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Bernie Sanders 2020 Platform
The 30 Most Important Issues
The 30 Most Important Issues
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1. Medicare for All
The U.S. will join every other major country on earth & guarantee healthcare to all people as a right. All Americans are entitled to go to the doctor when they're sick & not go bankrupt after staying in the hospital.
a)https://berniesanders.com/issues/medicare-for-all/
The U.S. will join every other major country on earth & guarantee healthcare to all people as a right. All Americans are entitled to go to the doctor when they're sick & not go bankrupt after staying in the hospital.
a)https://berniesanders.com/issues/medicare-for-all/
2. Green New Deal
The climate crisis is not only the single greatest challenge facing our country; it is also our single greatest opportunity to build a more just & equitable future, but we must act immediately.
a)https://berniesanders.com/issues/green-new-deal/
The climate crisis is not only the single greatest challenge facing our country; it is also our single greatest opportunity to build a more just & equitable future, but we must act immediately.
a)https://berniesanders.com/issues/green-new-deal/
3. College for All
We want young people to get the best education that you can, regardless of the income of your family & that’s why we are going to make public colleges & universities tuition free, & Canceling All Student Debt.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/free-college-cancel-debt/
We want young people to get the best education that you can, regardless of the income of your family & that’s why we are going to make public colleges & universities tuition free, & Canceling All Student Debt.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/free-college-cancel-debt/
4. Workplace Democracy
It was the trade union movement that built the middle class in this country, & it is going to rebuild the middle class in America once again.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/workplace-democracy/
It was the trade union movement that built the middle class in this country, & it is going to rebuild the middle class in America once again.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/workplace-democracy/
5. Housing for All
In the richest country in the history of the world, every American must have a safe, decent, accessible, & affordable home as a fundamental right.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/housing-all/
In the richest country in the history of the world, every American must have a safe, decent, accessible, & affordable home as a fundamental right.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/housing-all/
6. Expand Social Security
Senior citizens, we understand that you cannot live in dignity when you are trying to survive on $13,000 a year in benefits. Republicans want to cut Social Security but we are going to expand them.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/expand-social-security/
Senior citizens, we understand that you cannot live in dignity when you are trying to survive on $13,000 a year in benefits. Republicans want to cut Social Security but we are going to expand them.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/expand-social-security/
7. 21st Century Economic Bill of Rights
Guaranteeing all of our people the right to the basic necessities of life & guarantees those rights regardless of your income, race, religion, gender, country of origin or sexual orientation.
https://berniesanders.com/…/sanders-calls-21st-century-bil…/
Guaranteeing all of our people the right to the basic necessities of life & guarantees those rights regardless of your income, race, religion, gender, country of origin or sexual orientation.
https://berniesanders.com/…/sanders-calls-21st-century-bil…/
8. Justice and Safety for All
The prison-industrial-complex will have real criminal justice reform. No more private prisons and detention centers. No more profiteering from locking people up. No more "war on drugs." No more keeping people in jail because they're too poor to afford cash bail.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/criminal-justice-reform/
The prison-industrial-complex will have real criminal justice reform. No more private prisons and detention centers. No more profiteering from locking people up. No more "war on drugs." No more keeping people in jail because they're too poor to afford cash bail.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/criminal-justice-reform/
9. Reinvest in Public Education
“Every human being has the fundamental right to a good education. On this 65th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision, we are committed to creating an education system that works for all people, not just the wealthy and powerful.”
https://berniesanders.com/iss…/reinvest-in-public-education/
“Every human being has the fundamental right to a good education. On this 65th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision, we are committed to creating an education system that works for all people, not just the wealthy and powerful.”
