BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — They became notable presidential candidates in Iowa after narrow losses that nonetheless put them on the national political stage. They're competing for some of the same young voters. And this weekend, they've been driving around this first-in-the-nation caucus state reintroducing
1 / 7Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during the National Action Network Convention in New York, Friday, April 5, 2019. themselves to voters as others in the 2020 Democratic field dispersed to New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada.
Over and over, people told Sanders grim stories about medical bills putting them deeply in debt. He empathized, at one point putting an arm around a young woman who had begun weeping as she spoke. Sanders told his audience that he supports"Medicare for All" and a single-payer health care system. But he didn't get into specifics.
If students are willing to work in in-demand jobs at places like the Department of Veterans Affairs, or"willing to teach school or be in a support role in a community that needs your talent and human capital, I want to wipe clean your student loan debt. At a minimum I want to refinance what you have at a much lower rate."Sanders says he wants to make college free and pay for it by getting rid of tax havens and lowering taxes for the richest Americans.
Thompson's wife was slain in the June 2015 shooting. Sheppard, who survived the ordeal but lost her son and aunt, has said the shooter told her he was sparing her life so she could tell others what happened. He is now on federal death row. "I don't think there's any point in dwelling on it," said the Colorado Democrat."If it turns out to be worse than I think, I'll deal with it then."
Warren, D-Mass., blasted Trump's economic and environmental policies and touted her plan to invest $500 billion over the next 10 years to build, preserve and rehabilitate affordable housing for low-income families. She said she would pay for it by returning the estate tax thresholds to where they were during President George W. Bush's administration and imposing a new"wealth" tax on the nation's 17,000 wealthiest families.
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