One of Bernie Sander’s many plans to institute true equality in the United States is to eliminate institutional discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, or race. This includes sexual orientation discrimination in schools, something that has become real issue for some of the United States’ children as even elementary age children can be kicked out of school based on their parent’s sexualities (Prachi.) and many states have no laws against such actions. He believes in the reintroduction of the equal rights amendment and voted against the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996, which despite its crusading appearance was actually a bill of discrimination that denied legal rights to same-sex couples that were legally married. He also supports the …show more content…
This would of course, mean universal health care for all citizens in America. This idea isn’t new to the representative, and belief in affordable, obtainable healthcare has been a held conviction of his for a long time. For instance, Bernie Sanders founded the National Program of Cancer Registries and even took busloads of senior citizens and breast cancer patients to get affordable medication. He also has shown consideration for those employed in the medical field, securing 1.5 billion dollars for scholarship san loan repayment for doctors and nurses serving in underprivileged …show more content…
Sanders believes in controlling Wall Street in order to maintain economic stability and raising the minimum wage. Historically, this conclusion is reasonable, as unregulated banks caused the Great Depression and an unfettered housing market caused the economic crash of 2007 (Curry, Sheree R.). Sanders voted against a bill to retract the policies enacted after the Great Depression saying: “[the bill] will lead to fewer banks and financial service providers, increased charges and fees for individual consumers and small business, diminished credit for rural America and taxpayer exposure to potential losses should a financial conglomerate fail. It will lead to more mega mergers, a small number of corporations dominating the financial service industry and further concentration of power in our