Are You Ready for a Radical Idea? | Bernie Sanders

Together, I think it is time that we created an economy that worked for all of us and not just the 1 percent. See? Told you it was radical.

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Bernie Sanders is a Democratic candidate for President of the United States. He is serving his second term in the U.S. Senate after winning re-election in 2012 with 71 percent of the vote. Sanders previously served as mayor of Vermont’s largest city for eight years before defeating an incumbent Republican to be the sole congressperson for the state in the U.S. House of Representatives. He lives in Burlington, Vermont with his wife Jane and has four children and seven grandchildren.

Bernard “Bernie” Sanders was born in Brooklyn, New York, to immigrant parents and grew up in a small, rent-controlled apartment. His father came to the United States from Poland at the age of 17 without much money or a formal education. While attending the University of Chicago, a 20-year-old Sanders led students in a multi-week sit-in to oppose segregation in off-campus housing owned by the university as a Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) officer. In August of 1963, Sanders took an overnight bus as an organizer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to hear Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic “I Have a Dream” speech firsthand at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

After graduation, Bernie moved to Vermont where he worked as a carpenter and documentary filmmaker. In 1981, he was elected as mayor of Burlington as an Independent by a mere 10 votes, shocking the city’s political establishment by defeating a six-term, local machine mayor. In 1983, Bernie was re-elected by a 21 point margin with a record amount of voter turnout. Under his administration, the city made major strides in affordable housing, progressive taxation, environmental protection, child care, women’s rights, youth programs and the arts. In 1990, Sanders was elected to the House of Representatives as the first Independent in 40 years and joined the Democratic caucus. He was re-elected for eight terms, during which he voted against the deregulation of Wall Street, the Patriot Act, and the invasion of Iraq.

In 2006, Sanders defeated the richest man in Vermont to win a seat in the U.S. Senate as an Independent. Known as a “practical and successful legislator,” Sanders served as chairman of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs where he authored and passed the most significant veteran health care reform bill in recent history. While in the Senate, Sanders has fought tirelessly for working class Americans against the influence of big money in politics. In 2010, he gave an eight-and-a-half hour filibuster-like speech on the Senate floor in opposition to extending Bush-era tax breaks for the wealthy. In 2015, the Democratic leadership tapped Bernie to serve as the caucus’ ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee.

Known for his consistency on the issues, Senator Sanders has supported the working class, women, communities of color, and the LGBT community throughout his career. He is an advocate for the environment, unions, and immigrants. He voted against Keystone XL, opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal, wants to expand the Voting Rights Act, and pass the Equal Rights Amendment.

[squantoh]

This is why Bernie Sanders will be my first vote ever.

[myunself]

political revolution with my morning coffee?
i'll take it!

[Synapsenkitzler]

Sanders is not the solution. He is the beginning.

[JoeKerr]

I agree, it's time we level the playing field. Democratic socialist policies are the only thing to reign in a system where corporatist have dominated for so long. 🔥FeelTheBern🔥

And GO Cry moar Cam

[jesper]

0:12 I thought he was about to drop a mixtape, dammit

[tawnkuimi-uru]

Cast my absentee vote this morning...Bernie 2016

[cg]

I sooo much feel the bern!!! Let's go!!

[bontakhemdule]

omg I'm in love with Bernie Sanders

[magnusg]

I agree, but i think that what Larken Rose suggest is the way to go.

[Autonova]

In fact, that is not a radical idea for economists. The idea of the 1% getting almost all of the new wealth - THAT's the radical idea.

[seventysevencorvette]

time to send the 2 party packing.time to send a message.that we aren't taking this b.s.show no more.do it young people.stand United.do it for papa.

[nemesis]

How can this be a radical demand? That's understood.

[KesamGaming]

I love Bernie. But if he wins I still want people to work instead of sitting on their asses collecting welfare.

[urisoltz]

IF Bernie wins I can vote for his reelection Go Bernie

[mikeheathman]

Anyone that makes more than 20/hr needs to pay more taxes! #Feelthebern

[allen]

I'm not US citizens but must say he is the ONLY hope America has for it future. The US president not only is important for the American people but also for the rest of the world. If American people choose Bernie America wins and so does the rest of the world.

[whyamimrpink]

That sounds good, now how do you do it?

[Patri_Fides]

If you're not feeling the Bern by now, then you haven't been listening. #BernieSanders2016

[OarenWraye]

The option we are discussing with Sanders is not socialism. The option is to Tax corporations that are benefiting the most from services that the working class are being taxed for. You will study up you will find there is a huge number of poor US citizens who are under crushing medical debt and low income jobs. No one is saying we want to do away with all competition but when it comes to education, healthcare, and retirement programs no one benefits more than corporations who need workers to be healthy to stay at work and available training(education) for workers to adapt to company needs. Corporations need some people to be ok with working for 20000 a year or less but there is no way a person with a normal sized family will be able to put enough away to retire on their own without government help. We can't all be lawyers, doctors, engineers etc. Some need to work harder than others but at the end of the day we all need health care, we all need retirement and we all need education opportunities. As one of the harder workers, all I ask is that those who benefit most from my labor pay the bill for my labor. It is not about handouts it is about being paid what the working class is owed.

[AJ-ewlp]

Flat tax, everyone pays the same and the Government learns to live on a budget. Problen solved.