"Sanders is a socialist running on a platform that should send shivers up the spines of most Americans"
She then went on to reference "the anti-establishment candidate's big crowds" and avers Sanders' platform to redistribute wealth "makes Obama look like a robber baron". But look, no sensible person ever believed Obama to be anything but a Neoliberal. His positions and policies certainly don't pass the smell test for being a real socialist - democratic or other.
Thus she blows it trying to turn Bernie into the boogeyman, especially because most Americans, while they may react like arachnophobes at the word "socialist", actually line up favorably with most of Bernie's proposals. Don't believe me? Let's consider the following:
Health Care For All:
Sanders is critical of Obama's Affordable Care Act, arguing that it doesn’t
go far enough and calling for a “Medicare-for-all” single-payer healthcare plan,
similar to programs in most developed democratic nations.As he puts it:
“We are the only major country on earth that doesn’t guarantee
healthcare to all people as a right and yet we end up spending much more than
they do. So I do believe that we have to move toward a Medicare for all,
single-payer system,”
The idea is extremely popular among Democrats, with nearly 80 percent
in support according
to a January 2015 poll by the Progressive Change Institute. The poll also found that a majority of Americans overall supported a Medicare-for-all insurance
option.
Taxing The Rich:
Sanders called the “massive transfer of wealth from the middle class
to the top one-tenth of 1 percent” in America “obscene” and has called for a
return to a much higher marginal tax rate. “If you have seen a massive transfer
of wealth from the middle class to the top tenth of 1 percent, you’ve got to
transfer that back” Sanders told CNBC.
Sixty-four percent of Americans say they are bothered a lot by the
feeling that some corporations aren’t paying what’s fair in federal taxes, and
61 percent say the same about some wealthy people, according to a recent Pew
poll. Meanwhile, 67 percent of Americans recently
told Gallup they were dissatisfied with the way income and wealth are
distributed in the U.S.
Tuition-Free College :
Sanders has proposed the College
for All Act, a plan to provide free education at public colleges funded by a
small tax on Wall Street transactions. Sixty-three percent of respondents
supported a similar proposal from President Obama earlier this year,
including 47 percent of Republicans.
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