U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders will give a speech on Wednesday defen...
WASHINGTON - U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders will give a speech on Wednesday defending his democratic socialist agenda as the “unfinished business” of former President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal and a vital step toward guaranteed economic rights.
Roosevelt’s policies, which included public works jobs, strong banking and financial regulations and the Social Security retirement program, made huge progress in protecting the needs of working families, Sanders said. “We must take the next step forward and guarantee every man, woman and child in our country basic economic rights,” he said, including quality healthcare, education, a decent job, affordable housing, a secure retirement and a clean environment.Sanders is one of more than 20 candidates seeking the Democratic presidential nomination for the right to challenge Trump in 2020. He consistently places second in opinion polls on the Democratic race.
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