Posted on 10/19/2015 8:55:32 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Sanders’s beloved Denmark is a fantastic country—but only because they’d never elect a guy like him to run the place.
During the first Democratic debate of this cycle’s presidential primaries, the past Tuesday, moderator Anderson Cooper asked Bernie Sanders “how can any kind of a socialist win a general election in the United States?” Sanders replied: “we’re going to win because first we’re going to explain what Democratic Socialism is.” Sanders proceeded to set forth a critique of America’s economic inequality and incomplete social safety net, and concluded: “we should look to countries like Denmark, like Sweden, and Norway, and learn from what they have accomplished for their working people.”
Most pundits took Sanders’ remark at face value: Daily Kos described Sanders as “listing all the nice goodies in the Danish welfare state,” while Fox News duly attacked Denmark for high taxes. Those bromides, however, miss the real policy lessons for voters. Yes, Nordic countries have high tax rates, but so do dirt-poor countries such as Cuba, Lesotho, and Swaziland. Denmark’s trick has been in avoiding savage inequalities while also achieving national prosperity.
Unfortunately for Sanders, the policy lessons of Denmark look a lot more like Bill Clinton’s 1992 “new Democrat” candidacy than the “Democratic Socialism” Sanders advocates today. To be sure, both Clinton ’92 and Sanders ’16 sought to improve America’s safety net. Unlike Sanders, however, Bill Clinton recognized the policy work required to afford such social goods.
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Win or lose, Bernie has created a robust constituency for a social benefit state that appears to have staying power. We are now Europe.
Socialism doesn’t work. But it goes down in flames faster in countries that are mulit-ethnic. This also explains why the EU is failing.
The Bern *DOES* have a shot...
If he gets the ‘Rat nom, a good handful of the current batch of repub candidates in a match up would lose to him.
Clearly, Linda would lose. Good thing she has no shot at the nom.
Take a stroll in any of the brewpubs or Old Town in Fort Collins, Colorado. If every liberal bastion mirrors FTC, this turd is in. Sanders junkies crawling all over the place.
I drove through a part of town last week where Millenials like to unwind, and at least 1/3 of the cars had Feel the Bern bumper stickers on them.
Just sayin’.
THE question not asked, begins with “Per the Constitution...”
Currently, I see NO Amendment authorizing: global police, ‘safety’ net, ‘free’ education, ‘free’ healthcare, etc.
So, regardless of what the DEMS bloviate upon, it’s all (currently) ILLEGAL anyway (not that I’ve seen ANY judge, let alone SCOTUS, pontificating upon the Constitution lately anyway...).
Be great if ol’ Bern cold take out Herself, Madame Benghazi, the Cold & Joyless, and then prevail over the pre-loaded nomination caucus at the Democrat National Convention next summer.
The Bern facing off against The Donald would be a show worth the price of admission. The Donald could take off the kid gloves that would be mandatory if facing Herself.
Jimmy Carter caught in the crosshairs by Ronald Reagan in 1980.
“There you go again.”
These LIB pinheads don’t want to “run the place”. These self-loathing degenerates want to DESTROY the place.
So said the Clinton camp about Barack Hussein Obama.
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains,
The jails are made of tin.
And you can walk right out again,
As soon as you are in.
There ain't no short-handled shovels,
No axes, saws nor picks,
I'm bound to stay
Where you sleep all day,
Where they hung the jerk
That invented work
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains.
Obummer is every bit as socialist as Bernie.
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