Bernie Sanders Said America Is Not a Compassionate Country. The Numbers Say He’s Right.

“No we are not a compassionate society,” Sen. Sanders interjected during Tom Price’s confirmation hearing on Wednesday as he pointed to the rate of child poverty and to the fact that so many “older workers have nothing set aside for retirement.” On Wednesday, Bernie Sanders had his chance to question Tom Price, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the Department of Health and Human Services.