One of the Common Responses I Hear When I Tell People to Look Into Bernie Sanders as Their 2016 Presidential Candidate:
“We don’t need another old white guy in the White House!”
I understand where people are coming from here, but understand this:
Bernie Sanders has very little in common politically with former presidents in the White House. The fact that he’s old and white is irrelevant!
Here is a list of reasons why you need to vote for Bernie in the primary election:
• He would be the first Jewish president. The first non-christian president would be a significant stepping stone in our culture. This means that a lot of people are plain mistaken by assuming he’s a christian candidate. Bernie being a part of a minority group means that he has compassion for the people who are marginalized (His voting record proves this). (Thank you for pointing this out jewish-hermione)
• Champion of LGBT rights: Bernie wrote a letter denouncing anti gay laws in 1972. NINETEEN SEVENTY FUCKING TWO PEOPLE! Hillary gave a speech against gay rights in 2004. Just think about that and determine who will actually fight for LGBT rights when elected.
• willing to take on the billionaire class / fight for fairer economic systems for the lower and ( currently diminishing ) middle class.
• Wants to create a constitutional amendment to repeal the Citizens United Supreme Court decision. Campaign finance reform has to happen. We can’t allow big corporations to have the ability to buy our representatives.
• Won’t accept campaign money from big corporations. He is the only candidate who is largely funded by private donations from US citizens. He raised more campaign funding than ANY republican candidate from donations.
• wants to do something about climate change. The future of the planet is important. How are the other candidates supposed to address this when they accept millions of dollars from oil companies like Exxon?
• wants to reform the criminal justice system. That means the prisons, police departments and other unfair aspects of our victim blaming culture, that treat various groups differently based on race and social class.
• champion of women’s rights for 30 years. He elected his city’s first female police officer! He has stated that women have a right to their bodies ( abortions ) and birth control should be affordable and available.
• wants medical insurance rewritten as a right to all USA citizens. As Bernie said, we need to join the rest of industrialized society and have medical coverage for our citizens as a right, not a privilege.
• wants tuition free public colleges. He wants the U.S. to be able to compete on a global scale with other countries by having the most educated work force available.
• wants to lower military spending, and reinvest in social programs and infrastructure in the U.S.
• wants to eliminate trade agreements that incentivize US corporations to ship jobs overseas. : He opposes the pacific trade partnership. This trade agreement will force american workers to compete with modern day slave labor ( People who work for 1-2$ an hour, or in certain circumstances, forced labor camps in places like Malaysia ).
PLEASE PEOPLE DO YOUR RESEARCH! BERNIE IS NOT LIKE OUR PREVIOUS PRESIDENTS. WE NEED TO VOTE THIS PRIMARY, THE YOUTH VOTE IS SO IMPORTANT THIS ELECTION.
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