Vote Bernie Sanders for President
March 1, 2016
Dear Editor,
I am writing to you today to endorse my favorite candidate in the 2016 presidential election, Bernie Sanders. I believe that Bernie Sanders truly connects with open minded Americans young and old.
Bernie believes that every American is entitled to good health care as a right, I agree with him because Americans spend more money on healthcare than any other country on this planet. Someone diagnosed with cancer is already enduring a very grueling battle and if someone cannot afford health insurance they will either be buried in debt with a possibility of cancer returning, or they will not receive treatment and die a very undignified death. If we can appoint public defendants to fight for potential criminals who cannot afford lawyers, why donai??i??t we provide care for those who need it most?
Bernie also believes that a college education should be free for Americans. He does garner a lot of criticism for his use of the word ai???freeai??? but Bernie and his supporters understand that nothing is free. They understand that his plan calls for appropriately taxing corporations their fair share and lowering taxes on the middle and lower class, he also imposes a speculation tax on wall street which would reduce risky and unproductive high speed trading that goes on today. The revamped tax system would assist in paying for his education and health care proposals.
Recently, Hillary Clintonai??i??s campaign has been attempting to smear Sanders as a single issue candidate only focusing on wall street and nothing else. The problem with this shameless attack on his credibility is that young people can fact check anything very quickly thanks to the internet, and little to no young people are flocking to Clinton for the answers. They know that Bernie is a dedicated, sincere candidate who does not only focus on the risky behavior on wall street.
Bernie Sanders cares about the average American and their ability to succeed, he is a fighter for the middle class and those who give him a chance often leave feeling an intense Bern.
Logan Hatch
Senior
Hunter Holmes • Apr 13, 2016 at 11:14 AM
There is a new wave of “democratic socialism” spreading throughout this country, and now many people are turning to the candidate Bernie Sanders to pioneer their quest to destroy our beautiful republic and replace it with socialist policies that are proven by history to be ineffective and harmful. Senior Logan Hatch has declared his support for Mr. Sanders, and although I agree that the candidate does appear to care about the average American, the way he plans to improve the lives of the average American would actually end up hurting them. Hatch reveres Sanders’ plans to create a socialized health care system, where everyone receives free health coverage courtesy of Uncle Sam. He also mentions the candidate’s plan to create a system to provide free college education for everyone. But to the credit of the author he realizes that the word free does not actually mean free. He says that Sanders’ plan “calls for appropriately taxing corporations their fair share and lowering taxes on the middle and lower class, he also imposes a speculation tax on wall street which would reduce risky and unproductive high speed trading that goes on today.” This descriptive detail of Sanders’ plan shows the faults in it. For example, the only effect increasing taxation on corporations will have is that it will drive up prices and destroy jobs, and this will obviously hurt the average American. Furthermore, the plan calls for lowering taxes on the lower and middle classes, but the plan lacks to inform the reader of a source to replace that lost revenue. Moreover, the tax on Wall Street would be detrimental to the average American because the state of our economy rests heavily on the stock market, as proven by the Great Depression, and any hinderance to it could cause it to crash. In conclusion, Bernie Sanders’ plans to help the little man, will just aid in the crushing of him. In a perfect world these plans may work, but obviously the world contains many flaws. America needs to wake up and smell the communism; it is time for America to rely on the system that made it a world superpower, capitalism.
Logan hatch • Apr 14, 2016 at 7:42 AM
Sanders does not even call for lowering middle class taxes. He calls for taxing corporations appropriately and also redirecting our tax funds from military spending and corporate tax cuts to things that benefit the majority of civillians. I invite you to read up on bernies proposals on go.berniesanders.com
Logan hatch • Apr 14, 2016 at 7:46 AM
Plus to call what bernie advocates communism is HEAVILY misleading. He is not calling for government to take over the entire economy and control the entire market. He is fighting for our tax dollars to be spent on OUR benefit not the benefit of the military industrial complex and not the benefit of filthy rich corporations that rake in money while refusing employees benefits and a decent wage.
Nicholas Bradley • Apr 13, 2016 at 11:09 AM
In reacting to the Bernie Sander’s article, I believe that this person was not fully informed about Bernie’s actual policies instead of the bravado and repeated phrases being both in debates and in social media. Bernie’s supposed health care evolution, as described by the editor, gives health care as a god-given right to each citizen. However, Barack Obama has already established that within his two terms of being president, which therefore makes this point irrelevant, because this isn’t any new or original policy. Also, his second point about Bernie wanting free college education, this policy isn’t even probable considering our state of economy and the Republican hold on Congress, therefore making this view impossible to carry out, which makes this view invalid considering that he hasn’t shown any other prevalent points that push him of other candidates. Lastly, in this quote “Hillary Clinton’s campaign has been attempting to smear Sanders as a single issue candidate only focusing on wall street and nothing else; The problem with this shameless attack on his credibility is that young people can fact check anything very quickly thanks to the internet, and little to no young people are flocking to Clinton for the answers” the editor tries to smear Clinton as a candidate for borrowing Sanders’ ideas, although Sanders’ policies are borrowed from Obama anyway. He makes statements saying “no young people vote for Hillary” although other polls have shown other results. It is obvious that the editor made this article to promote Bernie Sanders but did not do the due diligence to get all the research first about either Hillary’s or Bernie’s campaign ideologies.
Logan hatch • Apr 14, 2016 at 7:40 AM
This is not true the affordable care act basically forces you to buy private health insurance. Bernie advocates a single payer health care system and I invite you to research the difference. This would eliminate expensive premiums and you would pay for your coverage through taxes that we pay REGARDLESS.