I grew up in the Methodist church and taught Sunday school, and one of my favorite passages of scripture is, 'in as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.'' Matthew 25:40.

The poor pay more, and that's one of the reasons people get trapped at the bottom of the economic ladder.

The choice before us is simple. Will we continue to subsidize the dirty fossil fuels of the past, or will we transition to 21st century clean, renewable energy?

I talk to nurses and programmers, salespeople and firefighters - people who bust their tails every day. Not one of them - not one - stashes their money in the Cayman Islands to avoid paying their fair share of taxes.

President Obama believes in a level playing field.

Bernie Sanders brought millions of people into the political process.

It is critical that the American people, and not just their financial institutions, be represented at the negotiating table.