Crash And Furn: Bernie Sanders Takeover

Bernie Sanders once said “Finally, let [us] understand that when we stand together, we will always win. When men and women stand together for justice, we win. When black, white and Hispanic people stand together for justice, we win.” Bernie Sanders started as a young activist fighting to desegregate and end the Vietnam war, As he got older he dwelled into politics and became a self identified socialist; he competed against corporate backing and a corrupt political system yet remained true to his beliefs of Universal Health Care System, affordable education, better social security and welfare, the right for a woman to choose what she wants for her body, cares for the environment, but most importantly, Bernie Sanders believes in America.

Though Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump are on opposing ends of the political spectrum they both are channeling populist rhetoric to get their point across. The bottom line is that there has always been and continues to be citizen unrest in how the government is run. There is a general consensus that citizens feel that the officials they elect to office lack loyalty to constituents because private interests are funding their campaigns and wielding influence on policy. While both candidates are calling attention to the establishment politics within the beltway each have their own unique objectives: Sander’s focus is on calling attention to gross inequality and

Senator Sanders plans to give each citizens access to universal healthcare so no citizen will be denied health and medicine. Throughout his political career he voted yes and no on bills going through Senate and he voted each time on bills that expanded healthcare or made it more affordable. He plans on taxing the rich at higher rates, same taxes from resolving the income inequality, and set forth a system of taxing through the stock system that will create billions over the course of a year (). These new taxes would benefit the middle and lower class because they would finally be able to receive healthcare that many of the poor have had to previously live without. New taxes sound like a bad thing, but in Bernie’s plans it would only affect corporations and the top 10%. These new taxes wouldn’t affect the average taxpayer in anyway resulting in more money out of your paychecks, but would affect them by giving them and every citizen free healthcare despite any poor financial

For example, he wants to increase minimum wage to $15 an hour. Millions of Americans are working for inadequate wages; Senator Sanders calls them starvation wages. Corporations will not solve this problem; raising the minimum wage is the best answer. Senator Sanders also wants to make public colleges tuition free. He has proposed the idea to create tuition-free education at public universities. By making public universities affordable to all, Senator Sanders brings more opportunities to all. The idea includes funding the program through a small transaction tax on Wall Street trades. This is just an example of how he advocates for raising the tax burden of the wealthiest. He strongly believes our economic system is rigged in favor of the billionaire class. Almost all new income growth since the recession has gone to the top 1 percent. The top one-tenth of that 1 percent already owns as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent combined. Income inequality in the United States is has not been this extensive since the

Bernie Sanders is a senator, politician, and political activist. He has held several different political offices including Mayor of Burlington, Vermont, and a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Economically, Sanders describes himself as a democratic socialist. Throughout his political career, Sanders has considered himself an independent, but during the 2016 presidential election, he ran as a democratic candidate. According to several polls, Bernie Sanders was considered the most popular senator in 2015 and 2016. Even after losing the 2016 presidential election, he encouraged his supporters to continue the "political revolution" that his campaign started in the country.

One metapor used to describe contemporary elections is “choosing the lesser of two evils”, however, unlike other elections, this year's is one of the most controversial and dividing elections in recent years. This year there is a chance for change, and currently there are four main head runners for the presidential nomination; out of these candidates only one shines as someone who will really change the US for the better, Bernie Sanders. He plans to rejuvenate the economy, and support the middle and lower class. Bernie also is easily one of the only candidates that support civil rights that help the people, not some values that would increase voter polls. When it comes to international affairs Bernie respects other countries and understands

Bernie Sanders, though from a different era, is this generation’s 2016 candidate. He’s stood up for women and LGBT rights, against the expanding the usage of fossil fuels, and always with the ‘little people’ in mind. Not only is Bernie Sander’s track record as mayor and senator of Vermont groundbreaking, he’s taking a stand on American and World issues such as the class system, women’s reproductive rights, and civil rights; that’s what qualifies him as front runner in the candidacy.

Bernie Sanders, a Democratic candidate in the Presidential election, announced his campaign in his hometown of Burlington, Vermont. It was a very unusual setting: though it was a rally, it was seen more as a festival, with free Ben & Jerry’s ice cream and performances by the local Vermont-based band, Mango Jam. In his 35-minute speech given at the rally, Sander’s focused on campaigning without the help of billionaires and Super PACs, going against what most of his opponents were doing. He launched his campaign with the hope of creating a “political revolution to transform [this] country economically, politically, socially and environmentally” (Sanders). In explaining his ideals on how he would bring about this political revolution, Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders has proven himself a champion of the middle class since his humble beginnings in 1981 as mayor of Burlington, Vermont. Once he became active in office as a member of the Senate in November 2006, Senator Sanders began breaking grounds to help provide “affordable housing, progressive taxation, environmental protection, child care,” and women’s equality. Now that he has officially began his campaign in the 2016 presidential race, Senator Sanders is discussing his ideologies that he believes will help the American people overcome many commonly-encountered obstacles.

