How Senator Bernie Sanders Stands on Important Policies

[rhett o rick]

Last edited Sun May 3, 2015, 09:26 AM - Edit history (3)

Please add to the following list via response.

FOREIGN POLICY
Opposed the war in Iraq and warned against the United States getting bogged down in Afghanistan, calling it a costly quagmire like Vietnam.

He says the fight against the Islamic State should be undertaken by countries like Saudi Arabia, which borders Iraq and, he argues, has the financial and military resources to fight the extremist group.

ENVIRONMENT
Has warned about what he calls the severe impact of human-caused climate change. He supports stringent measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including tough standards for new vehicles, as well as some more politically unorthodox ideas, like providing money to study carbon sequestration, or storing carbon dioxide, to delay global warming.

EDUCATION
Proposes that College tuition be free for academically qualified students. (3)

SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
Strongly supports same-sex marriage. “It’s time for the Supreme Court to catch up to the American people and legalize gay marriage,” he said recently.

IMMIGRATION
Supported Mr. Obama’s 2014 executive action shielding millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation.

But he has also called for reining in the guest-worker program that provides many businesses with low-wage immigrant labor, saying it fuels youth unemployment.

ECONOMY
Supports increased government spending to generate jobs and rebuild the nation’s infrastructure.
Would raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour from $7.25, although in early April he called a $15 minimum wage “reasonable.”

Has proposed breaking up the nation’s largest banks, saying the six biggest ones wield too much control over the economy.

Proposed barring banks’ chief executives from serving on the Federal Reserve’s 12 regional boards of directors, saying their membership on those boards poses a conflict of interest and undermines regulation of the financial services industry.

Vehemently opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership with Asian nations, a trade deal Mr. Obama has championed. “Are you on the side of working people who would suffer as a result of this disastrous trade agreement, and seeing their jobs go to China or Mexico?” Mr. Sanders said recently. “Or are you on the side of corporate America and pharmaceuticals?”

Against unhealthy mergers like Comcast and Time Warner. (2)

HEALTH CARE
Supports a Medicare-for-all single-payer health care system.

INFRASTRUCTURE
Proposes spending $1 trillion on upgrading the nation's infrastructure. (4)

GMO Labeling
Says, “What I am asking now for the people of America is something that exists right now all over the world. Genetically Engineered foods are already required to be labeled in 49 countries around the world, including Russia, the UK, Australia, South Korea, Japan, Brazil, China, New Zealand, and others, and the entire European Union allows it's countries to allow such labels." (comments regarding the Farm Bill Amend SA 2310 (5)

Sources:
(1) Unless otherwise marked: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/01/us/politics/bernie-sanders-on-the-issues.html?rref=us&module=Ribbon&version=context®ion=Header&action=click&contentCollection=U.S.&pgtype=article&_r=0
(2) http://www.politicususa.com/2015/04/23/bernie-sanders-al-franken-elizabeth-warren-win-comcast-drops-time-warner-bid.html
(3) http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2015/04/13/sanders-make-public-higher-ed-tuition-free-reform-loans-protect-pell-grants
(4) http://www.politicususa.com/2015/04/23/bernie-sanders-al-franken-elizabeth-warren-win-comcast-drops-time-warner-bid.html
(5) http://www.democraticunderground.com/12802450

[marym625]

1. he'll take the White House

And have problems with Republicans for two years. Then, because of him, Democrats will take the House and Senate in 2018 and we will have a chance

This is the first time I have felt hopeful in years!

[Enthusiast]

8. It is very pleasant to have hope restored.

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[marym625]

9. Great song!

Thanks! .

[Enthusiast]

10. I'm thinking that could be Bernie's campaign song. No? Well, it was just a thought.

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[marym625]

11. Hey, send it to him

Ya never know

[sabrina 1]

12. Yes, I agree. He's right there with the people on most of the important issues.

Reading that list is like a dream. Because he walks the walk. It isn't just talk when you look at his record.

And there's more. Women's rights, Social Security, increase benefits, expand SS, and so much more.

I'm with you, I haven't felt this hopeful either in a long time.

And it's up to us.

And I think we can make it happen this time.

[smokey nj]

14. It will be an uphill battle and the odds are stacked against us,

but imagine how great it will be if we pull this off.

[marym625]

15. Dialogue

I always thought that everything was fine
Don't you feel repression just closing in around?
No, the campus here is very, very free
Don't it make you angry the way war is dragging on?
Well, I hope the president knows what he's into, I don't know

Don't you ever see the starvation in the city where you live
All the needless hunger all the needless pain?
I haven't been there lately, the country is so fine
But my neighbors don't seem hungry 'cause they haven't got the time

Thank you for the talk, you know you really eased my mind
I was troubled by the shapes of things to come
Well, if you had my outlook your feelings would be numb
You'd always think that everything was fine

We can make it happen
We can change the world now
We can save the children
We can make it better
We can make it happen
We can save the children
We can make it happen

[Agschmid]

2. Kick.

[rhett o rick]

3. Updated to include more policies. nm

[Agschmid]

4. Updated!

[rhett o rick]

5. Thanks. I didn't mean for you to have to update, but I appreciate it. nm

[sabrina 1]

13. Labor, SS, Women's Rights, the NSA. Great list, I know it's hard to list all the issues he

has been so good on.

Thanks for doing this.

I think he can win if we can overcome the inevitable smears, bought and paid, the minute it looks like he's a serious threat to the status quo.

[edgineered]

6. kick

[Enthusiast]

7. Kicked and recommended! If the people are allowed to hear Bernie, he will win!

We will have to defeat all the liars!