For those of you who don't know, a quick summary: President Obama, presumably because he is afraid of not winning re-election, has partnered with Republican leaders on a new Tax Bill. This tax bill continues the Bush era tax cuts and would take a major dent out of estate taxes for the super wealthy, effectively increasing American debt by trillions of dollars.

Yesterday, Bernie Sanders, an independent Senator from Vermont, spoke for over nine hours about this bill, enumerating all of the reasons it is morally reprehensible and pragmatically infeasible. I went to high school in Vermont, and was a constituent of Mr. Sanders' for a handful of years, including the first election in which I was able to vote. For this, I am one of Bernie's people. Because I support what he is saying, and believe that giving tax breaks to middle class and rich people is a complete folly, I am one of Bernie's people. Because I believe that the working people (and I mean lower and working class, not the comfortable middle and upper middle class) of this country are what make America America, are the truly vital members of our society, the immigrants and children of immigrants who believe that America is what it purports itself to be, I am one of Bernie's people.

So, here's the first 12 minutes of Mr. Sanders' speech, for interested parties.