Bernie Sanders is the longest serving independent in the United States congressional history. Bernie Sanders was born on September 8, 1941 in Brooklyn. He first attended Brooklyn College and transferred to the University of Chicago, graduating in 1964. While he was a student, he was active in civil rights. Bernie Sanders has also written books, such as Outsider in the White House and Bernie Sanders for President and the Communist Manifesto. He is currently a Democrat, as well as a self-described socialist. He was also a presidential candidate for the 2016 election. Bernie Sanders is a fit candidate due to his ethical lifestyle, his emotional connection with people and his political experience.

Sanders is slowly leading the polls while Hillary Clinton’s lead of an average of 10 is decreasing causing Bernie to slowly creep ahead. His economic plan consists of fighting the increase in wealth inequality by increasing taxes of the wealthy, breaking up companies that are “too big to fail”, and vetoing the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Bernie’s environmental plan is to back renewable energy and turn away from the use of fossil fuels. He also believes in letting nuclear factories cover their own disaster costs and repealing the Price-Anderson Act, taxpayers paying for major nuclear accidents. Bernie also calls for transparency in campaign finances and banning U.S. companies controlled by foreign interest from lobbing, also called the DISCLOSE Act. Bernie also opposes single ownership of media outlets, letting the news operate on a grander scheme and with less bias in it. Bernie’s political view of warfare is a conservative one, he strongly believe in political attempts at peace and only believes in the use of the military as a final option. Opposing military action against ISIS he believes the US should support the defending nations but not directly attacking ISIS. Condemning the actions of the Paris attacks he warns against “Islamophobia” saying racism of this sort will just further the

Elections of 2016 are coming fast and for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders things are beginning take a turn for the worst. After recently losing New York, the realization of his possible failure is becoming clear. One may wonder why the sudden change. Why is he losing? Before understanding Bernie’s failure, one must understand why past presidents like Obama won. Yes, what they are fighting for matters, but what are the other factors? When Obama was running both times, his wife was right by his side campaigning for him to win the position of President of the United States. Did you know Bernie Sanders even has a wife? How often does she appear? Is Bernie’s failure coming from his wife’s lack of appearance? One can make the assumption that Sanders

Bernie Sanders fever is sweeping the across the country. After a credible showing in Iowa, he is well placed to win New Hampshire. The most astonishing thing about this is that he has managed to turn socialism from a taboo in American politics into a norm. His run and prominence has led to 43 percent of Iowa caucus voters to self-identifying as socialist (Scher 2016). The problem is that actual socialists are in some cases rooting against Senator Sanders. His candidacy has led to a split amongst socialists, with some feeling that he is a bona fide socialist while others feel is a “socialist in name only” (Scher 2016).

Unlike Hillary his promises aren’t backed by big corporations. If he becomes president he will fix the rigged economy, because the rich keep getting richer and the poor poorer, the class inequality. He will expand health care under his Medicare for All plan. His plan which provides insurance for everyone, paid for by taxes of course. This plan is similar to the current Medicare system, which is available to Americans over 65, Sanders's plan would likely have the government pay medical bills for services provided by private medical providers. Also unlike the current Medicare system, Sanders will include dental, vision, hearing, mental health, and long-term care, without copays or deductibles. The barriers he will face are the republicans whom never agree with any democrats, and they criticize every decision a democrat makes. He will mostly likely fulfil somewhat of his promises because he won’t get the support he needs when and if he gets in the

The most recent Presidential campaign cycle of 2016 had many unfavorable and unoriginal candidates that the American people had to choose from. During this campaign the two front runners, Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump, were both unlikeable for their own set of reasons. In order to stand out and attack his opponents, Bernie Sanders released a political ad called “Real Change”. In this ad Sanders created structural metaphors which SIL defines as “a conventional metaphor in which one concept is understood and expressed in terms of another structured, sharply defined concept”(Structural Metaphor). Sanders employed structural metaphors surrounding the idea of battle and battle lines in order to emphasize his pursuits, and to quarantine himself from unfavorable ideas and institutions.