>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY.
WE'RE BACK WITH THE AUTHOR OF "IT'S OKAY TO BE ANGRY ABOUT
CAPITALISM," SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS.
ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES YOU
ANGRIEST ABOUT CAPITALISM? BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A
CAPITALISTIC SYSTEM. >> Senator Sanders: WHAT MAKES
ME ANGRY IS THE MASSIVE INEQUALITIES THAT EXIST.
LOOK, A FEW BLOCKS AWAY FROM HERE THERE ARE PEOPLE SLEEPING
OUT ON THE STREET, PEOPLE ARE DYING BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD
HEALTH CARE AND YOU'VE GOT THREE PEOPLE WHO ARE MORE WEALTHY THAN
HALF OF AMERICAN SOCIETY. NOBODY WILL EVER CONVINCE ME
THAT THAT IS MORALLY OR ECONOMICALLY ACCEPTABLE.
>> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU SAY TO PEOPLE WHO SAY CAPITALISM MAKES
THIS THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY? >> Senator Sanders: IT
DOESN'T. >> Stephen: TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF
THAT OPPORTUNITY. >> Senator Sanders: I'M NOT
SAYING THESE GUYS ARE BREAKING THE LAW.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT AS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN I THINK MASSIVE
INEQUALITY IS ABSOLUTELY IMMORAL AND IT'S BAD ECONOMICS BECAUSE
IT SPILLS OVER TO OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM WHERE THESE GUYS AND
THEIR SUPER PACs ARE SPENDING HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO ELECT PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT THE RICH
AND THE POWERFUL. IT SPILLS OVER TO OUR ECONOMY
WILL WEAR IN SECTOR AFTER SECTOR YOU HAVE A HANDFUL OF LARGE
CORPORATIONS CONTROLLING WHAT GOES ON AND ENGAGING IN A LOT OF
PRICE-FIXING. WE NEED A VIBRANT DEMOCRACY.
WE NEED AN ECONOMY THAT WORKS FOR ALL.
WE DON'T NEED A FEW PEOPLE ON TOP WITH SUCH INCREDIBLE WEALTH
AND POWER. [APPLAUSE]
>> Stephen: WELL STATED. I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING
FROM. SINCE WE DO LIVE IN A
CAPITALISTIC SOCIETY, LET'S LOOK AT THE GLASS IS HALF-FULL.
WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY START CAPITALISM?
I'LL START. IT'S THE MONEY.
[LAUGHTER] IS THERE ANYTHING GOOD THAT YOU
LIKE ABOUT CAPITALISM? >> Senator Sanders: YEAH,
WE'VE GOT A TREMENDOUS DIVERSITY OF ICE CREAM.
I LIKE THE ICE CREAM. A LOT OF GREAT RESTAURANTS.
LOOK, WHEN I TALK ABOUT CAPITALISM, I'M NOT TALKING
ABOUT MOM-AND-POP STORES, SMALL BUSINESSES.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE CONCENTRATION OF OWNERSHIP IN
THE HANDS OF A FEW. >> Stephen: I'M GOING TO TALK
ABOUT A HEARING THAT WAS EARLIER THIS YEAR, YOU WERE CHAIRING A
SENATE HEARING WHERE ONE OF THE REPUBLICAN SENATORS GOT UP.
MARKWAYNE MULLIN'S GOT UP AND HE WAS GOING TO FIGHT A GUY FROM
THE TEAMSTERS WHO IS TESTIFYING RIGHT THERE IN THE ROOM.
SEAN O'BRIEN. HE WAS GOING TO FIGHT.
A, WHY DID YOU STOP IT? >> Senator Sanders: [LAUGHS]
WOULD HAVE BEEN GOOD TV, I KNOW, YOU'RE RIGHT.
>> Stephen: SUPER BOWL RAT RATINGS.
TO WHAT TO AGREE HE HAS THE SENATE CHANGED SINCE YOU GOT
THERE? WAS LAMAR ALEXANDER THREATENING
TO A JACK SLAP SOMEBODY INTO NEXT TUESDAY?
>> Senator Sanders: NOT IN A MILLION YEARS.
LOOK, TRUMP HAS HELPED FOMENT RIGHT-WING EXTREMISM AND
DISRESPECT I THINK FOR A LOT OF THINGS.
AND YOU'RE SEEING MORE OF THAT, NOT ONLY IN THE CONGRESS, YOU'RE
SEEING IT IN STATE LEGISLATURES, PEOPLE SAYING OUTRAGEOUS THINGS,
DOING OUTRAGEOUS THINGS. PEOPLE SENDING OUT CHRISTMAS
CARDS POSTING WITH MASSIVE NUMBERS OF WEAPONS.
I THINK WE ARE MOVING IN A BAD DIRECTION AND I HOPE VERY MUCH
WE CAN TURN THAT AROUND BECAUSE STEPHEN, WHAT I DO WANT TO TELL
YOU AS SOMEONE WHO'S HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT
AND HIS BENT EVERY STATE IN THE COUNTRY AND THIS IS THE TRUTH,
THERE ARE DECENT PEOPLE ALL OVER THE PLACE, PEOPLE WHO LOVE THIS
COUNTRY AND WANT TO SEE US DO WELL WHO ARE SICK AND TIRED OF
THIS VERY BITTER PARTISANSHIP AND THE KIND OF HATRED WE ARE
SEEING TODAY. WE'VE GOT TO BRING THIS PEOPLE
TO STAND UP AND RECLAIM OUR COUNTRY.
[APPLAUSE] >> Stephen: SENATOR SANDERS,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HE HERE.
"IT'S OKAY TO BE ANGRY ABOUT CAPITALISM," IS NOW
AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK. SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS,
EVERYBODY. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH
A PERFORMANCE BY BLEACHERS.