15 Things You Didn't Know About Bernie Sanders

[eridani]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/12/10/1458728/-15-Things-You-Didn-t-Know-About-Bernie-Sanders

2)Bernie is no conservative or liberal, but both.

He is economically responsible and pro-business like the Republicans (claim to be), but also socially responsible and pro-people like the Democrats.

As mayor of Burlington, he ran a tight ship on a tight budget, grew the economy, and attracted local business by creating trade associations, giving new entrepreneurs start-up funding, and offering technical assistance.Some Republicans even said he managed to “out-Republican the Republicans.”

Yet he also protected low-wage workers, financed training programs for women, implemented neighborhood planning assemblies (NPAs), raised taxes on business, and created organizations to empower the people, including a Youth Office, an Arts Council, and a Women’s Council.

3)During his time in the House of Representatives, Bernie passed more amendments than any other representative serving with him.

His work included reducing the cost of college, expanding free health care, holding the IRS accountable, cracking down on child labor, increasing winter heating funding for our poor, and fighting against corporate welfare.

8)Bernie is an exceptional compromiser.

Also in the Senate, he got “the first-ever audit.. of the Federal Reserve.., a cause that Republican congressman Ron Paul had been pursuing for decades.. Sanders was able to get the votes to do it by forging a compromise.”

With the Affordable Care Act in danger, he leveraged his influence to win free health treatment for 10 million Americans

He even worked with Republican John McCain to overhaul the Veterans Administration.“McCain praised Sanders’ work on the bill in an interview with National Journal [and] Senator Jack Reed [said]… the bill would never have passed without Sanders’ ability to bring the parties to a deal.”

[Scuba]

1. He's also been right on almost every issue for 40 years.