Quote:
Originally Posted by Azure
You're kidding right? The guy is pushing the idea of universal health care or a single payer system right into the face of the massive health care lobby. He is talking about taxing Wall Street to fund free college tuition. He is talking about taxing the rich more and the middle glass less.
And those are all things he has been fighting for his entire political career, and yet every one of those issues are not popular within the Democrat or Republican parties. Hillary actually screamed and yelled at a rally the other day that the single payer system would never exist in the States. Almost right after big health care gave her $13 million in donations.
I think you're being extremely naive if you think Sanders is no different from any other politician. He is NOT accepting corporate money. That alone makes him a LOT different.
But keep sticking your head in the sand.
|
Sanders represents the most liberal state in the U.S. That's his constituency, a state that invented civil unions, pushed for universal healthcare and strong labour laws, none of these positions are a political risk in the people's republic of Vermont (their nickname not mine) but gun control is.
Is he a left winger, of course, but he's also a political realist, just like Obama was.