Well Said, Bernie Sanders!

[Lindagerr]

What needs to be cut is not the salaries of the rank and file but the salaries of the executives. Yes I have friends in executive positions and i hear them talk about how they have had to cut back, they have a different idea of what cutting back means. Maybe instead of spending $1000 on eating out this month they will cut back to $750. When I was telling a friend that while my husband was out of work we tried to make ends meet on $2200 a month ( That is little more then a 2 bedroom Apartment rents for around here) with 4 adults in the house and not one of us had a job they were shocked. Someone nearby a better off financially person, said $2200 a month I spend that in a day. We all have to cut back but across the board doesn't work. My brother has disabilities and can no longer hold a job. He has lost his home phone, his car and has to go to a food pantry for food. He gets his medical care from the VA (Service stinks is slow and difficult to get) I pay for his cell phone he gets minimal minutes on my plan and he keeps his heat at 62 degrees during the day so he can make the oil last longer. Where do you propose he find the 10% to cut back. Oh he also does not have TV or internet. Even where he can take Public transportation it is expensive. If I want to go get him (like for Thanksgiving) it is a 4 hr trip to go get him and bring him home. There is not any public transportation that comes here from there.

You can cut spending by congress, but if we cut out the waste and made government defend their spending like the rest of us do we might just have something that works.