
Yes, we are all aghast, Bernie.
Via Independent:
Bernie Sanders argued Donald Trump’s policies have failed working Americans and blasted him for neglecting climate change in his rebuttal to the President’s State of the Union speech.
While Mr Sanders acknowledged the truth of Mr Trump’s boasts that the stock market has soared and unemployment has dipped to a low rate, he argued that the President’s policies favour the rich. Affluent Americans stand to make the majority of the gains from a tax cut that is Mr Trump’s main legislative accomplishment so far.
“At a time of massive wealth and income inequality the rich continue to get rich richer while millions of American workers are working two or three jobs just to keep their heads above water”, Mr Sanders said.
The Vermont Senator also lambasted Mr Trump for backing a healthcare bill that would have reduced the number of insured Americans and raised premiums for some older Americans. And he expressed incredulity that Mr Trump did not mention climate change, an issue whose seriousness the President has downplayed.
