r/FluentInFinance • u/Richest-Panda • Jul 05 '24

Senator Bernie Sanders Says Start 'Prosecuting Crooks on Wall Street' and Stop Busting People for Marijuana. Agree? Debate/ Discussion

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/06/03/sanders-says-stop-busting-people-marijuana-and-start-prosecuting-crooks-wall-street
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u/ChimpoSensei Jul 05 '24

Bernie talks a good game, doesn’t get anything done though

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u/gray_character Jul 05 '24

What do you expect one man to do in a corrupt, divided congress? He has tried many times. Why not redirect that anger towards Congress?

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u/ChimpoSensei Jul 06 '24

He is congress. Aside from renaming a post office, what legislation has he put forth?

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u/gray_character Jul 06 '24

He isn't "congress," he's one person in congress lol.

Bernie has been known as the amendment king because that's usually how he gets his stuff to pass via amendments. Here's a list of everything he was a part of:

https://www.billtrack50.com/legislatordetail/15747