Self-described Democratic Socialist Senator Bernie Sanders posted his New Year’s resolution on social media Tuesday; urging “thousands of workers” to “rise up” in 2022.
“Here is our new year’s resolution. Like the thousands of workers who stood up and fought courageously in 2021, we will do the same. No one individual is going to save us. We must rise up together,” posted the progressive politician on Twitter.
Here is our new year’s resolution. Like the thousands of workers who stood up and fought courageously in 2021, we will do the same. No one individual is going to save us. We must rise up together. https://t.co/IUSl0cagSr
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) January 4, 2022
“Maybe, just maybe, in the richest country in the history of the world people should be able to afford the drugs prescribed by their doctor,” he added. “Call me radical, but I happen to believe that no one should have to work more than 1 job to live with dignity.”
Call me radical, but I happen to believe that no one should have to work more than 1 job to live with dignity.
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) January 3, 2022
“21 states and 35 cities and counties raised their minimum wage today. The overwhelming majority of the American people understand that we must end starvation wages in America. Congress must act and raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $15 an hour,” he concluded.