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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders' Ugly Campaigning Is Bad for Democrats -- and Great for Trump [View all]betsuni
(29,250 posts)the working/middle classes and does not want campaign finance reform and higher taxes on the wealthy, do not think access to health care, education and living wages are rights.
He says he wants to "reform the Democratic Party, make it a party of working people, make it a party of young people. And I'm very proud of the success that we've had in recent years in raising the minimum wage to 15 bucks an hour, making public colleges and universities tuition free, demanding the wealthy start paying their fair share of taxes. Those ideas ... which two years ago seem to be radical ideas are now kind of mainstream ideas supported by a pretty strong majority of the American people."
The ideas were only radical to Republicans. Dingell/Kennedy Medicare for All Act, 2007. Seattle approved a 15 dollar minimum wage in 2014, L.A. in 2015. Who raises taxes and wants more regulations and environmental protection? Democrats. Blue states pass progressive legislature when they have power. Republicans have made their lives about preventing this by any means. Blaming Democrats for what Republicans do only helps the Right.