Bernie or Hillary – What do They Really Think??

 

Bernie or Hillary – What Do They Really Think??

So what’s the real difference between the two democratic front runners? Let’s break it down by 3 major issues that will affect you – Education, Job Creation, and Health Care. Now instead of me interpreting what the candidates stand for, I went directly to their websites, highlighted their official stances on these issues, and then did a little comparison.

K-12 Education

Hillary Clinton: “We need a president who will fight for strong public schools in every ZIP code and every community across the country. I want to be that president. I want to fight for you and for educators, and for students and for families. I think they go together.

  • Make high-quality education a priority for every child in America.
  • Ensure that teachers receive the training, mentor-ship, and support they need to succeed and thrive in the classroom.
  • Ensure students with disabilities have the resources and support they need throughout their school years.”

Bernie Sanders: He has no real position stated on his website.

 

Job Creation

Hillary Clinton: Hillary believes in these 3 concepts in relation to job creation

  1. Strong Growth: Hillary will invest in infrastructure, clean energy, and scientific and medical research to create jobs and strengthen our economy
  2. Fair Growth: Inequality is a drag on our economy, and to get incomes rising again, we need to renew our country’s basic bargain. With near-record corporate profits and stagnant wages, the deck is stacked against working Americans. If you work hard, you deserve to get ahead and stay ahead.
  3. Long-term growth: It’s time to push back against the forces of “quarterly capitalism” and boom and bust cycles on Wall Street.

“Put an end to “quarterly capitalism, Impose accountability on Wall Street.”

 

Bernie Sanders:

Bernie likes to talk about the economy in 3 major concepts.

Income and Wealth Inequality: “Today, we live in the richest country in the history of the world, but that reality means little because much of that wealth is controlled by a tiny handful of individuals. The issue of wealth and income inequality is the great moral issue of our time, it is the great economic issue of our time, and it is the great political issue of our time.

Creating decent paying jobs: Our nation’s infrastructure is collapsing, and the American people know it. Every day, they drive on roads with unforgiving potholes and over bridges that are in disrepair. They wait in traffic jams and ride in railroads and subways that are overcrowded. They see airports bursting at the seams.

For too many years, we have dramatically underfunded the physical infrastructure that our economy depends on. That is why I have proposed the Rebuild America Act, to invest $1 trillion over five years to modernize our infrastructure. It would be paid for by closing loopholes that allow profitable corporations to avoid paying taxes by, among other things, shifting their profits to the Cayman Islands and other offshore tax havens.

Importantly, the Rebuild America Act will support more than thirteen million good-paying jobs – jobs that our economy desperately needs.

Reforming Wall Street: Wall Street cannot continue to be an island unto itself, gambling trillions in risky financial decisions while expecting the public to bail it out.”

“It is time to break up the largest financial institutions in the country.”                                                                                                — Senator Bernie Sanders

 

Health Care:

Hillary Clinton

“Going forward, Hillary will build on these efforts and fight to ensure that the savings from these reforms benefits families—not just insurance companies, drug companies, and large corporations.

  • Defend the Affordable Care Act. Hillary will continue to defend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) against Republican efforts to repeal it. She’ll build on it to expand affordable coverage, slow the growth of overall health care costs (including prescription drugs), and make it possible for providers to deliver the very best care to patients. •
  • Lower out-of-pocket costs like copays and deductibles. The average deductible for employer-sponsored health plans rose from $1,240 in 2002 to about $2,500 in 2013. American families are being squeezed by rising out-of-pocket health care costs. Hillary believes that workers should share in slower growth of national health care spending through lower costs.
  • Reduce the cost of prescription drugs. Prescription drug spending accelerated from 2.5 percent in 2013 to 12.6 percent in 2014. It’s no wonder that almost three-quarters of Americans believe prescription drug costs are unreasonable. Hillary believes we need to demand lower drug costs for hardworking families and seniors.
  • Transform our health care system to reward value and quality. Hillary is committed to building on delivery system reforms in the Affordable Care Act that improve value and quality care for Americans.”

Bernie Sanders:

 

So as you can see, there are differences between the candidates on their approaches to K-12 Education, Job Creation, and Healthcare.

Who has the better set of ideas is for you, the voter, to decide. But something to take into consideration is how they are delivering their messages.

For me, one makes me feel excited and inspired, while the other makes me feel, oh well blah. I’m not saying either position is better, just noticing how they are delivered.

The above issues are on the tip of the presidential campaign iceberg. Hillary Clinton’s website has a directory of voter issues and so does Bernie Sanders’.   See if you can spot additional differences in their campaign messages.