Bernie Sanders
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Social justice and racial justice. Now we got a president of the United States who... I agree. He thinks that climate change is a hoax.
Social justice and racial justice. Now we got a president of the United States who... I agree. He thinks that climate change is a hoax.
Here in LA, in Burlington, Vermont, and all across this country, we have a major housing crisis. Am I right? And it's not just homelessness. It's people paying 40, 50, 60% of their limited incomes in housing. Instead of spending a trillion dollars a year on the military, let's build 5 million units of low-income and affordable housing.
Here in LA, in Burlington, Vermont, and all across this country, we have a major housing crisis. Am I right? And it's not just homelessness. It's people paying 40, 50, 60% of their limited incomes in housing. Instead of spending a trillion dollars a year on the military, let's build 5 million units of low-income and affordable housing.
Here in LA, in Burlington, Vermont, and all across this country, we have a major housing crisis. Am I right? And it's not just homelessness. It's people paying 40, 50, 60% of their limited incomes in housing. Instead of spending a trillion dollars a year on the military, let's build 5 million units of low-income and affordable housing.
Brothers and sisters, we live in a competitive global economy. And if we're going to effectively compete, we need the best educated workforce in the world. It is nothing less than insane and counterproductive that we have young people leaving higher education $50,000, $80,000 in debt. We need more doctors. You know what doctors are leaving medical school with? $500,000 in debt.
Brothers and sisters, we live in a competitive global economy. And if we're going to effectively compete, we need the best educated workforce in the world. It is nothing less than insane and counterproductive that we have young people leaving higher education $50,000, $80,000 in debt. We need more doctors. You know what doctors are leaving medical school with? $500,000 in debt.
Brothers and sisters, we live in a competitive global economy. And if we're going to effectively compete, we need the best educated workforce in the world. It is nothing less than insane and counterproductive that we have young people leaving higher education $50,000, $80,000 in debt. We need more doctors. You know what doctors are leaving medical school with? $500,000 in debt.
Nurses are leaving $100,000 in debt. Education is a human right from childcare through college. We need sheet metal workers. We need cooperatives. We need construction workers. We need apprenticeship programs. We need to make public colleges, universities, and trade schools tuition-free.
Nurses are leaving $100,000 in debt. Education is a human right from childcare through college. We need sheet metal workers. We need cooperatives. We need construction workers. We need apprenticeship programs. We need to make public colleges, universities, and trade schools tuition-free.
Nurses are leaving $100,000 in debt. Education is a human right from childcare through college. We need sheet metal workers. We need cooperatives. We need construction workers. We need apprenticeship programs. We need to make public colleges, universities, and trade schools tuition-free.
Giving up and hiding under the covers is not acceptable. They are the 1%. We are the 99%.
Giving up and hiding under the covers is not acceptable. They are the 1%. We are the 99%.
Giving up and hiding under the covers is not acceptable. They are the 1%. We are the 99%.
This country faces some very difficult challenges. And the future of what happens to America is dependent upon your generation. Now you can't turn away and you can ignore what goes on, but if you do that, you do it at your own peril. We need you to stand up to fight for justice. To fight for economic justice, social justice, and racial justice.
This country faces some very difficult challenges. And the future of what happens to America is dependent upon your generation. Now you can't turn away and you can ignore what goes on, but if you do that, you do it at your own peril. We need you to stand up to fight for justice. To fight for economic justice, social justice, and racial justice.
This country faces some very difficult challenges. And the future of what happens to America is dependent upon your generation. Now you can't turn away and you can ignore what goes on, but if you do that, you do it at your own peril. We need you to stand up to fight for justice. To fight for economic justice, social justice, and racial justice.
No, we will not accept an oligarchic form of society where a handful of billionaires run the government.
No, we will not accept an oligarchic form of society where a handful of billionaires run the government.
We are today the wealthiest nation in the history of the world. There is no excuse for 800,000 people to be sleeping out on the streets. There is no excuse for 20 million people, including people right here, paying 40 or 50 percent of their limited incomes for housing. This is America. We can build 4 million units of low-income and affordable housing. We can lower rents. This is America.