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FOREIGN POLICY
Opposed the war in Iraq and warned against the United States getting bogged down in Afghanistan, calling it a costly quagmire like Vietnam.
He says the fight against the Islamic State should be undertaken by countries like Saudi Arabia, which borders Iraq and, he argues, has the financial and military resources to fight the extremist group.
ENVIRONMENT
Has warned about what he calls the severe impact of human-caused climate change. He supports stringent measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including tough standards for new vehicles, as well as some more politically unorthodox ideas, like providing money to study carbon sequestration, or storing carbon dioxide, to delay global warming.
EDUCATION
Proposes that College tuition be free for academically qualified students. (3)
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
Strongly supports same-sex marriage. “It’s time for the Supreme Court to catch up to the American people and legalize gay marriage,” he said recently.
IMMIGRATION
Supported Mr. Obama’s 2014 executive action shielding millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation.
But he has also called for reining in the guest-worker program that provides many businesses with low-wage immigrant labor, saying it fuels youth unemployment.
ECONOMY
Supports increased government spending to generate jobs and rebuild the nation’s infrastructure.
Would raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour from $7.25, although in early April he called a $15 minimum wage “reasonable.”
Has proposed breaking up the nation’s largest banks, saying the six biggest ones wield too much control over the economy.
Proposed barring banks’ chief executives from serving on the Federal Reserve’s 12 regional boards of directors, saying their membership on those boards poses a conflict of interest and undermines regulation of the financial services industry.
Vehemently opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership with Asian nations, a trade deal Mr. Obama has championed. “Are you on the side of working people who would suffer as a result of this disastrous trade agreement, and seeing their jobs go to China or Mexico?” Mr. Sanders said recently. “Or are you on the side of corporate America and pharmaceuticals?”
Against unhealthy mergers like Comcast and Time Warner. (2)
HEALTH CARE
Supports a Medicare-for-all single-payer health care system.
INFRASTRUCTURE
Proposes spending $1 trillion on upgrading the nation's infrastructure. (4)
Sources:
(1) Unless otherwise marked: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/01/us/politics/bernie-sanders-on-the-issues.html?rref=us&module=Ribbon&version=context®ion=Header&action=click&contentCollection=U.S.&pgtype=article&_r=0
(2) http://www.politicususa.com/2015/04/23/bernie-sanders-al-franken-elizabeth-warren-win-comcast-drops-time-warner-bid.html
(3) http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2015/04/13/sanders-make-public-higher-ed-tuition-free-reform-loans-protect-pell-grants
(4) http://www.politicususa.com/2015/04/23/bernie-sanders-al-franken-elizabeth-warren-win-comcast-drops-time-warner-bid.html
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