1-on-1: Bernie Sanders Talks corporate influence, affordable housing & addiction in Durham, NC
You uh yes yes please um so I wanna talk
to you about some of the issues of course that
you raised
I also wanna talk about the politics of it
Um you know you serve with Representative Fuxi in Congress
Is there anything specific that she's done or hasn't done
to not earn your endorsement No it's nothing to do
with her really
It's really everything to do with you know uh I
think in the Congress right now at this incredibly difficult
moment in American history uh we need people who have
The courage and the boldness uh to take on Trumpism
uh to take on oligarchy and to fight for the
working class and that is somebody I've known for a
number of years uh who I believe is is prepared
to do that
You mentioned a lot obviously about you know corporate influence
in all aspects of our society and affordable housing was
something that I heard you talk about a lot
I know President Trump has spoken about you know banning
big corporate investors from owning lots and lots of properties
Is that something that you find some common ground A
lot of it it's yeah it's something I think we
should consider but I think the real issue is
We have now not only 800,000 Americans who are homeless
we have something like 20 million households who are spending
50% of their limited incomes on housing
That's insane
So what we have got to do is build millions
of units of low income and affordable housing
This is the richest country in the history of the
world and working people should not be forced to spend
half of their limited incomes on housing
So housing construction is what we've got to do
One thing you talked a little bit about addiction and
addiction to wealth of course one thing that we've seen
here in North Carolina we just recently legalized sports betting
and the numbers have just skyrocketed
Is there anything that Congress needs to do or should
be doing on sports betting Look I mean what I
talked about addiction is addiction is a serious problem I
think I suspect in every state in our country surely
is in Vermont
But it's not just drugs and it's not just alcohol
You have a billionaire class who have never ever had
it so good
The richest people in America doing phenomenally well
You've got one man who owns more wealth than the
bottom 52% of households in this country
That's insane
OK
And yet they want more and more and more
And the reason I'm supporting candidates like Nina
Is that she will have the guts to stand up
to that billionaire class and say you know what enough
is enough
You can't own it all
Working people need a fair shake as well
So what is standing about it
OK thanks very much
Appreciate you