Senator Bernie Sanders
When Senator Bernie Sanders entered the race for the Presidency in 2015, he was undoubtedly considered the underdog. Over 17 Presidential Candidate drop-outs later, Bernie is neck and neck with Hillary Clinton. So what has spiked such an incredible increase in support for Bernie?
Unlike some of the Presidential candidates, Bernie did not grow up surrounded by enormous mounds of cash. He grew up the son of a paint salesman, and immediately felt the influence of America’s economic disparity. Bernie attend the University of Brooklyn as well as the University of Chicago (President Obama’s Alma Mater as well). After his college years, he moved back to Vermont. Within a few years, he would be elected to serve almost a full decade as the mayor of Burlington, Vermont. Sanders then spent 16 years as the sole representative from Vermont in the U.S. House of Representatives. In 2006, he took on the new role as Senator Bernie Sanders, from Vermont. After almost 10 years in the Senate, Bernie announced his bid for the 2016 Presidential candidacy.
But Bernie’s fight has not been an easy one. He has faced opposition in every direction he faces. Since his childhood, he has been fighting for the working-class families of American. He has seen the decline of economic prosperity in the middle class and it has sparked a lifelong passion for equality within him.
The talkers versus the doers
Too often in American politics we are encumbered by the noise that demagogues spill from their podiums. When asked about his plans for the economy, Bernie doesn’t dance around the question. He answers it, and he gives a full answer.
| This act will rebuild our nation’s crumbling roads, bridges, railways, airports, public transit systems, ports, dams, wastewater plants, and other infrastructure needs |
| This bill would provide tuition-free secondary education, in public colleges and universities, to anyone who needed it. |
| As corporations have destroyed the hopes and dreams of elderly citizens, Social Security has been their last hope. This act would tax everyone fairly. |
| Considering more than half of the youth in the U.S. are currently employed, this act is very important to young Americans and the rest of society. |
| When a husband can’t get time off from work to care for his cancer-stricken wife, that is not a family value. This act would improve Family and Medical Leave for all Americans; something that most countries are well ahead of us in. |
| Bernie plans to raise the minimum wage to ensure the prosperity of middle-class families. |
| Bernie is fighting climate change. Fossil fuels are the past; renewable energy is the future. Bernie sees this and the incredible growth rate of all renewable energy fields. |
| Health care is a must for every citizen. Period. |
The bottom line is that Bernie has a plan. While the other two candidates square up in the boxing ring, Bernie is busy putting pen to paper and making a plan for our nation. He may have seemed like the underdog in the beginning, but Bernie Sanders is a fighter, and he’s fighting for the middle-class America.
