"At 716 per 100,000 people, the United States incarcerates a higher percentage of its population than any other country. It's time for us to invest in job creation and education, not more jail cells."
~ Sen. Bernie Sanders

"If we are going to rebuild the middle class, we need millions of full-time good-paying jobs. In the first half of 2013, 77 percent of the new jobs gained were part-time jobs. We have got to do better than that."
~ Sen. Bernie Sanders

"It begins with jobs. If we are truly serious about reversing the decline of the middle class we need a major federal jobs program which puts millions of Americans back to work at decent paying jobs. At a time when our roads, bridges water systems, rail and airports are decaying, the most effective way to rapidly create meaningful jobs is to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure."
~ Sen. Bernie Sanders