Commenting an Election Statement for the Presidential Campaign in the US

While the upcoming US American presidential election starts to be covered in the media, I have commented on an interview on MSNBC titled "Bernie Sanders On Jeb Bush's 'Work Longer Hours' Comments". It can be viewed on YouTube under

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzqvw8q95Us

This is so far one of the best statements I've heard about it.

The first issue addressed, longer working hours, is a topic I've been pondering about for some time. According to Senator Bernie Sanders, 85% of male employees work more than 40 hours a week. First of all, this is an impressive figure. The Americans are definitely a hard-working society. I agree with him that this needs to be curbed instead of increased. Productivity is not linear to working hours, it rather decreases above a certain level. Most union-based contracts in Germany are based on a 35 hour working week, with an annual leave of 30 days. Still, the per capita GDP is roughly the same compared to the United States. It helps people to be less stressed or prone to burn-out prone, while it also has a positive effect on the overall unemployment rate.

Secondly, I agree with him about reforming banks. Six banks that stand behind 60% of the GDP? This figure sounds pretty high, but if true, I would vote for breaking them up. In my experience, profit-driven thinking does not always yield to the best results and can sometimes even harm production.

The minimum wage of 15 bucks, as he refers to it, sounds pretty high to me.

In his continuing speech he acknowledges climate change, which I appreciate. Pay equity for women and free college tuition sound ambiguous, but are good ideas. While I believe decisions about the former should be left to companies' respectively unions, I think investing in education would make a big difference. Senator Sanders touches on the same topic again when he states demilitarizing police is one thing, but curbing high unemployment rates in poor areas would eventually solve the problem. In the context with of the incidents in Baltimore, President Obama has made a similar statement, referring to these areas as pockets of poverty. I fully agree with these attitudes and believe both reforming the police system and closing the gap would improve lives on both sides of it.

In essence, Senator Sanders is touching on a lot of urgent issues and his proposed solutions are social and democratic. It would in my opinion help America continue its the positive development it is currently making with President Obama.

Commenting an Election Statement for the Presidential Campaign in the US

While the upcoming US American presidential election starts to be covered in the media, I have commented on an interview on MSNBC titled "Bernie Sanders On Jeb Bush's 'Work Longer Hours' Comments". It can be viewed on YouTube under

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzqvw8q95Us

This is so far one of the best statements I've heard about it.

The first issue addressed, longer working hours, is a topic I've been pondering for some time. According to Senator Bernie Sanders, 85% of male employees work more than 40 hours a week. First of all, this is an impressive figure. The Americans are definitely a hardworking society. I agree with him that this needs to be curbed, instead of increased. Productivity is not linear to working hours, it rather decreases above a certain level. Most union-based contracts in Germany are based on a 35 hour working week, with an annual leave of 30 days. Still, the per capita GDP is roughly the same compared to the United States. It helps people to be less stressed or burn-out prone, while it also has a positive effect on the overall unemployment rate.

Secondly, I agree with him about reforming banks. Six banks that stand behind 60% of the GDP? This figure sounds pretty high, but if true, I would vote for breaking them up. In my experience, profit driven thinking does not always yield to the best results and can sometimes even harm products.

The minimum wage of 15 bucks, as he refers to it, sounds pretty high to me.

In his continuing speech he acknowledges climate change, which I appreciate. Pay equity for women and free college tuition sound ambiguous, but are good ideas. While I believe deciding about the former should be left to companies respectively unions, I think investing in education would make a big difference. Senator Sanders touches on the same topic again when he states demilitarizing police is one thing, but curbing high unemployment rates in poor areas would eventually solve the problem. In context with the incidents in Baltimore, President Obama has made a similar statement, referring to these areas as pockets of poverty. I fully agree with these attitudes and believe both reforming the police system and closing the gap would improve live on both sides of it.

In essence, Senator Sanders is touching on a lot of urgent issues and his proposed solutions are social and democratic. It would in my opinion help America continue its positive development it is currently making with President Obama.

Commenting an Election Statement for the Presidential Campaign in the US

While the upcoming US American presidential election starts to be covered in the media, I have commented on an interview on MSNBC titled "Bernie Sanders On Jeb Bush's 'Work Longer Hours' Comments". It can be viewed on YouTube under

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzqvw8q95Us

This is so far one of the best statements I've heard about it.

The first issue addressed, longer working hours, is a topic I've been pondering about for some time. According to Senator Bernie Sanders, 85% of male employees work more than 40 hours a week. First of all, this is an impressive figure. The Americans are definitely a hardworking society. I agree with him that this needs to be curbed, instead of increased. Productivity is not linear to working hours, rather it decreases above a certain level. Most union-based contracts in Germany are based on a 35 hour working week, with an annual leave of 30 days. Still, the per capita GDP is roughly the same compared to the United States. It helps people to be less stressed or prone to burn-out, while it also has a positive effect on the overall unemployment rate.

Secondly, I agree with him about reforming banks. Six banks that stand behind 60% of the GDP? This figure sounds pretty high. If true, I would vote for breaking them up. In my experience, profit driven thinking does not always yield the best results and can sometimes even harm products.

The minimum wage of 15 bucks, as he refers to it, sounds pretty high to me.

In his continuing speech he acknowledges climate change, which I appreciate. Pay equity for women and free college tuition sound ambiguous, but are good ideas. While I believe deciding about the former should be left to companies respectively unions, I think investing in education would make a big difference. Senator Sanders touches on the same topic again when he states demilitarizing police is one thing, but curbing high unemployment rates in poor areas would eventually solve the problem. In context with the incidents in Baltimore, President Obama has made a similar statement, referring to these areas as pockets of poverty. I fully agree with these attitudes and believe both reforming the police system and closing the gap would improve live on both sides of it.

In essence, Senator Sanders touches on a lot of urgent issues and his proposed solutions are social and democratic. It would, in my opinion, help America continue its positive development it is currently making with President Obama.