Editor,

Thank you, Elizabeth George, for listing some of the many great policies that Bernie Sanders champions in your recent viewpoint, “Why I’m not voting for Sen. Bernie Sanders” in The Record.

Bernie Sanders is revolutionary in that he is renouncing the polices of our time. The revolution is the people who must come out in a massive wave to vote against establishment politics. It is a critical time in our history where the wealthy have purchased our political system with campaign contributions. The establishment represents the corruption that results when our government is paid for by wealthy oligarchs.

Revolution does not necessarily indicate violence and there is an example from the first half of the 20th century. In the “Gilded Age,” the wealthiest in our country had control of most of the money, banking and industry. The rampant greed of these oligarchs led to the Great Depression. The election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the revolutionary change that gave us the New Deal and later what is called the “Great Society.” It was a revolutionary time that built our middle class. FDR sought major changes in policy, as Bernie Sanders is proposing today. One of FDR’s accomplishments was Social Security. He believed in a strong, productive, inclusive nation and his vision was revolutionary.

Bernie Sanders has been in politics his entire career; he has not made himself wealthy at the expense of his values. He does not take money or favors from Wall Street. When you look into his record he is consistent in voting for policies that support the concerns of working people, veterans and the disadvantaged. He can’t change the entrenched establishment policies unless he has an aroused citizenry that will vote in support of his vision for the country. To me, FDR was one of our greatest presidents. I believe Bernie Sanders could be too.

If you want more information on Bernie Sanders policies and how he intends to pay for them I suggest you visit his website at www.berniesanders.com.

ALICE GOSS

Clinton