Conservatives accuse Sanders of "promising" these things to voters.
Is Sanders making "campaign promises," as if to say, "If you vote for me I will give you these things?" No. Sanders tells voters that no president can do these things alone. He says that if enough people show up and vote, only then can we end the domination of big-moneyed interests, and begin to provide for each other again.
In Sanders' words, "Change always takes place when millions of people fight back."
Conservatives claim that Sanders is trying to "buy votes" when he tells people they can have "free stuff" like free college tuition. But in a democracy, what does this mean? Politicians don't "give" things to the public; the public votes for representatives who are supposed to do what the public wants.
An Ecosystem Of Democratic Prosperity
We the People built an economic ecosystem by investing in infrastructure, education, research, courts, regulations, environmental protection, monetary stability -- all the things necessary to provide fertile ground for businesses to prosper. Part of that ecosystem is that We the People reinvest part of the return from our investment back into the system to keep it going. Democracy also means that We the People mutually benefit from the gains that result from that ecosystem of democratic prosperity.
Our shared investment created American prosperity; the return from that investment should also be shared and expanded. (Another word for "shared" is "distributed.")
Related: "When Government 'Saves Money' And Gets 'Smaller,' We All Lose"
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