Read the Bernie Buzz

The following paragraph is taken from Senator Bernie Sanders' website: http://www.sanders.senate.gov/
It contains some basic information about the way political power is being transferred from the American people to the world's extremely wealthy:

"At a time when the middle class is collapsing and poverty is increasing and the wealthiest people are doing phenomenally well, many Americans are wondering whether this country is moving toward an oligarchic form of government where a handful of very wealthy people control the economic and political life of the nation. At a time when the richest 400 Americans own more wealth than the bottom 150 million people, it was not surprising to learn from a recent study that between 2009 and 2010, 93 percent of all new income went to the top 1 percent of U.S. taxpayers. Additionally, it is extremely disturbing that because of the absurd Citizens United Supreme Court decision, many of these billionaires are now using their money to strengthen their political hold on the country. This is not what democracy looks like. This is what oligarchy and plutocracy look like."

On Senator Sanders' website, you can sign up for his e-newsletter, entitled "The Bernie Buzz."  Senator Sanders is one of the limited number of elected liberal politicians in this country who have not allowed their positions to be influenced by right-wing propaganda. I encourage you to sign up for his newsletter.

President Obama has led the way in letting America think that there is some validity to the positions of the modern Republican Party.  If a Democratic president is leading the way, can we really blame our television and newspaper news from acting as if the Republican party still represented the interests of American conservatives?