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The Speech A Historic Filibuster On Corporate Greed And The Decline Of Our Middle Class

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In Bernie Sanders book, The Speech: A Historic Filibuster on Corporate Greed and the Decline of Our Middle Class, he states on the issue of how a tax break in favor of millionaires will only continue the decline of middle class families, poverty to increase and for there to only be a great gap between the wealthy and middle class. On December 10, 2010, Bernie Sanders brought to the attention to the House of Senate how President Obama’s and the Republicans agreement on a tax break for millionaires would not be the greatest of plans. He brings to light how unjust it would be that millionaires would receive tax breaks while the lower and middle class continue to get higher tax rates. Ultimately what Senator Bernie Sanders is trying to clarify is, that this tax agreement will only cause damage to future generations. In his point of view, if this were to occur, this will only cause American citizens to believe that the political system is declining the progress of the middle class but …show more content…

I think that Senator Sanders did a fine job in including and shifting also the focus on the solutions that will not only help the future of our country, but also the help the middle class. Although I understand that Senator Sanders has good purpose to bring to light the injustice that the middle class faces, we have to also face the reality that is that our political system has been made that the wealthy are the ones who have the most power and voice in our country. Not in a negative way, but in a sense that capitalism and wealth go hand in hand, therefore our country can no way evade this system that has been around for long. This book on Senator Sander’s speech, is relevant to our political system because it brings to light how a socialist mindset or behavior isn’t what helps or ultimately makes up our country, but proves that capitalism is how our system is

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