Bernie Sanders Influence On Education

With the race for the White House coming at full blaze, there has been one man who has shaken up the democratic world. Congressman Bernie Sanders of Vermont has been all throughout the year, and the more media he receives, the more voters he racks up. With the many ideas that Bernie Sanders states, it is astounding on how modern his views are, and how well he speaks. Bernie Sanders is a passionate candidate, who has much job experience, which he started in 1972 (berniesanders.com, timeline), without any super PACs to back him up (CNN,Bernie Sanders Fundraising). He is the only candidate who doesn’t accept money from these large corporation businesses. Bernie Sanders has a strong stance on free college education(Youtube, Bernie Sanders on Education),
No amount of training would be worth being $300,000 in debt. How will Bernie Sanders fix this? By putting a tax on wall street (berniesanders.com, How Bernie pays for his proposals) that would generate $300 billion in revenue, and by cutting military spending by a diminutive amount (Youtube, Bernie Sanders on Education). According to the chart, 55% of the total United States budget goes to military spending, while only 6% of the budget goes to education (Media National Priorities, Discretionary Spending Pie Chart). With 55% of all money going to military spending, and only %6 going to education, I believe we need to set our priorities to the future of tomorrow. That is why as a scholar of the United States, I chose Bernie Sanders and his post-secondary schooling plans.

Another overwhelming problem in today’s society is the outsourcing of jobs. Outsourcing is when companies contract (work) out or abroad (Oxford Dictionary, outsourcing). To simplify this, it means sending jobs to other countries due to the labor costs being cheaper than it
The current minimum wage is a starvation wage (Berniesanders.com, a living wage). How are parents going to be vital in their role with a starving wage while having to pay for rent, bills, car payments, gas, and food with only procuring a $7.25 minimum wage? Many of us have seen the face of poverty, and a minority of us haven't. Today in America, Bernie believes that if you are an industrious American, who produces 40-60 hours a week in work, you should not have poverty knocking at your door (Youtube, $15 Minimum Wage). A waiter today makes $2.13 an hour, plus any tips (which also get taxed) (Youtube, $15 Minimum Wage). Bernie Sanders is for ensuring job security by strengthening the role of unions, and increasing the voices of the people by the Union. Bernie Sanders will fight for a union for fast food workers, which is currently not protected (Berniesanders.com, a living