Post by Logan on Apr 24, 2016 8:20:48 GMT -6
‘Poverty is a death sentence,’ Sanders declares during Baltimore stop
BALTIMORE — Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders used a campaign stop Saturday in this economically challenged city to decry the difference between the life expectancies of the nation’s rich and poor, declaring that “poverty is a death sentence.”
“If you are born in Baltimore’s poorest neighborhood, your life expectancy is almost 20 years shorter than if you’re born in its wealthiest neighborhood,” the senator from Vermont said, adding that “15 neighborhoods in Baltimore have lower life expectancies than North Korea. Two of them have a higher infant mortality rate than Palestine's West Bank.”
Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, promised an enthusiastic crowd estimated at 6,600 that if elected president, “we are going to make profound economic changes.”
Sanders’s appearance here ahead of Tuesday’s Democratic primary in Maryland comes as his odds of winning the White House have grown long and could soon grow even longer. Maryland is the site of one of five primaries that Sanders faces on Tuesday against Hillary Clinton, who has regained momentum in the race following her decisive win in New York this past week.
Read more: www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/04/23/poverty-is-a-death-sentence-sanders-declares-during-baltimore-stop/
BALTIMORE — Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders used a campaign stop Saturday in this economically challenged city to decry the difference between the life expectancies of the nation’s rich and poor, declaring that “poverty is a death sentence.”
“If you are born in Baltimore’s poorest neighborhood, your life expectancy is almost 20 years shorter than if you’re born in its wealthiest neighborhood,” the senator from Vermont said, adding that “15 neighborhoods in Baltimore have lower life expectancies than North Korea. Two of them have a higher infant mortality rate than Palestine's West Bank.”
Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, promised an enthusiastic crowd estimated at 6,600 that if elected president, “we are going to make profound economic changes.”
Sanders’s appearance here ahead of Tuesday’s Democratic primary in Maryland comes as his odds of winning the White House have grown long and could soon grow even longer. Maryland is the site of one of five primaries that Sanders faces on Tuesday against Hillary Clinton, who has regained momentum in the race following her decisive win in New York this past week.
Read more: www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/04/23/poverty-is-a-death-sentence-sanders-declares-during-baltimore-stop/