Twenty reasons for supporting Bernie Sanders. sm

Posted: Nov 7, 2015

There are many more but this is a good start! 1. Bernie is an honest, decent, compassionate, practical, intelligent man, a very rare commodity among politicians! 2. He is consistant and does not change his position with the changes in the political wind. 3. He is not beholden to powerful corporations, special interest groups or individuals, never has been! 4. He cannot be bought and does not have or accept money from Super PACs or large corporations. 5. He has been fighting for the rights of ordinary people for over thirty years! 6. He is for fair and equal treatment of people of color and the disadvantaged. 7. He fought in the civil rights movement and marched with Martin Luther King. 8. He supports equal pay for women and a woman's right to decide for herself what happens with her own body. 9. He is in favor of increasing the minimum wage to one that is fair and livable! 10. He wants to lower the interest rate for college loans and to provide free tuition to students for public colleges and universities. 11. He is in favor of a system of universal healthcare for all citizens, something on the line of Medicare for all. 12. He is for expanding and simplifying the voting proccess instead of making it more difficult and putting more barriers to voting. 13. Bernie wants to get rid of 'for profit' prisons and release many who were unjustly imprisoned for minor drug and other non-violent offenses. 14. He is for repairing the broken criminal justice system to make it more balanced and fairer to ordinary people. 15. He wants to change the idea that corporations have the same rights as people and to end the 'Citizens United' ruling by the Supreme Court that allows unlimited money to influence elections. 16. He wants to give political power back to the people rather than have it remain with the super rich, mega corporations and special interest groups. 17. He is against the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement which could have negative effects on American workers and the economy. 18. He is against the Keystone XL pipeline which could cause environmental damage and increase pollution. 19. Contrary to most republicans he believes in global warming and promotes policies that protect our water, earth and air quality. 20. He knows the real costs of war and believes it should be the very last option!;