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this is how hillary clinton and bernie sanderscompare on the most important issues. on foreign policy both candidates supportthe nuclear deal with iran and seem to view the world much the same way as president obama,who prioritizes smart power and diplomacy over military force. but hillary’s voteauthorizing the iraq war still haunts her, while bernie sanders was one of the most outspokencritics of the bush administration from the start and voted against the iraq war. hillaryclinton, though, has been first lady, senator, and then secretary of state, so she may havemore on-the-job foreign policy experience than anyone who’s ever run for president.as madam secretary, she helped make the call to take out osama bin laden and travelledto more countries than anyone else in history,

playing a central role in rebuilding the internationalcommunity's’ trust in the united states after the damage caused by the recklessnessof the bush administration. when it comes to climate change, sanders wantsto create a nationwide tax on carbon and methane emissions, while clinton wants to get americagenerating at least 33% of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2027--that’sup from just 13% in 2014. both are strongly in favor of comprehensiveimmigration reform to create a path to citizenship for the millions of undocumented workers livingin the shadows, and for protecting and expanding the work already done by the obama administration. income inequality is bernie’s signatureissue. for starters, he wants to raise taxes

on the wealthy and make corporations pay theirfair share, and many of his other policy proposals are focused on tackling this issue as well,like his call to raise the federal minimum wage to $15/hr. hillary has responded by proposingmore restrained progressive policies, like raising the federal minimum wage to $12/hrinstead of $15. clinton’s economic credentials are bolstered by her husband’s presidency,which led the country to arguably the best economic times in our history--we even hada budget surplus for four whole years under bill clinton. on health care, both candidates have a historyof fighting for universal health care. bernie has been outspoken about the need to guaranteehealth care as a right of all americans by

creating a medicare for all single-payer system,something every other major developed country in the world already has. clinton used tofavor a single-payer system too, but she is now in favor of defending and strengtheningobama’s signature achievement, the affordable care act, to achieve universal health care. on social security, both candidates vow todefend the popular system from republican attacks, and ultimately expand it, althoughbernie’s plan goes significantly further by calling for an end to the cap so that everyonewho makes over $250,000 a year pays the same percentage of their income into social securityas everyone else. on jobs, bernie speaks frequently about theproblem of unemployment, especially among

young african-americans and hispanics. he’sproposed investing $1 trillion over 5 years to modernize america’s physical infrastructureto create and maintain at least 13 million jobs. hillary has called for a national infrastructurebank and wants to increase funding for scientific research, while also focusing on job trainingand helping small businesses grow. hillary clinton has embraced the fact thatshe will be america’s first female president, and has made women’s issues -- like closingthe gender pay gap -- central to her campaign. but bernie is just as progressive on women’sissues and joins hillary in calling for quality affordable childcare for all families andfor providing guaranteed paid family leave. both candidates are calling for major reformsto our criminal justice system, including

reigning in the private prison industry, endingthe war on drugs, and encouraging best practices among our nation’s police officers--likebody cameras on every cop. tragedy after tragedy has led clinton to makegun violence one of the central issues of her campaign and is one of america’s mostprogressive politicians on this issue. bernie on the other hand, does not mention guns asingle time on the issues section of his campaign website and has struggled in the debates tojustify some of his past votes against gun control, although he does argue in favor ofmoderate steps, like increased background checks. bernie has called for tuition at all publiccolleges and universities in america to be

free, and will fully pay for his plan by imposinga fraction of a percent tax on wall street trades. hillary’s plan is less radical,but still aims to make college more affordable by cutting costs, lowering interest ratesand making community college tuition free. there are strong differences on trade. clintonsupported her husband’s passage of the north american free trade agreement in 1993 andsupported the current trans-pacific-partnership as obama’s secretary of state, althoughshe has since reversed both positions. sanders has been consistently against trade agreementsthat he argues have hurt u.s. workers and small farmers in mexico and central america. and lastly, the issue of campaign financereform has both candidates calling for an

overturning of the supreme court’s decisionin the citizens united case, but sanders has been the most outspoken member of congresson this issue and is laying out a vision for future elections to be publicly financed.this is really important for american democracy because it would kill two birds with one stoneby severely weakening the political influence of the wealthy and special interests, whilesimultaneously attracting better people to run for congressional office, instead of turningthem off the way the current system of never-ending fundraising and begging for cash does. in the end, hillary and bernie, like hillaryand obama in 2008, are fairly similar on the issues. for this, bernie deserves credit forinfluencing the national debate and pulling

hillary’s campaign to the left. while hillarywould make history as the first female president, bernie would be the first president withouta declared religious faith, which is a lesser known, but almost equally important milestonein american politics. of course hillary has much more experience on the national and internationalstage, but bernie has executive experience as a mayor and has had success passing legislationthrough congress. as a blunt speaking independent, bernie has built a career by bucking the partysystem to take the most principled position on every issue, while hillary is a loyal democratwho is essentially running for a fifth term of the obama/clinton dynasty which has deliveredthe 16 most consistently productive, peaceful, and dominant years in modern american history.

let me know in the comments below who areyou supporting for president, and why? like this video if you found it informative.for tdc, i’m bryce plank, thanks for watching.