https://berniesanders.com/iss…/reinvest-in-public-education/
10. Eliminating Medical Debt
No one in America should go bankrupt because of medical debt. We will eliminate all past due medical debt in this country.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/eliminating-medical-debt/
No one in America should go bankrupt because of medical debt. We will eliminate all past due medical debt in this country.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/eliminating-medical-debt/
11. Tax on Extreme Wealth
In order to reduce the outrageous level of inequality that exists in America today & to rebuild the middle class, we must establish an annual tax on the extreme wealth of the top 0.1%.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/tax-extreme-wealth/
In order to reduce the outrageous level of inequality that exists in America today & to rebuild the middle class, we must establish an annual tax on the extreme wealth of the top 0.1%.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/tax-extreme-wealth/
12. Fair Banking for All
Last year, Americans paid $113 billion in interest on credit cards. That’s 50 percent more than just 5 years ago. With a total of more than $1 trillion in outstanding revolving credit card debt and an average balance of more than $6,000, millions of Americans are feeling the squeeze of higher interest rates & excessive fees.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/fair-banking-for-all/
Last year, Americans paid $113 billion in interest on credit cards. That’s 50 percent more than just 5 years ago. With a total of more than $1 trillion in outstanding revolving credit card debt and an average balance of more than $6,000, millions of Americans are feeling the squeeze of higher interest rates & excessive fees.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/fair-banking-for-all/
13. Racial Justice
We are going to address not only the disparities of wealth & income that exist overall in our nation, but also root out institutional racism.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/racial-justice/
We are going to address not only the disparities of wealth & income that exist overall in our nation, but also root out institutional racism.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/racial-justice/
14. Free & Fair Elections
Together, we are going to create a political system which is based on the democratic principles of one person - one vote - & end a corrupt system which allows billionaires to buy elections & Yes. We are going to overturn Citizens United.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/free-and-fair-elections/
Together, we are going to create a political system which is based on the democratic principles of one person - one vote - & end a corrupt system which allows billionaires to buy elections & Yes. We are going to overturn Citizens United.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/free-and-fair-elections/
15. Income Inequality Tax Plan
The American people want corporations to invest in their workers, not just dividends, stock buybacks & outrageous compensation packages to their executives.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/income-inequality-tax-plan/
The American people want corporations to invest in their workers, not just dividends, stock buybacks & outrageous compensation packages to their executives.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/income-inequality-tax-plan/
16. Revitalizing Rural America
Fundamental change in America’s agricultural & rural policies is no longer just an option; it’s an absolute necessity.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/revitalizing-rural-america/
Fundamental change in America’s agricultural & rural policies is no longer just an option; it’s an absolute necessity.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/revitalizing-rural-america/
17. Caring for Our Veterans
If you can't afford to take care of your veterans, then don't go to war. We have a moral obligation to support them.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/caring-for-our-veterans/
If you can't afford to take care of your veterans, then don't go to war. We have a moral obligation to support them.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/caring-for-our-veterans/
18. Responsible Foreign Policy
Together, as the forces of militarism have kept us engaged in unending wars, we have stood arm-in-arm to fight back. We're not going to invest in never-ending wars.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/responsible-foreign-policy/
Together, as the forces of militarism have kept us engaged in unending wars, we have stood arm-in-arm to fight back. We're not going to invest in never-ending wars.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/responsible-foreign-policy/
19. Women's RIghts
When we are in the White House, we are going to protect ah woman’s right to control her own body. That is her decision, not the government's.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/womens-rights/
When we are in the White House, we are going to protect ah woman’s right to control her own body. That is her decision, not the government's.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/womens-rights/
20. Disability Rights
We have the moral responsibility to ensure that all Americans have access to the programs & the support needed to contribute to society, live with dignity, & achieve a high quality of life.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/disability-rights/
We have the moral responsibility to ensure that all Americans have access to the programs & the support needed to contribute to society, live with dignity, & achieve a high quality of life.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/disability-rights/
21. LBGTQ+ Equality
People have the right to love who they want to love & get married in any state regardless of their sexual orientation.
a)https://berniesanders.com/issues/lgbtq-equality/
People have the right to love who they want to love & get married in any state regardless of their sexual orientation.
