2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Wooing Blacks, Sanders Reframes But Does Not Change Argument [View all]Sancho
(9,067 posts)because you can't demand wages, apply to college, or benefit from "free tuition" if you are not documented.
You can't demand equal pay as a woman if you don't have access to salary information.
You can't tax the millionaires when the money is not even in a US bank or on US soil.
You can't live a decent life when kids don't have preschool and early education, you can't use medicaid without fearing deportation, you can't register or vote because of carefully crafted laws that prevent equal participation.
The way to improve lives in the US - including long term fixes to economic problems - lies in profit sharing; not raising the minimum wage; citizenship but not tearing down Wall Street; and pay transparency; not easy gun running on trains. We need international regulation of bad bankers; not another G-S from the 1930's. We need tuition equity and equal entrance to education regardless of status. We don't need a tax on the retirement funds of state employees and union members.
Bernie is wrong on the economic and social issues that are important to progressives, liberals, and real Democrats. A good speech is not real change.