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Showing Original Post only (View all)Why Bernie Sanders Matters More Than People Think by Benjamin Studebaker [View all]
https://benjaminstudebaker.com/2019/02/19/why-bernie-sanders-matters-more-than-people-think/?fbclid=IwAR1Z79japh90k5ZjX9V9Iqz_TjcH0VWjLfzuEomRCl7-1YGMiZkzLWX6vQY
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Every time I find a way to say that there is no one like Bernie Sanders, there are people who dont believe me. Arent there other candidates who support the same policies he supports now? Some of them are younger. Some of them arent old white guys. Why cant it be one of them, why cant it be someone new? Over and over, I have tried to find ways to explain that there is a real difference between Bernie Sanders and everyone else. Today, as Sanders announces his candidacy for the presidency, Im going to try one more time.
Elizabeth Warren was a Republican until 1996. Kamala Harris has already begun courting Wall Street. Joe Biden voted with the party establishment for decades in the Senate. None of these people endorsed Sanders last timethey all preferred Clinton or stayed silent. Sanders opponents are neoliberals building on the legacy of Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. They dont think the Democratic Party needs to change. Many of them got into Democratic Party politics to make it into the very sort of party it is today. Today they say they care about Medicare for All and a Green New Deal, but their actions tell a different story.
Bernie Sanders is a democratic socialist building on the legacy of Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson. He understands that inequality is the core structural factor in economic crisis and that growth in real wages and incomes is required for robust, sustainable economic growth. He recognises that the Democratic Party must fundamentally change to tackle this problem. He has been an independent and kept himself separate from the party machine because he recognises how corrupt and lethargic it has become over the years. Hes running not just to change the country, but to change the Democratic Party into the kind of party that can deliver for poor and working Americans.
(Oddly, this is what I like about Bernie the most, better economic quality for working Americans, but also why I think he probably cannot win. Money is honey)
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Why Bernie Sanders Matters More Than People Think by Benjamin Studebaker [View all]
Beringia
Feb 2019
OP
I wish people would research this what you just said, like no tax returns as well.
Eliot Rosewater
Feb 2019
#47
I believe that anyone who wants to represent the Democratic party should avoid saying things like...
NurseJackie
Feb 2019
#10
I don't know why people are still running around in circles about these things. It's 2019.
lapucelle
Feb 2019
#58
This demonstrates either intellectual dishonesty or misunderstanding of how modern legislating works
DSV
Feb 2019
#41
Most legislating is done by amendment of existing bills, not introduction of one's own bills,
DSV
Feb 2019
#45
Not seeing support for the statement ""Most legislating is done by amendment of existing bills."
ehrnst
Feb 2019
#84
I concede I may be incorrect in that statement depending on the interpetation. My apologies.
DSV
Feb 2019
#87
What other things would you include as metrics of a legislator's success at the job? (nt)
ehrnst
Feb 2019
#96
Sorry, not true. Most legislating is done by writing and introducing legislation.
George II
Feb 2019
#65
If that's the case (republicans in charge) why is it that Booker, Warren, Harris....
George II
Feb 2019
#93
Satirist* Matt Taibbi gave BS the Amendment King title in a 2005 Rolling Stone story.
lapucelle
Feb 2019
#70
He's underwhelmed by satirist Matt Taibbi's old Amendment King talking point.
lapucelle
Feb 2019
#61
I would counter that much of what congress has passed in the last 20 + years has been detrimental to
CentralMass
Feb 2019
#33
Studebaker has another article called "The Decline and Fall of Elizabeth Warren".
lapucelle
Feb 2019
#72