Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forumEvent: West Des Moines Town Meeting on 7/24 at 7pm
West Des Moines Town Meeting on 7/24 at 7pm
Please join Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and local leaders for a town meeting to discuss how we:
Get big money out of politics
Deal with obscene wealth and income inequality
Combat climate change
Make college education affordable
Time: Friday, July 24, 2015 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM CDT
Host: Bernie Sanders
Location:
Valley High School (West Des Moines, IA)
3650 Woodland Avenue
West Des Moines, IA 50266
RSVP:
https://go.berniesanders.com/page/event/detail/townmeeting/4v73p
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(18,791 posts)Friday Night Lights
JULY 24, 2015
A new, 1,200-seat theater at Valley High School in West Des Moines was filled Friday night by Iowans who came out to hear Sen. Bernie Sanders.
The Democratic Party presidential candidate called for raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, an idea he turned into legislation filed on Wednesday in the Senate. He spoke about making higher education at public colleges and universities tuition free. He said Social Security should be expanded and Medicare should be strengthened. He called for trade policies that keep good-paying jobs in the United States instead of shuttering American factories and shipping jobs to low-wage nations overseas.
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https://berniesanders.com/friday-night-lights/