a)https://berniesanders.com/issues/lgbtq-equality/
22. Empower Puerto Rico
I want the people of Puerto Rico to know that they are not forgotten or alone alone & that we will do everything we possibly can to rebuild the island...now.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/empower-puerto-rico/
I want the people of Puerto Rico to know that they are not forgotten or alone alone & that we will do everything we possibly can to rebuild the island...now.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/empower-puerto-rico/
23. Tax Increases for the Rich
The wealthy in this country will start paying their fair share of taxes...period.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/tax-increases-for-the-rich/
The wealthy in this country will start paying their fair share of taxes...period.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/tax-increases-for-the-rich/
24. Gun Safety
We will move aggressively to end the epidemic of gun violence in this country & pass the common sense gun safety legislation that the overwhelming majority of Americans want.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/gun-safety/
We will move aggressively to end the epidemic of gun violence in this country & pass the common sense gun safety legislation that the overwhelming majority of Americans want.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/gun-safety/
25.Immigration Reform: We’re going to provide legal status to the 1.8 million young people eligible for the DACA program, & develop a humane border policy for those who seek asylum.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/immigration-reform/
https://berniesanders.com/issues/immigration-reform/
26. Empowering Tribal Nations
I will stand with Native Americans in the struggle to protect their treaty & sovereign rights, advance traditional ways of life, & improve the quality of life for Native communities.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/empowering-tribal-nations/
I will stand with Native Americans in the struggle to protect their treaty & sovereign rights, advance traditional ways of life, & improve the quality of life for Native communities.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/empowering-tribal-nations/
27. Real Wall Street Reform
Powerful special interests who control so much of our economic & political life that we will no longer tolerate the greed of Wall Street, corporate America & the billionaire class.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/real-wall-street-reform/
Powerful special interests who control so much of our economic & political life that we will no longer tolerate the greed of Wall Street, corporate America & the billionaire class.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/real-wall-street-reform/
28. Fair Trade
https://berniesanders.com/issues/fair-trade/
https://berniesanders.com/issues/fair-trade/
29. Jobs for All
https://berniesanders.com/issues/jobs-for-all/
https://berniesanders.com/issues/jobs-for-all/
30. Legalize Cannabis
"What I call for then, & I call for now, is the legalization of marijuana in America by Executive Order."
Joe Rogan Experience: https://youtu.be/2O-iLk1G_ng
"What I call for then, & I call for now, is the legalization of marijuana in America by Executive Order."
Joe Rogan Experience: https://youtu.be/2O-iLk1G_ng
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JOE BIDEN and JOHN KERRY both voted to support the IRAQ WAR & OCCUPATION based on LIES.
BERNIE SANDERS VOTED AGAINST IT.
In hindsight, we know BERNIE SANDERS was right.
JOHN KERRY has destroyed any credibility he had by endorsing and campaigning for a senile, stupid candidate.
In the days and hours before tonight’s caucuses in Iowa, Joe Biden’s campaign appears to be making a nuanced, but strategic, pivot. The former Vice President’s team seems no longer to be running against Donald Trump or the rest of the Democratic field, but against one opponent in particular: Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Democrats must rally around Biden, his campaign argues repeatedly. It’s the only way to prevent Sanders from securing to the nomination and Trump winning a second term.
“We cannot nominate Bernie. If he’s the nominee, it’s a disaster,” said Rep. Tim Ryan, an Ohio Democrat who endorsed Biden after dropping out of the presidential race himself last year. “Socialism is not popular and would sink us.”
On Sunday, former Secretary of State John Kerry, a top Biden surrogate, reportedly echoed the sentiment in a Des Moines hotel, where he was overheard lamenting “the possibility of Bernie Sanders taking down the Democratic Party — down whole.”
Democrats must rally around Biden, his campaign argues repeatedly. It’s the only way to prevent Sanders from securing to the nomination and Trump winning a second term.
“We cannot nominate Bernie. If he’s the nominee, it’s a disaster,” said Rep. Tim Ryan, an Ohio Democrat who endorsed Biden after dropping out of the presidential race himself last year. “Socialism is not popular and would sink us.”
On Sunday, former Secretary of State John Kerry, a top Biden surrogate, reportedly echoed the sentiment in a Des Moines hotel, where he was overheard lamenting “the possibility of Bernie Sanders taking down the Democratic Party — down whole.”
The Biden campaign’s urgent new message comes amidst a flurry of recent polls showing Biden and Sanders in a dead heat, with Senators Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar and former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, nipping at their heels. If Sanders, along with his progressive agenda, which includes vast spending on new government programs, ends up prevailing, many mainstream Democrats are expected to panic and spend the next several weeks scrambling to build consensus around an alternative. That’s Biden’s in.
“The Pete and Amy people will need somewhere to go,” Ryan told TIME on Sunday evening, and Biden is the obvious choice. Ryan plans to spend his caucus near Council Bluffs pushing voters who support candidates that don’t reach the 15% viability threshold to switch their allegiances to Biden.
