-----Original Message----- From: Dennis Barbato Sr. <dbarbato1717@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: arkansas <arkansas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Anthony Kusich, patrickmurphyforcongress. <campaign@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Blumenthal, Stanley <sblumen123@xxxxxxx>; BLUE, ACT <press@xxxxxxxxxxx>; AARP <reply-fec21675726d027d-21_HTML-10583709-1066740-451@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Alexander, Sarah <salexander@xxxxxxxxxxx>; amyklobuchar, info <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Admin, underground <admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; araorganizing <araorganizing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; 98%, Other <info@xxxxxxxxxxx>; AARP <reply-febe16757263017a-21_HTML-10583709-1066740-574@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Action, CREDO <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Alex Lawson, Social <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Becky Bond, CREDO <act@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Barbara Easterling, Alliance <President@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; AMERICA, info <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; administrator <administrator@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; BERNIE, BEN <ben@xxxxxxxxxx>; backtalk- <backtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; aloha <aloha@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; bgtx <bgtx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; AMA <reply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; AARP <aarp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Amy, Matt <traininghelp@xxxxxxxxxx>; Action, Kucinich <messages@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; actionnetwork, Brian <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; 8071 <8071@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; ARACommunications <ARACommunications@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; admin <admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; AARP, Lisa <giving@xxxxxxxx>; America, Virgin <mail@xxxxxxxxxx>; blumenthal, info <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Anna <anna.galland@xxxxxxxxxx>; allisontant <allisontant@xxxxxxxxxxx>; begich, info <info@xxxxxxxxxx>; ashowerman <ashowerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wed, May 14, 2014 8:33 am Subject: Fwd: Bernie Buzz: Happy Graduation (You Owe $370K) From: "Senator Bernie Sanders" bernie_sanders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Bernie Buzz: Happy Graduation (You Owe $370K) If you are having trouble viewing this message or would like to share it on a social network, you can view the message online. TAKE THE POLL: Do you think it's gotten easier or harder to afford college? With college commencement season underway, Bernie was flanked at a news conference on Monday by students and graduates who are deep in debt. At a time when the amount of outstanding college loans has surpassed credit card debt, Bernie is fighting to lower interest rates on student loans like the $370,000 owed by a family doctor at a community health center in Burlington, Vt. He is proposing legislation to let high school juniors and seniors take college courses to cut costs. And, as a member of the Senate education committee, he is working on broad legislation to make U.S. tuition competitive with other countries. READ MORE INCOME INEQUALITY WORRIES FED CHIEF There is a “worrisome” trend toward growing income and wealth inequality in America, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen told Bernie at her first congressional hearing. Bernie asked her a very simple question. “Are we still a capitalist democracy or have we gone over into an oligarchic form of society in which incredible economic and political power now rests with the billionaire class?” WATCH YELLEN AND SANDERS GLOBAL WARMING GETTING WORSE A National Climate Assessment report found global warming is accelerating. Our refusal to deal with the crisis, Bernie said, “could have catastrophic consequences.” A member of the Senate energy and environment committees, Sanders has proposed a bill to put a fee on greenhouse gas emissions. His bill is cosponsored by Sen. Barbara Boxer, the Senate environment committee chairman. WATCH SANDERS ON MSNBC READ MORE ABOUT THE SANDERS-BOXER LEGISLATION TOPS ON TWITTER Time magazine has put Bernie on its annual list of the “most influential Twitter feeds.” Said Time, “He’s a loud conscience for liberal principles. He highlights poverty statistics, tweaks his colleagues for voting against veterans’ benefits and slams the industrialist Koch brothers for their political spending. At a time when political and economic populism has grown in fits and starts, Sanders is a voice consistently railing against inequality.” READ TIME’S REPORT ON SANDERS TWEETS JOIN BERNIE ON TWITTER MUST READS Robert Reich Trashes White House 'Numbskull' For Walmart Event The Huffington Post Wide Majorities Losing Faith In John Roberts' Supreme Court The Huffington Post Why Economics Failed The New York Times COMING EVENTS Listen to "Brunch with Bernie" Fridays at 3 p.m. ET SHARE THIS BERNIE BUZZ GET BERNIE BUZZ UPDATES Receive updates on breaking news. Tell Bernie what subjects interest you. CHANGE DELIVERY PREFERENCES If you wish to stop receiving email from Sen. Sanders, click here. If you wish to change your delivery preferences, click here. Unsubscribe | Update My Profile