The latest NBC
Wall Street Journal poll
shows 40% of Democratic
primary voters express
positive views of socialism
( only 19% of ALL voters ).
Socialism is a system
of government ownership.
Socialism provides for the
“governmental ownership
and administration of the
means of production and
distribution of goods,”
according to
Merriam-Webster.
Senator Sanders
has advocated
nationalization,
or government
ownership,
of many
industries.
In the 1970s,
Sander's proposed
the nationalization
of utilities, the energy
industry, and the
public ownership
of banks too !
In 2019 and 2020,
Senator Sanders
has proposed a high-cost
government plan for
nearly every major issue.
(A)
Senator Sanders’s plan
to tackle climate change
includes a $16 trillion
initiative to transition
the United States to
renewable energy
sources.
A President Sanders
Environmental
Protection Agency
would enact much more
stringent emissions limits,
resulting in the retirement
of coal and natural gas
power plants.
( Back in 1973,
Sanders wrote
to Vermont’s
then senator
Robert Stafford,
“the oil industry,
and the entire
energy industry,
should be owned
by the public
and used for
the public good
—not for additional
profits for billionaires.” ).
(B)
Senator Sanders
has now placed
special emphasis
on high-speed
internet access as
“a basic human right.”
His contention is that
tax revenues assisted
in building the internet,
so it must be a public
good for all,
“not another
price gouging
profit machine,”
wrote the Seattle Times.
(C)
Sanders’s
"Medicare for All",
would create a very
expensive single-payer,
national health insurance
program to provide
comprehensive coverage
to all.
Currently, Medicare
has a 20% co-pay,
and a premium
of at least $140
per month.
Sanders effectively
eliminates all private
medical insurance.
Sanders has conceded
middle-class Americans
will pay more in taxes,
but the tax increases
will be far less than
the cost of buying
private insurance,
he claims.
In addition to
the government
medical insurance,
Sanders has called for
“public ownership
of the drug companies,
and placing doctors
on salaries."
[ a form of price
control for doctors ]
(D)
Sanders’s has
a proposal to replace
for-profit credit
reporting agencies
with a public credit
registry.
Public credit registries
are common throughout
the world.
(E)
During the 2016
presidential campaign,
Sanders endorsed
the concept of
post office banking,
which requires the
United States Postal
Service to “engage in
basic banking services.”
The nation’s 31,000
post offices would issue
“simple bank accounts,
and even short-term loans”
to help one-in-four
American households
with little or no access
to banking.
(F)
Sanders ( and
Senator Warren )
have both proposed
to “cancel” student
loan debt, and to
guarantee tuition-
free and debt-free
public colleges.
Sanders’s plan
intends to use
federal taxes
to cover
the cost
of tuition.
This plan
should
result in more
federal control
of colleges
(G)
Sanders'
housing plan
consists of:
1)
investing $2.5 trillion to build
“10 million permanently
affordable housing units,”
2)
expanding Section 8
vouchers under the
Fair Housing Act,
to make rent affordable
to all eligible families,
and
3)
combating gentrification,
exclusionary zoning,
and restrictive zoning.
Reform of
zoning laws
to “allow for
more construction
in the priciest
neighborhoods
and markets.”
(H)
On his campaign website,
Sanders now proposes
1)
establishing
a progressive
estate tax on
multimillionaire
and billionaire
inheritances,
2)
removing the
income cap on
Social Security
payroll taxes,
3)
to
“substantially increase
the top marginal tax rate
on income above
$10 million,”
4)
to close tax loopholes,
5)
to establish
an annual
wealth tax
for the top 0.1%
of households,
and
6)
to introduce a more
progressive tax rate
system for companies
with “large gaps between
their CEO and median
worker pay.”
Who will pay
for all this
"free stuff" ?
Perhaps someone
should ask Bernie ?
Who will pay
for all this
"free stuff" ?
Perhaps someone
should ask Bernie ?
The Democrat
"establishment"
detests Sander's
negative
personality,
strong belief
in socialism,
and most
important:
They believe
he would lose
to Donald Trump.
Attacks on Sanders
are coming from
all sides !
Joe Biden:
“The Russians
don’t want me
to be the nominee,”
Biden said
on CBS News’
'Face the Nation',
later adding,
“they like Bernie.”
James Carville:
“If you’re voting for him
( Bernie Sanders )
because you think
he’ll win the election,
because he’ll galvanize
heretofore sleepy parts
of an electorate,
then politically,
you’re a fool.”
Hillary Clinton:
“Nobody likes him,
nobody wants to work
with him, he got
nothing done,”
Clinton said of Sanders,
in a documentary
about the campaign,
released this year.
