Opinion

Bernie Sanders: How to raise trillions without hiking taxes on working Americans

Opinion by Bernie Sanders for CNN Business Perspectives.

Editors note: Bernie Sanders, an independent, is a United States senator from Vermont. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own.

The United States of America faces several enormous structural crises that we must address.

We need to fund infrastructure projects and build affordable housing while transitioning our energy system away from fossil fuels toward energy efficiency and renewable energy. We also need to guarantee health care to Americans as a human right, while also expanding Social Security to ensure that 20% of our senior citizens are no longer forced to survive on an income of less than $14,352 a year. Finally, if we are going to be able to compete in a global economy, we need to have the best educated workforce in the world. That means we must make public colleges and universities tuition free and debt free for working families.

Read more at: www.cnn.com/2021/04/21/perspectives/bernie-sanders-tax-raises/index.html

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