Sanders draws 3,000 to Worcester rally

[Uncle Joe]

WORCESTER — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders brought his fiery populist message to North High School on Saturday, telling nearly 3,000 supporters he wants a fairer political system that helps the working and middle classes.

“Here’s a radical idea,” Sanders said during the evening rally, which followed an earlier event in Amherst. “We’re going to create an economy that works for working families, not just a handful of billionaires.”

He also criticized what he called “the grotesque level of income and wealth inequality in America today.”

The Vermont senator then rattled off a number of proposals that he says will close the gap, including raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, instituting a single-payer health care system, providing free public higher education and vocational training, and tightening regulations on Wall Street bankers.

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He also called for paid maternity leave for workers, equal wages for women, pressuring American corporations to manufacture products in the United States, and rolling back what he said are failed drug policies that have saddled young people with police records for arrests for marijuana possession.

In addition, he proposed easing the student debt burden faced by many Americans and for weaning the country off fossil fuels.

“The debate is over,” Sanders told the crowd, which spilled into an overflow room. “Climate change is real, and it’s caused by human activity.”

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https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/01/02/sanders-draws-worcester-rally/5ysaNkiyk4F8ctgAHYuViI/story.html

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