"The policies that I advocate are taking place all over the world," Sen. Bernie Sanders said in a debate with GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham.In an Oxford-style debate Monday with Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, Sen.
"If we don't stand up and say that we need a government that represents working people and the middle class, I worry very much about the future of this country." "That's what the establishment does, and Lindsey is a very good and effective representation of the establishment," Sanders said after Graham delivered his opening remarks of the."Does Lindsey have a concern that we are the only major country on Earth not to guarantee healthcare to all people? That some 60,000 people a year die because they don't get to a doctor on time? I didn't hear much about that in that opening statement.
"Does Lindsey care that we have the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs, and that the pharmaceutical industry right now has 1,500 paid lobbyists in Washington, D.C. to make sure that in some cases we pay 10 times more for the medicine that we need?" Sanders asked.
"I didn't hear Lindsey talk about the crisis of climate change," the Vermont senator continued."Do you have a concern that two people own more wealth than the bottom 42%? ... Bottom line is: we are moving toward oligarchy. And if we don't stand up and say that we need a government that represents working people and the middle class, I worry very much about the future of this country.
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