“The Pete and Amy people will need somewhere to go,” Ryan told TIME on Sunday evening, and Biden is the obvious choice. Ryan plans to spend his caucus near Council Bluffs pushing voters who support candidates that don’t reach the 15% viability threshold to switch their allegiances to Biden.
Biden’s fresh campaign pitch seems to resonate among some of the former Vice President’s supporters in Iowa this week. “Medicare for All isn’t free,” said Dianne Miles, who attended Biden’s event in Waukee, Iowa, on Thursday, referencing Sanders’ signature policy proposal. “We can’t go where Bernie wants us to be going. It’s bad policy and bad politics.”
“[Biden] won’t take the country too far left or too far right,” the 73-year-old retired teacher from Des Moines added.
Some Biden backers say they were willing to compromise on specific parts of Biden’s middle-of-the-pack agenda in exchange for winning against Trump.
“Even if I didn’t like everything about him, he’s electable,” said Jewel McDonald, an artist and yoga-studio owner, after seeing Biden on Friday in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. The 69-year-old Fairfield, Iowa, resident has backed Biden since his 2008 run and settled on him as “a uniter.”
“[Biden] won’t take the country too far left or too far right,” the 73-year-old retired teacher from Des Moines added.
Some Biden backers say they were willing to compromise on specific parts of Biden’s middle-of-the-pack agenda in exchange for winning against Trump.
“Even if I didn’t like everything about him, he’s electable,” said Jewel McDonald, an artist and yoga-studio owner, after seeing Biden on Friday in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. The 69-year-old Fairfield, Iowa, resident has backed Biden since his 2008 run and settled on him as “a uniter.”
He can bring us together,” she said.
A day later in Waterloo, Iowa, 75-year-old Terry McGrave echoed the pitch, unprompted. “I don’t know who else can beat Trump,” said the retired machinist from Denver, Iowa.
For months, the centerpiece of Biden’s campaign pitch has been his perceived ability to defeat Trump. Biden’s top advocates repeatedly cited polls showing that Biden could win a head-to-head race against Trump, and Biden’s political ads underscored that message: the former Veep is the Democrats’ best shot to oust the President.
While making that case, Biden largely refrained from taking on any of his Democratic rivals head on. The closest Biden came to dinging his opponents was to ask voters if they thought they were telling the truth about the price tag for big ideas like Medicare for All or tuition-free college. Iowans famously demand a measure of civility, known as “Iowa Nice,” from candidates who come through their state.
That tone is expected to change this week as the race shifts toward the first-in-the-nation primary on February 11 in New Hampshire, where voters have a higher threshold for negativity and often goad candidates to criticize Democratic competitors.
First, though, all eyes are on the Iowa caucus tonight. If Biden emerges as the top rival to Sanders in Iowa, his supporters will likely double down on the message that he is the consensus alternative to Sanders’ sweepingly liberal vision. And in that, Biden may find new interest from Democrats who report, in poll after poll, that their top priority is defeating Trump.
A day later in Waterloo, Iowa, 75-year-old Terry McGrave echoed the pitch, unprompted. “I don’t know who else can beat Trump,” said the retired machinist from Denver, Iowa.
For months, the centerpiece of Biden’s campaign pitch has been his perceived ability to defeat Trump. Biden’s top advocates repeatedly cited polls showing that Biden could win a head-to-head race against Trump, and Biden’s political ads underscored that message: the former Veep is the Democrats’ best shot to oust the President.
While making that case, Biden largely refrained from taking on any of his Democratic rivals head on. The closest Biden came to dinging his opponents was to ask voters if they thought they were telling the truth about the price tag for big ideas like Medicare for All or tuition-free college. Iowans famously demand a measure of civility, known as “Iowa Nice,” from candidates who come through their state.
That tone is expected to change this week as the race shifts toward the first-in-the-nation primary on February 11 in New Hampshire, where voters have a higher threshold for negativity and often goad candidates to criticize Democratic competitors.
First, though, all eyes are on the Iowa caucus tonight. If Biden emerges as the top rival to Sanders in Iowa, his supporters will likely double down on the message that he is the consensus alternative to Sanders’ sweepingly liberal vision. And in that, Biden may find new interest from Democrats who report, in poll after poll, that their top priority is defeating Trump.
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