Spend, spend spend.
That's what the next two years are going to look like for a lot of Americans who voted for Democrats after believing their affordability argument. Sen. Bernie Sanders proves this, with his litany of agenda items that include Medicare for All, an inflationary minimum wage of $20, and more.
We're told progressive ideas are "fringe." Really?
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) October 1, 2026
59% want Medicare for All
57% want a $20 minimum wage
61% want a billionaire wealth tax
63% want to pause AI development
66% want the wealthy to pay more into Social Security
Maybe it's the establishment that's out of touch. pic.twitter.com/54b8tDv9IL
And 70 percent support voter ID, yet Democrats don't want that.
All that means more taxes, more inflation. If you like paying $10 for a gallon of milk or a dozen eggs, this is your jam.
Sanders also wants to expand Social Security benefits by at least $2,400 a year by taxing the "wealthy" even more.
As the next chair of the Social Security Subcommittee, a top priority will be to expand Social Security benefits by at least $2,400 a year & extend Social Security’s solvency for generations.
— Sen. Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) November 7, 2026
How? By scrapping the cap & demanding that the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes.
He also wants to expand Medicare by lowering the eligibility age and adding coverage for dental, vision, and hearing. Your taxes will cover that, of course. And imagine all the fraudsters just itching to start fake Medicare dental offices and vision clinics.
As an immediate first step to Medicare for All, the new Democratic Congress must lower the Medicare eligibility age to 55, cover all kids & expand Medicare for dental, vision & hearing.
— Sen. Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) November 8, 2026
All of this can be passed with 51 votes in the Senate through reconciliation. Let’s do it.
Democrats are taking all the wrong lessons from the midterms.
This election showed that the American people want BOLD change:
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) November 8, 2026
- Medicare for All
- A wealth tax on billionaires so that we can build affordable housing, have universal childcare and free tuition at public colleges and universities.
- Raise the minimum wage to $20 an hour.
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And when our taxes skyrocket and Americans can't afford groceries or utility bills, Democrats will blame billionaires and Republicans.
Today:
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) November 8, 2026
60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck and we have the highest rate of childhood poverty of any major nation.
Meanwhile, Elon Musk owns more wealth than the bottom 53% of households and the 1% have never ever had it so good
Not acceptable
We need an economy…
Everything will collapse and inflation will skyrocket and voters will remember why they ousted Democrats in 2024. Pity we have to go through this pain first, though.
DEMOCRATS MUST DELIVER
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) November 6, 2026
Trumpism grew out of the failure of the Democratic Party to stand with working families. That cannot continue. At a time of unprecedented income and wealth inequality and declining faith in democracy, Democrats MUST deliver. No excuses.
- Medicare for All…