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What Bernie Sanders thinks about the issues: a comprehensive primer

Andrew Prokop · Thursday, April 30, 2015, 12:51 pm
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Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, now a presidential candidate, is the only socialist in Congress. But "he's a 'small S' socialist," professor Garrison Nelson of the University of Vermont told me last year. "He's not, 'Let's totally revamp the government, break up the corporations, create five-year plans.' He doesn't get out too far on an ideological limb."
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Sanders resembles many in the Democratic Party by criticizing the excessive influence of the wealthy. But he takes things much further, both rhetorically and substantively - he thinks checking the power of billionaires and corporations is the defining issue in US politics today. He's most interested in economic issues, from inequality to trade, and as a result he's won a devoted following among liberals who think their party too frequently carries water for the rich.
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But while Sanders wants a single-payer health care system, a carbon tax, and much more government spending on infrastructure and benefits, he isn't an uber-liberal on everything. On social issues like abortion, gun rights, and gay rights, he is squarely within the mainstream of the Democratic Party - not to its left. And while he's suspicious of foreign wars, he voices sympathy with Israel's security concerns and warns of the dangers of ISIS. Here's a guide to his views.
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Move to a single-payer health care system
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Overturn Citizens United, publicly fund elections
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Combat climate change with a carbon tax
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Don't cut Social Security - expand it (by taxing the wealthy more)
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More spending on infrastructure, less on defense
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Don't tax the middle class more - they're already getting squeezed
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Raise the minimum wage quite a lot
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Supports immigration reform - but not guest worker programs for unskilled labor
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Does not support drug legalization
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Label foods with GMO ingredients
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Supports more gun control - but hasn't always
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Much more government funding for higher education
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Less foreign policy interventionism
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Stop the NSA's "out-of-control" surveillance
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Supports abortion rights and same-sex marriage
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Network neutrality is essential for free speech
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Reform the Export-Import Bank
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