Uc-Aft Endorses Bernie Sanders

The UC-AFT council voted unanimously to endorse Bernie Sanders for president.  Although our national scheme has endorsed Hillary Clinton, nosotros experience that Sanders’ order on complimentary populace higher education, Wall Street reform, universal healthcare, unions, drive finance, together with climate alter correspond a rare direct chances to force for a genuinely progressive agenda.

Sanders’ is the entirely candidate who has tied the ascent toll of higher teaching together with pupil debt to Wall Street.  His plan pushes to increment the release of full-time faculty, trim back administrative costs, together with increment spending on instruction.  Many of his ideas on universities coincide alongside my majority Why Public Higher Education Should endure Free. 

Some people convey asked why nosotros should taxation Wall Street transactions to pay for higher education.  The respond is pretty simple, each fourth dimension that Wall Street crashes, tuition goes upward together with pupil debt increases.  Moreover, Wall Street is directly engaged inwards a reckless examine to cash inwards on pupil loans past times creating Student Loan Asset-Backed Securities (SLABs).  If this makes yous intend virtually betting on subprime loans, it should, since the same people are trying to brand money off of indebted students past times pooling together risky packages of pupil loans. 

While Hillary Clinton has likewise pushed for debt-free college, her computer program does non become every bit far every bit Sanders.  Furthermore, Sanders clearly sees that really piddling of the progressive agenda volition endure advanced, if nosotros practise non alter how political campaigns are funded.  He seeking to create a social displace that volition need a unlike fashion of politics, together with thus instead of bespeak if he tin learn his agenda done inwards the electrical current system, nosotros should inquire tin he assist us create a novel system.   

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