Thinkers and political figures
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Bernie Sanders
- Country
- United States
- Era
- b. 1941
- Tradition
- Democratic socialism
United States Senator who describes himself as a democratic socialist and has campaigned for single-payer health care, free public higher education and higher taxation of large fortunes.
01
Documented positions
Documented positions come from the sources listed. Similarity is this project’s inference from those positions, and is a much weaker claim.
- Medicare for All: a single-payer public health insurance system
- Tuition-free public colleges and cancellation of student debt
- A wealth tax on large fortunes and higher corporate taxation
- A federal minimum wage of $15 an hour and expanded union rights
- A Green New Deal programme of public investment in decarbonisation
02
Where it sits on each dimension
Wealth and inequality
12
RedistributionMarket outcomes
Evidence: Well documented
The state in the economy
22
Active stateLimited state
Evidence: Well documented
Personal liberty
76
Collective orderIndividual freedom
Evidence: Documented
Tradition and change
84
ContinuityReform
Evidence: Well documented
Nation and the world
26
InternationalistNationalist
Evidence: Documented
Religion and the state
20
Secular stateReligion in public life
Evidence: Documented
Power and its limits
82
Concentrated authorityChecks and pluralism
Evidence: Well documented
Environment and growth
86
Production firstProtection first
Evidence: Well documented
Crime and punishment
84
PunishmentRehabilitation
Evidence: Well documented
Sources
- Medicare for All Act, sponsored legislation · United States Senate
- Campaign policy platform, 2020 presidential primary · 2020
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