"The National debt was primarily caused by the war in Iraq, huge tax breaks for the wealthy and big corporations, a prescription drug program written by the pharmaceutical industry, and the deregulation of Wall Street that precipitated the worst economic recession since the 1930s." ~ Sen. Bernie Sanders

Now is the time for us to end the financial oligarchy that has been so destructive to our economy. If a bank is too big to fail, it is too big to exist. ~ Sen. Bernie Sanders

"While we must continue to focus on the federal deficit, we must also be aware that there are other deficits in our society causing horrendous pain. There are deficits in jobs, deficits in infrastructure, deficits in income, deficits in equality, deficits in retirement security, deficits in education and deficits in trade."
~ Sen. Bernie Sanders