Bernie Sanders Goes Off on ‘President Elon Musk’ for Derailing Bipartisan Spending Bill: ‘Billionaires Must Not Be Allowed to Run Our Government’

https://www.ibtimes.com/bernie-sanders-goes-off-president-elon-musk-derailing-bipartisan-spending-bill-billionaires-3756210

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  2. The man who made his billions as the world‘s most successful, corporate welfare queen wants to shut down his primary source of success. Nothing but the best people.

  4. Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

  5. Bernie must not have been paying attention. The billionaires have been running the government for decades.

  6. So I don’t get it, are they just going to sell this to the public as all deregulation and crypto bros for four years? What is Elon so worried about being passed anyways? Is he worried more money might get to Ukraine before he’s had a chance to cut off all funding to Zelensky and appease Putin?

  8. Can one of the other democrats please stick to this plan of calling him President Musk and only referring to trump (lower case) as his senior advisor? 

    Ita genuinely hilarious as a nonpartisan voter. Very on the nose and will definitely cause some tension down the road if you commit to it.

  9. I agree with Bernie now let’s address the issue of all the multi-millions too 👀

  10. Trump hasn’t even been sworn into office, and we’re having fun already.

    Trump is going to make America Great Again!

    *This comment was brought to you by the letter “B”*
    *as in Billionaire and Citizens United v. FEC*

  11. MAGA will eat itself.
    Too many “Alphas”in a room.

  12. Unelected citizens shouldn’t be allowed to run our government

  13. So congress is going to listen to one man who no one voted for vs their constituents who email and call their offices…good to know

  14. The public doesn’t actually care about how their government is run. There is a general feeling that we want it run well, but really we only care about the parts that are important to us. The rest of it can buzz off.

    But Fox and social media has lassoed a certain segment and made them care a whole lot about things that don’t really matter to them. This has created an imbalance allowing the stupidest and most evil to propel themselves into positions of real power. It likely won’t change until things get bad enough that we all care about important things as passionately as MAGA does about unimportant things.

  15. Republicans are good at following the party line, as a party, say no to Elon. Let him pay to primary every Republican in congress.

  17. Too late. Look at all the impending appointments – by decree of the king.

  18. I agree with him but unfortunately this is where we are. This has been happening for awhile now where the wealthiest people in America have control over the government, it’s just more obvious and in our face now

  19. We need more Bernies. That means you should step up, reader.

  20. > ‘Billionaires Must Not Be Allowed to Run Our Government’

    Unfortunately, it’s too late for that. Best we can hope for:

    > ‘Billionaires **Should Not** Be Allowed to Run Our Government’

  22. We essentially have the richest man in the world blackmailing congress, how is that legal?

  24. So Trump isn’t even president yet, which means that Muskrat isn’t in change of anything. He’s a private citizen and should be charged with interfering and obstructing governmental operations.

  26. This is what oligarchy looks like. Billionaire no one elected says kill the bill and it’s dead.

  27. What I don’t understand about billionaires doing this is what do they have left to gain? They already have like 40 lifetimes worth of wealth! Go away to your life of luxury and leave us alone

  28. Absolutely Bernie. And while they vote to cut off OUR programs, our healthcare and everything else Elon can get his mitts on, don’t lose sight of this:
    Their priority is NOT to save money.
    In that budget, Congress was about to VOTE ITSELF A PAY RAISE. That’s right, VOTE ITSELF A PAY RAISE. How DARE they!
    This from Congressman Pat Ryan’s page:
    Members of Congress currently earn $174,000 annually — more than 90 percent of Americans. If enacted, this continuing resolution would allow for a 2025 adjustment of 3.8 percent, resulting in a Member salary increase of $6,600.
    [https://patryan.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-pat-ryan-pledges-vote-against-pay-raise-members-congress](https://patryan.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-pat-ryan-pledges-vote-against-pay-raise-members-congress)

    That’s basically the same amount (or a little more) than the Affordable Care Act subsidy for their own constituents for ONE FULL YEAR ( which also affects the person’s refund so they pay it back, really) OR at 1900 a month, social security payments for about (3) of their constituents.
    I think we should send them all the names of the REAL PEOPLE that they have TAKEN their money from so they can have it in front of them every time they see their raise.

    Write them and call them, people. THEY are the ones living on the government dole.!

  29. GO BERNIE, BEEN RIGHT FOR DECADES. Especially about the distribution of wealth in this country. Since Reagan, republicans have won over working class Americans with LIES AND MISINFORMATION. He started trickle down economics, “GOVERNMENT IS THE PROBLEM” and his TAX GIVEAWAY’S to the RICH AND HUGE CORPORATIONS. Hey you DUMMY TRUMPERS AND REPUBLICANS, unless you were rich, DID YOU FEEL POSITIVE AFFECTS SINCE THE 80’s to your income. WAGE WORKERS haven’t even kept up with inflation since the 80’s. Republicans want to go back to the 50’s styles, START WITH THE 70 percent tax bracket on CORPORATIONS AND RICH PEOPLE. They haven’t paid their fair share in decades thanks to republicans WHO ARE OWNED BY BILLIONAIRES AND NOW RUN BY AND FOR THE BILLIONAIRES

  30. We know progressives like Bernie have issue with this. What about the Republican or Democrat party? Anyone else have something to say? No?

    These parties are fucked and can get fucked.

    A labor party is needed or USA is fucked too. Bernie, AOC and other progressives need to get out of the dead end democrats.

  33. We should have elected Bernie in 2016… what a missed oppertunity.

  34. Once again, the GOP rolls out the “Two Santas” strategy just a month before the dictator-elect gets into office. They are starting early this time. Remember folks, Republicans are elected to spend money like drunken sailors and make their friends and family wealthy stealing from the public coffers. But Democrats are only elected to cut spending and impose austerity.

  35. There’s what 30+ that are about to starting next month

  36. The sad thing is billionaires have been running the government for a long time behind the scenes. It just hasn’t been so obvious.

  37. Bernie has been trying to warn us.
    We didn’t listen.
    Let’s find out wcgw.

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