Topics in the News: Globalization
Bernie Sanders on Education
: Nov 15, 2016
College for All: $2 federal match for every state $1
A public education system that goes from kindergarten through high school is no longer good enough. If we are to succeed in the highly competitive global economy and have the best-educated workforce in the world, public colleges and universities must
become tuition-free.I outlined a simple and straightforward proposal that would make public colleges and universities tuition-free. This plan, the College for All Act, would allow all Americans, if they had the ability and the desire, to go to
college regardless of the income of their families. It would also prevent them from going deeply into debt as a result of their education. The College for All Act would create a partnership between the U.S. government and states that would provide
$2 in federal funding for every dollar a state spends on making public colleges and universities tuition-free for undergraduate students. The plan would also cover 100 percent of the costs of books and room and board for low-income students.
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Source: Our Revolution, by Bernie Sanders, p. 339-49
Jill Stein on Immigration
: Oct 9, 2016
H1-B Visa program is ok, but help global economy abroad
Q: What is your opinion of recent controversy over employment and the H1-B Visa program?JILL STEIN: We support the H1-B Visa program. However, we must look at it in the context of overall immigration policy, trade, economic and military policies.
In the big picture, we are concerned about a global economy in which people have to leave their home countries to find decent jobs. We support more just international development and demilitarization, so that people don't have to go half way
around the world to find just employment.
DONALD TRUMP: We cannot allow companies to abuse this system. When we have American citizens and those living in the United States legally being pushed out of high paying jobs so that they can be
replaced with "cheaper" labor, something is wrong. The H1-B system should be employed only when jobs cannot be filled with qualified Americans and legal residents.
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Source: ScienceDebate.org: 20 questions for 2016 presidential race
Joe Biden on Free Trade
: Sep 21, 2016
US must take lead on free trade, but deal with uneven impact
Globalization, man, it's been wonderful. It's not been wonderful for an awful lot of people. It is applied very, very unevenly. We fail to recognize that there are genuine dislocations when we talk about TPP and trade. The truth of the matter is,
if we're not pushing on the establishment of an international order and fully engaged internationally, there is little likelihood that there will be 21st century rules of the road that can accommodate the change that's taking place.
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Source: Council on Foreign Relations on 2020 candidates
Mike Pence on Free Trade
: Jul 20, 2016
Support multilateral negotiations: no nation ruined by trade
Pence praised the benefits of NAFTA and the GATT Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations saying, "Our existing trade agreements have truly benefited Indiana and the entire United States." In 2005 Pence supported CAFTA; in one floor speech Pence
quoted Benjamin Franklin: "No nation was ever ruined by trade." In another speech, he urged his colleagues to approve CAFTA to "keep the dream of ever-expanding democracy and American ideals in our hemisphere alive."Three years later,
Pence signed onto a letter with other House GOP leaders urging then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi to allow a vote on the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement. It noted that "Tens of millions of jobs across every sector of our economy are supported by trade."
Three years later in 2011, Pence took to the House floor to "heartily support" free trade agreements with Colombia, Korea, and Panama, which were approved by large bipartisan majorities in Congress that fall.
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Source: US Chamber of Commerce, "Above the Fold," by Sean Hackbarth
Doug Burgum on Education
: Jan 31, 2016
Accelerate efforts to raise outcomes for all students
Our North Dakota education system, which needs to serve a significant rural as well as increasing urban population, will need to accelerate its efforts to raise outcomes to
ensure students of all ages have the skills they need to be competitive in a global economy.
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Source: Recode.net on 2016 North Dakota gubernatorial race
Bernie Sanders on Education
: Sep 27, 2015
Free public university tuition, like we had 50 years ago
Q: If I may pick up on that point about free college, Hillary Clinton argues that she wouldn't give free college to wealthy kids. Your reaction?SANDERS: I believe that it is absurd that, in a highly competitive global economy, we have got hundreds of
thousands of bright young people who are qualified to go to college, but can't because their families lack the income. So, yes, I do believe that public colleges and universities should be tuition-free. Is this is a radical idea?
Well, other countries around the world do that, because they know investing in their kids is good for their economy. So I do believe that we need a system, which is not free college education for all.
It's free tuition in public colleges and universities. I think it is simple, it's straightforward. It exists in other countries and, in fact, 50 or 60 years ago, used to exist in the United States of America.
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Source: CBS Face the Nation 2015 interview by Bob Schieffer
Bernie Sanders on Education
: Jan 15, 2015
Make college affordable for everyone
Making College Affordable for All:
In today's highly competitive global economy, millions of Americans are unable to afford the higher education they need in order to get good-paying jobs. Quality education in America, from child care
to higher education, must be affordable for all. Without a high-quality and affordable educational system, we will be unable to compete globally and our standard of living will continue to decline.
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Source: 12 Steps Forward, by Sen. Bernie Sanders
Jill Stein on Foreign Policy
: Dec 21, 2011
US should behave as member of world community, no world cop
Q: When you think about the US pursuing its interests abroad, how much should the US listen to other countries? Are you a unilateralist or a multilateralist? A: On that scale, a multilateralist.
We cannot afford to be the unilateral policemen of the world enforcing our own interest. We are a member of a very integrated world community and world economy and we need to behave accordingly.
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Source: 2011 AmericansElect interview questionnaire with Jill Stein
Donald Trump on Free Trade
: Jan 18, 2008
Embrace globalization and international markets
The important thing to consider is that more and more there is an interdependence of world economies. No one can afford to be isolationist any more.
Keep your focus global. Globalization has torn down the barriers that have formerly separated the national from the international markets.
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Source: Never Give Up, by Donald Trump, p.158
Bernie Sanders on Free Trade
: Jun 17, 1997
NAFTA, GATT, and MFN for China must be repealed
What about the hemorrhage of jobs abroad? Can we do anything about the disastrous effects of the global economy on American workers? According to the experts, no. But the experts echo the message their employers want us to hear.
We need to address the issue of trade forthrightly and understand that our current trade policy is an unmitigated disaster. Our current record-breaking merchandise trade deficit of $112 billion is costing us over 2 million decent paying jobs.
NAFTA, GATT, and Most Favored Nation status with China must be repealed, and a new trade policy developed.
Let's look at some of the components of a sensible trade policy. First, we must recognize that trade is not an end in itself.
The function of American trade policy must be to improve the standard of living of the American people. America's trade policy must be radically changed, by committing ourselves to a "fair" rather than "free" trade policy.
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Source: Outsider in the House, by Bernie Sanders, p.237
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