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THINGS
BERNIE SAID
IN SPRINGFIELD
For anyone following the Bernie Sanders campaign, the contents of Bernie’s speech in
Springfield should ring familiar. Yes, there was much animated hand-waving and phrases
uttered in his characteristic Brooklyn accent, but the words were also 100-percent Bernie.
Here are five highlights that struck us as the most undeniably “Bernie-esque.”
1
“It’s hard to imagine anyone
voting for the Republican
agenda.”
Sanders railed against Republican talking points, skewering the tenets of tax breaks to
the rich, cuts to Social Security and Medicare, and opposition to gay marriage. “This is a
fringe agenda,” he said.
2
“We’re going to create an
economy that works for all of
us, not just the 1 percent.”
Bernie dove headfirst into the problem of income inequality, which he said is worse
in the U.S. than almost any other major country on Earth. He blasted the Waltons, who
own Walmart, and advocated for raising the minimum wage to a living wage, as well as
closing the income gap between women and men.
3
“We are listening to young
people.”
4
“Climate change is real.”
5
“Now is the time to think big,
not small.”
Courting the “millennial” crowd, Sanders nodded to the difficulties
facing the younger generation and hit one of his most famous talking points:
free tuition at public colleges and universities. He proposed creating a tax on Wall Street
speculation to cover the cost of tuition and reduce student debt.
Bernie said that we’re dealing with a planetary crisis, and the U.S. needs
to take on the fossil fuel industry. He advocated for a tax on carbon and an
end to fracking, and he encouraged Hillary Clinton to join him on these
points.
The Sanders campaign is listening, he said, to African-American, Latino
and Native American communities. Time and time again, oppressed groups
of people have risen up and demanded change, and that’s how progress
happens. “The establishment will always tell us that real change is impossible,” he said,
but his ideas aren’t radical — they’re achievable. — Amy Schneider
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