Think about it. You’re an idiot.

[@MybestLucky]

That is exactly what I want to hear!

[@TheLiquidPeace]

Mahalo Bernie, 1 of the few to have the stones to call out these crooks!!!

[@BurloBrandoVonBando]

Why don’t we have more people like Bernie in there, really need to lift up our local leaders

[@mrHBarry]

Bernie has a BIG heart but America has lost it's heart a long time ago.

[@xxkildarxx]

Yeah after slavery for 200 years, segregation for another 100, desroying any source of generational wealth in our black population, 100 plus years of the suffrage movement before letting woman vote, locking up citizens in camps based on their race and stealing the property of many of those who were caged, our agriculture's dependent on disposable immigrant workers, cluster bombing countries, being the only nation to use an atomic bomb, occupying multiple countries we really now have lost our heart. Oh wait, can I get a quick reminder of what time period we had a heart?

[@mountainfisher4183]

The Republican Terrorist Party Has Lost Their Humanity, Long Ago.

[@ccsleepy8342]

America's heart is still beating it's just fighting for it's life

[@reidwhitton6248]

Bernie calls out the bullshit and rip off deals all the time but the business as usual continues.