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Old 02-05-2020, 08:28 AM   #742
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If Bernie is a Socialist, everyone in Congress is a Socialist with the exception of some hard core Libertarians. All of them believe in some social programs funded by taxpayers for the benefit of all. It's just a matter of how much, which programs and how it's paid for.

Bernie is a Democratic Socialist which essentially means he believes in a free market economy but one with more regulations, taxes and additional social programs than most of the more centrist or right politicians.

If you were to place the Democratic Presidential candidates in the Canadian political spectrum Bernie would likely somewhere between Liberals and NDP. Warren would be a little closer to the Liberals. Klobuchar would probably be closest to Liberals. Biden and Buttigieg would likely be Conservative. Yang is an outlier that doesn't really fit anywhere and would probably start his own party.
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