Ok, like what?

Why? Bernie is a populist promising the world to everyone. He's exactly the type of politician to gain some weird patterns of support.

There are tons of examples in the many countries that have implemented a system like this. Pick your favorite.

Mainly because he seemingly hates homeless people and hates helping anyone that isn't him or a loved one. Maybe I'm wrong. But it sure seems that way.

I was completely unaware of his promises and still don't even know what they are. It's not about that. He didn't really do anything for me personally most likely.

Mostly true, but fixing income inequality makes those people less of a problem to me.

I find it comical that the world allows a handful of people to control all the wealth.

Why we should go to Mars:

God this is funny.

1) You won't simply say the obvious - a huge tax increase
2) Bernie won't say the obvious, because duh
3) These obvious solutions are super unpalatable to the american public

lol, of course I'm talking about a tax increase. They ways this might manifest are myriad. We could, e.g., just have healthcare.gov sell the government plans people get to pick from, and that they have to buy. We could have a VAT. We could have a new marginal rate on capital gains. We could eliminate the cap on payroll taxes and raise them some.

Either way, paying for health care via insurance or paying for health care via taxes doesn't leave me any worse off.

lol at your racist wife

1)What does the false dichotomy of American political parties have to do with what I think is right for America right now? In addition, how does this address individuals who do, indeed, fight for those things? Politicians and elected officials are individuals. "The government" is not a monolithic boogeyman.

2)There are many other taxes besides income tax. Capital gains taxes and estate taxes, for example. Hell, closing some of the loopholes that led to the 2008 financial crisis and making sure we don't have to shell out trillions to bail out those *******s again would be a great help.

It just seems to me like you took a general statement of philosophy and decided to apply it to specific things that really weren't what I said at all.

This is phenomenal.

As far as raising the minimum wage goes, does it really help with income inequality in the aformentioned "economics 101" sense? I'm generally in favor of a living wage, but I am not convinced that it actually addresses the problem (though someone more economics-savvy could convince me).

I mean, I was taught in those 101-102 classes that more money chasing fewer (or even the same amount of) goods = prices rise. It's a fine and even noble notion that people working full time shouldn't have to bunk with other people working full time in order to afford rent + utilities, I totally agree with that. But if you start paying those people enough to afford their own places in the short term, that increases demand for rentals, so rents increase, right? Once we're back at 'equilibrium,' aren't those people you tried to help eventually right back in the same boat even though they might have a comma in their paychecks now?

no one should care about these useless weakass amendments. the moast important one has already been trampled, shredded, spit out and defecated on.

its just super lol that all these ppl are hell bent on defending their guns, and now we even got ideologues backing them up when our moast irrefutable rite is already gone.

And my initial thought as to how to address that specific problem might be "let the gubmint build affordable housing" but after my second viewing of The Wire I'm not sure that's ideal either.

dude.

lol at the bill of rights. do you actually think our country follows it?

while a general increase in wages could increase prices, the net effect is still likely to be an increase in spending power for workers.

The key isn't artificially raising wages, it is bringing the cost of living down through innovation and competition/free market solutions.

In 1900, people spent 1/2 their budget on food, 1/3rd of their budget in 1950, today I think the # is like 1/8th . We just need to make the cost of the main needs for the average family far cheaper.

Same for education. If these schools didn't just survive on reputation and government handouts and had to compete, this cost would go down sharply very quickly. Admin budgets at these schools are a joke.

Healthcare we do have some legitimate issues with demographics and the health of our citizens, but no way an MRI should cost 10k. The costs for services like these are far cheaper in other countries. Not really an expert on this or anything but more competition in health care seems like it would work.

Hopefully autonomous ride sharing and 3D printing will further bring the cost of living down for people. The increased mobility/savings on transport costs would be so vital for the less fortunate. The more innovation to bring people the essentials, the better. Once everyone has their basic needs met and a chance at a good life, then income inequality really doesn't matter all that much.

Would like to see nuclear power become more emphasized by the government. Bill Gates had to go to China for his company TerraPower to be able to develop their new reactors because the political ****ery in this country is so bad. Our country just doesn't do big things anymore like Manhattan or Apollo.

Unfortunately, a lot of current asset holders and staple industries would need to lose a lot of $ for many of these changes to occur. So umm, not this week....

Question

How many states can you name both senators for?

I ask this because I think Kentucky might be #1 for people naming both senators. Yet I say that in disgust...

Ikes,

Please tell me your concerns about how Bern would raise income taxes.

For all of the talk of his plans being ideological pie in sky stuff, no one actually indexes his policy proposals and says why they are unattainable. He really hasn't proposed anything radical. He proposes stuff that already exists or are extensions of what already exists.

That's progressing a current system, not tearing it down limb by limb to rebuild it.

I don't think Rand is that bad. At least he's genuine.

Rand is a true believer and generally consistent. I'll give him that. He has sounded more like his father out of desperation since he started to fall in the polls.

Not a huge Ron Paul fan because his endgame is dystopic, but that's a step in the right direction, as Ron Paul has fought for some of the best causes harder than any in Congress during his tenure.

lol. His family's wealth and relevance is based on a grifting empire.

I can't wait to hear what this guy has to say about the Clintons.

He's a true believer in policies that will help him and people like him, sure. Lol flat tax.

I agree with most of your post, but the bolded doesn't ring true. Do you have stats for the amount poorer people spend on transportation and any evidence that ride sharing would decrease this costs? Most poor people rely on public transportation (rather than owning a car) and it seems like buses are likely to remain cheaper than modern ride sharing because they operate on predefined routes with more people on them than can share a car.