Bernie Sanders, a United States Senator and former representative from Vermont, he focuses on economic issues such as income and wealth inequality,raising the minimum wage, universal healthcare, reducing the burden of student debt, making public colleges and universities tuition-free, and expanding Social Security. "I am prepared to run for President of the United States." –Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders throughout the course of his life has spoken his mind, stood by what his beliefs and principles regardless of the consequences. For example, while at the University of Chicago he led a rally protesting university president George Wells Beadle's segregated campus housing policy in which he said "We feel it is an intolerable situation
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The issues that in Mr.Sanders opinion that are the most important; reduce income and wealth inequality, and free college tuition, a fair and humane immigration policy, and fighting for Lesbians.Gays.Bisexual.Transgender (LGBT) and equality and war and peace. To establish wealth equality, he is wanting to create 1 million jobs for disadvantaged young Americans by investing $5.5 billion in a youth jobs program. In addition to that he will also enact a tax on Wall Street speculators who caused millions of Americans to lose their jobs, homes, and life savings. So by doing this more people that are in poverty can be successful in life and our middle class can …show more content…
These family's and children can make our nation grow and could lead to a larger and more profitable country. As for fighting for LGBT rights he wants to continue the great work of the State Department’s Special Envoy for LGBT Rights and make sure the United States helps protect the rights of LGBT people around the world. The people of this country deserve to have equal right no matter what sexuality the person may have. Lastly as president, he wants to move away from a policy of unilateral military action, and toward a policy of emphasizing diplomacy, and ensuring the decision to go to war is a last resort. We are a country that promotes safety for all but by starting wars we would be sending out the wrong message.