Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Getting to know Bernie Sanders

With Bernie surging in the polls it's time to find out just who he is and what he believes in:

  • He says that we're facing a climate catastrophe but he flies in  a private jet when he wants to
  • He said that the long lines for getting food found in all socialist countries are good
  • He held up Venezuela, where the middle class go dumpster diving for food, as an example of how the US should be
  • He honeymooned in the Soviet Union and praised that tyrannical regime
  • He was "nauseated" by a JFK speech which condemned the tyranny in Cuba
  • He criticized Jesse Jackson for trying to work for change in the Democrat party
  • He wants the government, the most inefficient "business" there is, to run significant parts of the economy which is what destroyed Venezuela
  • He supported a top tax rate of 100% in the 1970s; whose going to invest if they won't make a penny and without investment how are we going to create jobs for Americans?
  • He advocated nationalizing utilities, banks, and major companies without compensation to the shareholders; ie your 401K or IRA would tank



The list goes on.  The key fact is that Bernie believes in the absolute power of government over we the people.

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