{"id":23024,"date":"2016-07-13T12:29:57","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T19:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=23024"},"modified":"2016-07-13T12:29:57","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T19:29:57","slug":"bernies-seven-legacies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/13\/bernies-seven-legacies\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernie’s Seven Legacies"},"content":{"rendered":"

There were two Reich reactions to the formal end of Bernie Sanders’ campaign to be President.  The Reich on the right, who are always wrong, the Republican Reich, said Bernie has betrayed his followers, who should now switch their allegiance to the Presumptive Rectum of the Republican Party, Rump Dump Trump.  On the other hand, the Reich, who is always right, Robert Reich, told us of Bernie’s legacies.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"BernieBird\"<\/p>\n

Bernie Sanders\u2019s campaign is now officially over, but the movement he began is still just beginning. He\u2019s provided it seven big legacies:<\/p>\n

First, Bernie has helped open America\u2019s eyes to the power of big money corrupting our democracy and thereby rigging our economy to its advantage and everyone else\u2019s disadvantage.  <\/p>\n

Polls now show huge majorities of Americans think moneyed interests have too much sway in Washington. And thanks, in large part, to Bernie\u2019s campaign, progressives on Capitol Hill are readying a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United, and bills requiring full disclosure of donors, ending gerrymandering, and providing automatic voter registration.<\/p>\n

None of these will get anywhere in a Republican-controlled Congress, but they will give progressives a powerful theme for the upcoming election. It\u2019s called democracy.<\/p>\n

Second, Bernie has shown that it\u2019s possible to win elections without depending on big money from corporations, Wall Street, and billionaires. He came close to winning the Democratic nomination on the basis of millions of small donations from average working people. No longer can a candidate pretend to believe in campaign finance reform but say they have to take big money because their opponent does…<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

From <Robert Reich<\/a>><\/p>\n

I have shared two of the seven.  Click through for the other five or watch Robert’s video.<\/font><\/p>\n