Sanders' Economic Plan Best for the 99 Percent

[LiberalArkie]

By Roger Hickey

The Democratic presidential campaign -- unlike the Republican circus -- has actually produced a debate in which each candidate's economic agenda has gotten better and more populist. But as you can see at candidatescorecard.net/, there are also big differences.

Both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders agree that America's long period of declining wages and growing inequality has been due to chronic slow growth and high unemployment. In Hillary's words "getting closer to full employment is crucial to raising wages." Both are committed to some amount of increased public spending on infrastructure and investments in "green industries." But the difference between the two candidates on public investment is a matter of scale.

Hillary Clinton wants $275 billion more in infrastructure investment in the next five years.

Bernie Sanders would increase by $1 trillion our public investments in jobs-creating infrastructure over the same five year period - creating one million new jobs, while helping to retool the US economy to reduce carbon emissions.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/roger-hickey/sanders-economic-plan-bes_b_8906166.html

[Faux pas]

1. Kickin'

[NorthCarolina]

2. How long before Hillary attempts to

co-opt this message?

I truly think at this point in time she's done for. She has no enthusiasm surrounding her campaign. The Bernie blackout designed and implemented for her total benefit has done nothing to curb his campaign, and in truth she herself can't even figure out if she is a progressive or a moderate. Can't be both and be believed, yet she HAS traversed the entire line between the two in just this campaign alone, and then today I read she's now back to "progressive". The political mindset du jour.