VOA News Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Thursday made the case for his "democratic socialist" economic policies, directly addressing the controversy over a label that some say makes him too liberal to be a legitimate presidential contender. In a much-anticipated speech at Georgetown University in Washington, the Vermont senator defended his proposals to expand government welfare programs and raise taxes on the wealthy. He said such policies should not be seen as radical, but as necessary to address what he called an unacceptable level of inequality. "Despite major growth in our GDP and a huge...
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