Bernie Sanders, 74 years old was raised in Brooklyn, New York. He embarked on his higher education at Brooklyn College with a major in psychology, but soon transferred to the University of Chicago, where he obtained his Bachelor degree in political science prior to moving to Vermont. In 1971 Bernie commenced his political career, but it wasn’t until 1981 when he got his big break and was elected …show more content…
There both in agreement on the following but not limited to: abortion is a woman's unrestricted right, same sex marriage, easier voter registration process, expand Obama care, pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens, higher taxes on wealthy. The list is extensive. Although both candidates agree on numerous issues it doesn’t mean that the way they plan on going about these issues correlate. Take the policy of higher taxes on the wealthy. Bernie’s plan would require employees/employers to contribute 0.2 percent of wages, while Hillary’s plan is to have only the wealthiest of Americans have increased taxes. Whereas Clinton wants to keep Obama care in place Sanders wants to take it a step further with a single payer health care system. Increasing federal minimum wage is another policy agreed upon, Hillary suggested an increase to twelve dollars, but Sanders suggest an increase to