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Hear the Bern

48 - Say It Ain't So, Joe (w/ Matt Bruenig)

Hear the Bern

Bernie 2020

News Commentary, News, , Politics

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

With the race down to Bernie versus Joe, Briahna digs into the specifics (or lack thereof) of Biden's health care plan with Matt Bruenig of the People's Policy Project.

The People's Policy Project: https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org/

The Bruenigs Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/thebruenigs

Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MattBruenig

Transcript

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0:00.0

You know, if Bernie Sanders never said he was a Democratic Socialist, based on what he's saying,

0:05.1

people wouldn't be calling him a Democratic Socialist. That's how he characterizes himself in sort of

0:10.3

European terms, the Democratic Socialist parties in Europe. But why is she having trouble?

0:16.2

Well, I think that Bernie is speaking to a yearning that is deep and real, and he has credibility

0:27.4

on it, and that is the absolute enormous concentration of wealth in a small group of people

0:34.6

with the middle class now being able to be shown, being left out.

0:39.8

There used to be a basic bargain.

0:42.4

If you contribute it to the profitability of an enterprise, you got to share in the profit.

0:48.0

That's been broken.

0:49.0

Productivity is up.

0:50.0

Wages are stagnant.

0:51.0

But Hillary's talking about that as well.

0:52.7

Well, it's, but it's relatively new for Hillary to talk about that.

0:58.0

Hillary's focus has been other things up to now, and that's been Bernie's, no one questions

1:04.0

Bernie's authenticity on those issues.

1:09.0

It's been one week since this race came down to Bernie v. Biden.

1:13.6

And we're already seeing how Donald Trump would run to the left of Biden on issues like criminal justice, trade, and protecting Social Security and Medicare.

1:22.6

Joe Biden has left himself wide open to attacks on all of these and more, given his 48-year career

1:29.8

as a deficit hawk, tough on crime, corporate Democrat. For instance, you may have noticed

1:36.7

that Trump has lately been selling himself as a criminal justice reformer. Trump of Jail the

1:42.5

Homeless Fame recently hosted Kim Kardashian-West in the Oval Office

1:46.6

as part of the media push celebrating his release of three female prisoners. He bragged in his

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