Sanders, in NH Visit, Talks Income Inequality
Newly minted Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont was preaching to the choir on Saturday, telling members of the New Hampshire AFL-CIO that the trade-union movement is critical to halting the 40-year decline of the American middle class….Sanders spoke about several issues facing the country, but he focused on what he said was the immoral and unsustainable wealth inequality between America’s “top one percent” and the rest of the country….
Sanders said Congress wants to cut Social Security, Pell educational grants and food programs but he would increase spending on all three, saying he could also see offering free educations at public colleges and universities….Saying health care is a right, Sanders would expand Medicare and transform it into a universal, single-payer system. Read more…