Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate for president, has proposed a “Green New Deal” that would create 20 million living wage jobs, wants to drive big money out of politics, and wants the U.S. to immediately stop sending weapons to the Middle East. She’s also feeling the Bern — so much so that Stein has offered “to establish a collaboration” with Bernie Sanders as he fights Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Party nomination. “Many of my supporters are also his supporters,” Stein told NBC News. “I’m asked all the time if there could be a Bernie Sanders collaboration and my answer to that has always been yes. The Green Party has long sought to establish a collaboration with Bernie Sanders.” But, Stein said, “That phone call has not been returned and I don’t expect that this will happen.” “We’re different,” she added. “He is working inside the Democratic Party. I threw in the towel a long time ago.” Read more http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/meet-jill-stein-the-green-party-candidate-president
