Sanders policies considered too idealistic are common sense elsewhere

[En_Sabah_Nur 9,366]

17 minutes ago, hahahahahahahah said:

ppl love guns here. and we have the NRA that will attempt to squash any attempt to oppose guns and gun lovers and people who sleep with their guns and people who use the barrel as a sexxx toy etc. 

N = Nutty 

R = Right-wing

A = A*sholes!  

 

[Luiz 4,253]

we spend a lot on military which i've always thought is a major reason we cant go more socialist. 

 

i'm pretty fond of our military power though so i'll keep it

[Morphine Prince 109,650]

Which is why the US moves so slowly towards change. 

[Redstreak 6,653]

Some people talk about the country's culture as if that's a roadblock that can't change. If you want it to change, stop voting for those that simply maintain the status quo. Of course none of this would immediately change with Bernie, but he'd definitely give it a jumpstart that the culture desperately needs. Our country is eventually heading this way, it's inevitable, but we can either make that come faster or slow; our choice.

[Whispering 18,865]

People in the US don't want to pay the tax rates that other countries pay. The states can't afford Bernie's college plan either. That's the bottom line.

We could have free college (a glorified community college, while the state schools went semi-private) and maternity leave, etc. if people wanted to pay way more taxes. People like their money and their standard of living too much to trade off for benefits and services they have either already paid for or aren't ever going to use. 

Also, the states have more important and pressing issues to spend their money on. Free college for everyone woukd take money away from the most needy and compromised in their communities. If you take funds away from certain services, you end up hurting the poorest and the minorities. That isn't progress! 

[Alcina Dimitrescu 1,157]

I love Germany so much

[Luc 4,776]

6 hours ago, Luiz said:

we spend a lot on military which i've always thought is a major reason we cant go more socialist. 

 

i'm pretty fond of our military power though so i'll keep it

Military spending is still only a small percentage of total GDP (2.5% higher than most European countries).. on the other hand, the US doesn't have an ageing population to the extent of Europe, so the disadvantage of (necessary) high military spending is easily won back. And military spending isn't simply lost money, it gives jobs to many people. Those jobs aren't very productive jobs however, as in they don't produce luxury or basic goods for any of the classes, be it lower, middle or upper.