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Sanders and Clinton on the Major IssuesCompiled as a public service by a supporter of Bernie Sanders. Chris Landry 2/16/16 (v10).

ISSUE BERNIE SANDERS HILLARY CLINTON NOTES REPUBLICANS

WALL STREET VS. MAIN STREET

MINIMUM WAGE Supports raising to$15.

Supports raising to$12.

$12/hr = $24,960 for a full-time worker before taxes. $15/hr= $31,200.

Keep as is.

2001 BANKRUPTCY BILL

Opposed. Voted for. Hillary Clinton opposed such legislation during Bill Clinton’s

presidency but voted for it as senator.

Voted for.

TARP WALL ST 

BAILOUT

Voted against the bill. Voted for. Sanders voted against it because it did not address too big

to fail and it did not have enough oversight or deal withderegulation.

Voted for.

BREAK UP BIGGEST BANKS

For. Against. Between 2001 and 2014 Bill Clinton earned more than $5

million from UBS, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America,

Deutsche Bank, and Barclays Capital.

Of the nearly $10 million Hillary Clinton earned in lecture

fees in 2013 alone, about $1.6 million came from Goldman

Sachs, UBS, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, andDeutsche Bank.

Against.

Against.REINSTATEMENT OFGLASS- STEAGALL

Repeal of this 1933 law in1998 is blamed in part for thefinancial crisis of 2007-08.

For. Against.

SOCIAL SECURITY Wants to expand byraising amount ofincome subject to

payroll tax.

Wants to protect it, is

not yet sure the bestway to do so.

Clinton has hinted at means testing (most recently in the

debate on 2/11/16), which Democrats have always seen asthe beginning of the end of Social Security, because it turns

it into a welfare program vulnerable to attack.

Privatize and/or

raise retirementage.

COLLEGE TUITION Wants it to be free,paid for by a tax onWall St speculation.

Would provide more

federal aid to states.

Both want the government to no longer make a profit from

student loans.

No plans to help

students.

CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENT

KXL PIPELINE Opposed. Supported asSecretary of State,came out against in

September, 2015.

The Huffington Post reported that “Nearly all of the lobbyists

bundling contributions for Democratic presidential candidateHillary Clinton’s campaign have at one time or another

worked for the fossil fuel industry.” 

Support.

OFFSHORE DRILLING Opposes. Supported untilDecember, 2015.

Support.

FRACKING Opposes. Would not call for aban.

Clinton encouraged fracking around the world as Secretaryof State and is taking money from fracking interests.

Support.

PRICE ON CARBON Supports. No public position. The candidates have big differences on climate policy. Oppose.

HEALTH CARE AS A HUMAN RIGHT

AFFORDABLE CARE 

ACT

Supports single

payer but amendedthe ACA to fund

Community Health

Centers and votedfor the bill.

Supports universal

coverage but withprivate insurance, not

single payer.

Clinton has taken in roughly $13.2 million in campaign

contributions from the health sector. Since 2013 she hasreceived $2.8 million in speaking fees from the industry.

Oppose.

MARIJUANA Supports right of

states to legalize.

Would reclassify to a

lower legal category.

No change.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

IRAQ WAR Voted against. Voted for. Voted for.

MILITARY SPENDING Supports reducedspending.

Has not called for

reduced spending.

No cuts.

REGIME CHANGE Opposes illegalregime change by

the United States.

Has supported

regime change in at

least six countries.

Read Hillary Is the Candidate of the War Machine and

Hillary Clinton and the Syrian Bloodbath, by Prof. Jeffrey

Sachs of Columbia University and the Earth Institute.

Support.

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TRANS-PACIFIC 

PARTNERSHIP

Opposes. Supported until

October, 2015.

Clinton advocated for the TPP 45 times as Secretary of

State, now says she is against it. Read here and here for

why TPP is opposed by unions and environmental groups.

Support.

LOBBYING AND 

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

Supported regimes in

Colombia and

elsewhere as BillClinton and their

foundation were

given more than $100million.

There were at least 13 occasions— worth $2.5 million—

when Bill Clinton received a six-figure speaking fee from

corporations or trade groups that were at the t ime engagedin lobbying at the State Department while Hillary Clinton

was Secretary of State. Regimes in Colombia and Haiti and

elsewhere have been direct beneficiaries of her policies.Read this for more.

CIVIL LIBERTIES

PATRIOT ACT 2001 

AND 2006

Voted against. Voted for. Voted for.

DOMESTIC SPYING Opposes. Supports. Support.

REPRODUCTIVE 

RIGHTS

100% rating fromPlanned Parenthood.

100% rating fromPlanned Parenthood.

Clinton has been a true leader in introducing legislation toprotect & expand access to reproductive health care.

Oppose.

CIVIL RIGHTS

SAME SEX MARRIAGE Spoke out in supportin 2009.

Ran in 2008 opposed

to same-sex

marriage, changedher position in 2013.

Sanders was one of the few in Congress who voted against

DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) in 1996. Clinton supported

DOMA until at least 2007. Watch this Rachel Maddowssegment for more.

Oppose.

IMMIGRATION Voted against

Kennedy-McCain billin 2007. In favor of

expanding Obama’s

action on

immigration.

Supports Obama’s

action on immigration

Want to limit

severely.

RACIAL JUSTICE Supports affirmativeaction and restoring

the Voting Rights Act

and would appointJustices in support.

Does not support

reparations

Supports affirmativeaction and restoring

the Voting Rights Act

and would appointJustices in support.

Does not support

reparations

Clinton supported the 1994 crime bill and the 1996 welfarereform bill that disproportionally hurt black families without

attempting to help them out of poverty.

The Clinton campaign brought up the 1960s, so here are

the facts. Sanders was active in CORE by 1961 and was

arrested in 1963 for protesting segregation. Hillary Clintonsupported the segregationist Goldwater (whom MLK called

“morally indefensible”) in 1964 and went to the Republicanconvention in 1968 as a volunteer for Rockefeller. Shebecame a Democrat in law school.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE

DEATH PENALTY Opposes. Supports. Support.

GUNS Has voted against

Brady bill several

times.

Supports Brady bill. Sanders has changed his position and now opposes

immunity to gun manufacturers and distributors. Both

support background checks. Clinton described herself as apro-gun churchgoer in 2008 campaign.

Oppose Brady

bill.

PRIVATELY RUN PRISONS

Opposes. Opposes as of

October, 2015.

Under pressure from Black Lives Matter and others, Clinton

cut ties with the prison industry and gave their campaigndonations to charity in October, 2015.

Support.

MONEY IN POLITICS

PAC MONEY $0 Approaching $1billion

 Clinton campaign is raising huge amounts from

corporations with significant issues at stake.

SPEECHES Made $1,867 forthree appearances in

2015.

The Clintons havebeen paid $153

million for speeches

to corporations andtrade associations.

Read about the Clintons’ fundraising in this WashingtonPost article and this NY Review of Books article.

NET WORTH $330,000 $31.1 million Bill and Hillary Clinton have a net worth over $110 million.

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