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Bernie may have been consistent in his [b]voting record[/b] but his leadership skills are untested because he refuses to lead the charge on anything. I'm very concerned about what appears to be a complete unwillingness to compromise - because he can't just govern the progressive minority. He has to govern the entire country, and all of the people in it. If he thinks he's going to get anything done without compromising, well, we're going to end up in a 4 year stalemate where absolutely nothing gets done and no one benefits.

I also firmly believe that his "free college tuition" plan will cause the inequality gap to widen because it will make public colleges and universities very difficult to get into (so only top students will be able to get in), and will drive underrepresented and low SES students to private school (where they will graduate with high debt loads). I think the rising cost of college can be addressed in other, more effective, ways that don't exclude underrepresented and underserved populations from public schools. 
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His campaign conveniently ignores the root causes of the widening inequality gap which I see as (1) a lack of high quality childcare available to every working family (raising the federal minimum wage isn't going to make working class families capable of paying for high quality childcare here in DC)[/b], and (2) addressing the huge gaps in primary and secondary education in lower SES communities. Raising teacher salaries and improving services available to underserved and underrepresented students in primary and secondary schools - which is compulsory here in the US - would be a much better use of resources than giving tuition free college to the middle and upper middle class.

Bernie can have the most perfect voting record in the world - his leadership skills are untested and probably nonexistent. He has not shown an ability to take ideas and turn them into action. He has not shown an ability to get others on board with his ideas so that his brilliant plans can become reality. Without that, he's not qualified to be president because gaining an office is not the same as honing those skills. He will not be respected just because he was elected. He will still be that crazy guy from the Hill without any leadership skills.[/quote]
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Most of what you are saying here is opinion but I have to say that Sanders has been very outspoken on childcare.

Here is a quote and an article:

"Sanders’ family benefits package has three parts to it, only one of which is, strictly speaking, new. The first part is an endorsement of Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s FAMILY Act, which levies a small payroll tax to fund twelve weeks of publicly financed, job-protected paid leave for parents of newborns. Under the FAMILY Act, parents would receive welfare payments equal to 66 percent of their prior pay to allow them to support themselves while caring for and bonding with their babies. Sanders has long supported the FAMILY Act.

The second part is an endorsement of Senator Patty Murray’s Healthy Families Act, which mandates that employers provide earned sick leave for their employees. Under the existing legislation, employers would be required to provide a minimum of one hour of earned sick leave for every 30 hours worked, up to seven days of paid sick leave per year. In effect, the bill mandates that employers provide around 3 percent of employee compensation in the form of sick leave. Sanders has long supported the FAMILY Act, too.

The final part, and the only new part, is the Guaranteed Paid Vacation Act, which would mandate that employers provide 10 days of paid vacation for all employees that have worked under the employer for at least a year. This mandate would significantly increase minimum vacation leave from the current level—zero days—but it would still lag many other countries like France (30 days) and the Nordic countries (25 days). "

https://newrepublic.com/article/122027/bernie-sanderss-family-friendly-agenda-crushes-competition[/quote]

Paid family leave, and paid sick leave, and paid maternity leave are NOT the same thing as affordable CHILDCARE for working families. Infants and toddlers need to be in high quality childcare when their mothers and fathers are at work. Not just have parents who can stay home when they are sick.[/quote]

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