Bernie Sanders vs Hillary Clinton: On The Issues

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How Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders view the major issues of the 2016 Democratic Primary Presidential Campaign. More info. on Bernie Sanders: https://berniesanders.com/issues/ More info. on Hillary Clinton: https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/ Subscribe to TDC: https://www.youtube.com/TheDailyConversation/ Music from YouTube's audio library: “Legend of One” “Inner Journey” “Decisions” “Let Go” Like our page on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/thedailyconversation Join us on Google+ https://plus.google.com/100134925804523235350/posts Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/thedailyconvo Script: This is how Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders compare on the most important issues. On foreign policy both candidates support the nuclear deal with Iran and seem to view the world much the same way as President Obama, who prioritizes smart power and diplomacy over military force. But Hillary’s vote authorizing the Iraq war still haunts her, while Bernie Sanders was one of the most outspoken critics of the Bush administration from the start and voted against the Iraq war. Hillary Clinton, though, has been First Lady, Senator, and then Secretary of State, so she may have more on-the-job foreign policy experience than anyone who’s ever run for President. As Madam Secretary, she helped make the call to take out Osama Bin Laden and travelled to more countries than anyone else in history, playing a central role in rebuilding the International Community's’ trust in the United States after the damage caused by the recklessness of the Bush administration. When it comes to climate change, Sanders wants to create a nationwide tax on carbon and methane emissions, while Clinton wants to get America generating at least 33% of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2027--that’s up from just 13% in 2014. Both are strongly in favor of comprehensive immigration reform to create a path to citizenship for the millions of undocumented workers living in the shadows, and for protecting and expanding the work already done by the Obama administration. Income inequality is Bernie’s signature issue. For starters, he wants to raise taxes on the wealthy and make corporations pay their fair share, and many of his other policy proposals are focused on tackling this issue as well, like his call to raise the federal minimum wage to $15/hr. Hillary has responded by proposing more restrained progressive policies, like raising the federal minimum wage to $12/hr instead of $15. Clinton’s economic credentials are bolstered by her husband’s Presidency, which led the country to arguably the best economic times in our history--we even had a budget surplus for four whole years under Bill Clinton. On health care, both candidates have a history of fighting for universal health care. Bernie has been outspoken about the need to guarantee health care as a right of all Americans by creating a Medicare for all single-payer system, something every other major developed country in the world already has. Clinton used to favor a Single-Payer system too, but she is now in favor of defending and strengthening Obama’s signature achievement, the Affordable Care Act, to achieve universal health care. On Social Security, both candidates vow to defend the popular system from Republican attacks, and ultimately expand it, although Bernie’s plan goes significantly further by calling for an end to the cap so that everyone who makes over $250,000 a year pays the same percentage of their income into Social Security as everyone else. On jobs, Bernie speaks frequently about the problem of unemployment, especially among young African-Americans and Hispanics. He’s proposed investing $1 trillion over 5 years to modernize America’s physical infrastructure to create and maintain at least 13 million jobs. Hillary has called for a national infrastructure bank and wants to increase funding for scientific research, while also focusing on job training and helping small businesses grow. Hillary Clinton has embraced the fact that she will be America’s first female president, and has made women’s issues -- like closing the gender pay gap -- central to her campaign. But Bernie is just as progressive on women’s issues and joins Hillary in calling for quality affordable childcare for all families and for providing guaranteed paid family leave. Both candidates are calling for major reforms to our criminal justice system, including reigning in the private prison industry, ending the war on drugs, and encouraging best practices among our nation’s police officers--like body cameras on every cop.