In the year of 1996, Clinton supported the welfare reform, during her husband's presidency. However, Sanders was against that, saying that the legislation had actually doubled the extreme poverty, which was creating more hardships for the Americans. In fact, Sanders even stated , “What welfare reform did, in my view, was to go after some of the weakest and most vulnerable people in this country". Sanders is trying to do whatever he can in order to lift millions of Americans who are in poverty, into middle class. Bernie proposed for a national health insurance as well as an increase in the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. This can help to ensure that more Americans will be put to work , so that they are able to earn a living. His philosophy involves taxing the rich more heavily, so that more benefits are provided to others. This would help with eliminating expensive tuitions at public universities and colleges. Additionally, his campaign could employ 13 million people.
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