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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Tue Jun 30, 2015, 08:56 PM Jun 2015

Bernie Sanders: Why Not?

By Senator Bernie Sanders:

Our job is not to think small. It is to think big.

The United States is the wealthiest nation in the history of the world. Why are we so far behind so many other countries when it comes to meeting the needs of working families and the American middle class?

Why doesn't every American have access to healthcare as a basic right?

Why can't every American who is qualified get a higher education, regardless of family income?

Why can't we have full employment at a decent living wage?

Why must many older Americans be forced to choose between paying for food, shelter, or medical care?

Why can't working parents have access to affordable, high-quality childcare?

We should be asking questions like these every day. We have more billionaires in this country than any other nation on earth. We also have more child poverty than any other major industrialized nation. We have the highest rate of student debt. We have more prisoners, more homeless people and more economic inequality.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bernie-sanders/why-not_b_7700810.html

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Bernie Sanders: Why Not? (Original Post) n2doc Jun 2015 OP
Yes - I Will No Longer Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go cantbeserious Jun 2015 #1
K&R..... daleanime Jun 2015 #2
to many duers the answer is Doctor_J Jun 2015 #3
Kick! raouldukelives Jul 2015 #4
 

Doctor_J

(36,392 posts)
3. to many duers the answer is
Tue Jun 30, 2015, 10:30 PM
Jun 2015

Because he's a white man. To many others it's because he's a liberal

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