A Review of the 2016 Presidential Candidates’ Platforms:

Zack Davis, Staff Reporter

 

 

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Sanders-021507-18335- 0004, Pictures taken by Gage Skidmore

Bernie Sanders (D):

Make tuition free for public colleges and universities.

Access to healthcare for all income families.

Immigrants will be allowed to purchase health coverage under the Affordable Care Act.

Prevent LGBT discrimination legislation from being passed.

Equate woman’s payroll to men’s and give more funding to Planned Parenthood.

Demilitarize the look of the police force and require all officers to wear body cameras.

Iran should not be able to acquire nuclear weapons.

Expanding Social Security to help care for families with loved ones who are disabled.

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Hillary Clinton (D):

Increase programs that educate people on sexual assault prevention.

Holding colleges and universities accountable to make tuition affordable.

Strengthen background checks for buying guns.

Create more well-paying jobs and raise the taxes on the wealthy.

Ban discrimination against LGBT Americans.

Fight for equal pay in the workforce, women’s health and reproductive rights, and affordable child care.

Stop rising prescription drug prices.

Pro-choice.

Automatically register citizens to vote when they turn 18.

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Donald Trump (R):

Build a wall, and make Mexico pay for the wall.

lower the U.S. corporate tax to keep American jobs and companies on U.S. soil.

Bring back waterboarding and other interrogation techniques.

Allowing gun permits to be valid in all 50 states.

Cancelling visas of illegal immigrants.

Tax relief for the middle class and reducing loopholes for the extremely wealthy.

Make healthcare follow the principles of free market and make insurance non-mandatory.

Fire corrupt executives at the Veterans Administration.

Increase funds towards brain injury, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and suicide prevention.

Make the tax code four brackets instead of seven.