>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY. LOOK HERE, IT'S THE AUTHOR OF
"IT'S OK TO BE ANGRY ABOUT CAPITALISM,"
SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE TRAGEDY IN
EAST PALESTINE OHIO. THERE WERE SOME REGULATIONS THAT
WERE PUT INTO PLACE UNDER THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.
THEY MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HAD ANY EFFECT IN THIS CASE BUT THEY
WERE DEFINITELY ROLLED BACK DURING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION,
AFTER HEAVY LOBBYING FROM NORFOLK SOUTHERN AND OTHER
RAILROADS, WHAT IS HAPPENING WHEN SOMETHING SO EGREGIOUS CAN
HAPPEN WHEN STEPS HAD BEEN TAKEN TO TRY TO END IT.
WHAT ROLL DOES THE GOVERNMENT HAVE HERE IN THE FACE OF THIS
KIND OF CORPORATE MONEY SPREADING AMONG CONGRESS?
WHAT CAN WE DO TO STOP THAT? >> Senator Sanders: THE
RAILROADS IN PARTICULAR? >> Senator Sanders: THEY ARE
US CONNECT KEY FOR PROBLEM. >> Senator Sanders: THIS IS
WHAT THE BOOK IS ABOUT. WE LIVE IN A SYSTEM --
>> Stephen: THE BOOK, BY THE WAY."IT'S OK TO BE ANGRY ABOUT
CAPITALISM." BERNIE SANDERS.
>> Senator Sanders: LOOK, IT SADDENS ME TO SAY IT BUT THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE UNDERSTAND IT. WE HAVE A CORRUPT POLITICAL
SYSTEM IN WHICH MONEY, BIG MONEY BUYS ELECTIONS.
BILLIONAIRES RIGHT NOW THROUGH SUPER PACs, CAN SPEND AS MUCH
MONEY AS THEY WANT, TENS OF MILLIONS.
HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO ELECT CANDIDATES WHO THEY
WANT TO REPRESENT THEIR INTERESTS.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE A CORRUPT POLITICAL SYSTEM, GOING BACK TO
THE DRUG COMPANIES, YOU KNOW HOW MANY PAID LOBBYISTS THEY HAVE IN
WASHINGTON, D.C.? THEY'VE GOT 1700.
CAN YOU IMAGINE? FORMER LEADERS OF THE REPBLICAN
PARTY, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, 1700 FOR 535 MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS. THAT'S WHY YOU PAY THE HIGHEST
PRICES IN THE WORLD FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
THE RAILROADS MADE RECORD-BREAKING PROFITS.
NOT ONLY DID WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF DERAILMENTS IN THIS COUNTRY
RIGHT NOW, BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, DESPITE THEIR
RECORD-BREAKING PROFITS, THEY COULD NOT AFFORD TO PROVIDE RAIL
WORKERS WITH ONE PAID SICK DAY. CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT?
THESE GUYS DO DANGEROUS WORK IN ALL KINDS OF WEATHER.
IN THE RAIL INDUSTRY COULDN'T GIVE THEM ONE DAY.
WE HAVE HAD SOME SUCCESS. ONE OF THE COMPANIES IS NOW
GIVING THEM FOUR DAYS. WE HOPE THE OTHER COMPANIES WILL
DO THE SAME. BUT ALL OF THIS SPEAKS TO THE
INCREDIBLE LEVEL OF CORPORATE GREED THAT YOU SEE ALL OVER THE
PLACE. INSURANCE COMPANIES MAKE HUGE
AMOUNTS OF MONEY. 85 MILLION PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD
HEALTH CARE DESPITE THE FACT WE ARE SPENDING TWICE AS MUCH FOR
HEALTH CARE IS A MOST ANY OTHER COUNTRY.
SO THE ISSUE IS, IS CORPORATE GREED THE ISSUE?
OLIGARCHY. >> Stephen: IN THE BOOK YOU
SAY, YOU SAY WE NEED A NEW SENSE OF MORALITY.
>> Senator Sanders: YEAH. >> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
LOOK AMONG OUR CORPORATIONS, OUR GOVERNMENT?
>> Senator Sanders: AS A NATION.
FOR EXAMPLE, IS IT ACCEPTABLE THAT WE HAVE, IN THE RICHEST
COUNTRY ON EARTH, THE HIGHEST RATE OF CHILDHOOD POVERTY?
IS IT ACCEPTABLE THAT TODAY, YOU'VE GOT THREE PEOPLE WHO OWN
MORE WEALTH ON THE BOTTOM HALF OF AMERICAN SOCIETY AND WE HAVE
MORE INCOME AND WEALTH INEQUALITY TODAY THAN PROBABLY
EVER IN AMERICAN HISTORY. >> Stephen: LITERALLY THREE
PEOPLE. >> Senator Sanders: LITERALLY
THREE PEOPLE. SOMEBODY GOES IN AND SHOOT
SOMEBODY AND EVERYBODY SAYS IT'S A CRIMINAL.
PUT THEM IN JAIL. I GOT THAT.
I AGREE. WHAT ABOUT A CEO IN A DRUG
COMPANY WAS AS YOU KNOW WHAT, I THINK WE CAN GET AWAY WITH
RAISING THE COST OF INSULIN BY ANOTHER 20%.
BUT SOMEBODY MAY DIE. WELL.
IT'S A BUSINESS DECISION. WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
THAT. WHAT ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE?
DO YOU ALL KNOW THAT FOR THE LAST 50, 60 YEARS, THE FOSSIL
FUEL INDUSTRY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
THEY KNEW THAT CARBON EMISSIONS WERE DESTROYING THE PLANET.
THAT'S WHAT THEIR SCIENTIST TOLD THEM.
DO YOU THINK THEY CAME FORWARD AND SAID "OH, MY GOD.
WE ARE ENDANGERING THE PLANETS PART OF GOD TO SHIFT AWAY FROM
FOSSIL FUELS." NO.
THEY LIED. THEY LIED.
>> Stephen: COULD THAT LEAD TO A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT?
>> Senator Sanders: IT SHOULD. EXACTLY.
>> Stephen: I ENJOY GETTING ANGRY WITH YOU ABOUT CAPITALISM.
BUT IF PEOPLE WANT TO CONTINUE TO KNOW HOW TO BE ANGRY ABOUT
CAPITALISM, THEY HAVE TO GET THE BOOK, "IT'S OK TO BE ANGRY ABOUT
CAPITALISM." WE'VE GOT TO GO UNFORTUNATELY.
SENATOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Senator Sanders: THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: BERNIE SANDERS, EVERYBODY.
IT'S AVAILABLE NOW.