Bernie Sanders Archives

Health care should be a personal choice

Although Medicare for All can help many, citizens should still be able to choose their health care options.

Marc DeJager, Staff Writer (Fall 2019) • October 30, 2019

As the 2020 presidential election creeps closer and closer, the candidate field continues to shrink, and the debates between the remaining contenders grow ever more heated. One of the most consistently debated topics is health care, specifically where each candidate stands on the idea of Medicare for...

Progressive tax systems centralize power to the rich

By creating a more exaggerated progressive tax system, you are giving the power of the political purse to the rich.

Logan Zeppieri, Opinions Editor • March 2, 2019

With the 2020 election on the horizon, many Democratic party candidates have already announced their presidential bid. However, common to the most well-known names—Corey Booker, Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren—is their push for more and more extreme versions of the progressive...

Bernie Sanders’ BEZOS Act is an attack on the poor

Sanders’ new tax bill attempts to cure American corporatism by attacking the poorest working class.

Logan Zeppieri, Opinions Editor • September 7, 2018

On Sept. 6, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT, introduced a senate bill that not-so-subtly targeted the CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos. The Stop Bad Employers by Zeroing Out Subsidies Act, or Stop BEZOS Act, will require companies who have 500 or more employees to pay a tax equal to their employees’ federal assistance...