heres my problem, Its a classic Keynes vs Hayek, if we didn't save the corporations that are the lifeline of America, by the time natural event take their course and they are replaced this country would be dead. Yes there's a wealth distribution problem but the solution is not stripping the spending power of the top spenders and giving it to the lowest.. The ideal system that has been proven to work for increasing spending power is to reduce taxes and that can only be done by reducing the size of the Government plain and simple. Yet his first point on a solution was all about increasing spending His second point was on green energy, yet he realizes that it is not yet efficient? He is asking for the country to lower its efficieny, what do you think that will do to the economy? Until green energy is more efficient it simply cannot replace the current system. Ok, tax breaks during war time and depression was stupid but at the same time tax breaks are good especially to the wealthy as they spend the most Social security should be completely removed, people should be more responsible for their future. Not to sound mean but what is the benefit of providing for the elderly? Medicare and Medicaid should be cut or let me say to be refined to systems like England and Canada Maybe the wealthy wouldn't leave if they weren't taxed to all hell Yes corporate loop holes need to be tied up. I think he has a very unrealistic view on the way things will pan out, the Government isn't your mommy...she shouldn't take care of you. No the Government should create equal opportunities for success and leave it up to you to decide your future. People shouldn't be punished for their hardwork, the only reason they are part of the "1%" is because they worked hard to get there

Bernie Sanders is a crazy lunatic and so is anyone who supports him. Free college? Are you shitting me? Taxes are already high enough and community college is already affordable.

Could someone reply so I could watch it later? Since conservatives are getting pissed, I would probably find it interesting.

This forum is supreme evidence that americans are indeed angry :)

I would rather have Trump be the next president than bernie Sanders.

In other news, Ant Man is actually a good movie.

Considering he wants to make America more like Scandinavia and how their governments work, I am behind him. If anyone wants to see successful government go over to those countries.

I'm surprised we haven't seen more backlash to Sanders from the Conservatives and Libertarians here. I mean actual backlash to his policies, not your typical XDC stuff. Unfortunately, I am not consumed with the Libertarian fires of small government and job creators, but I can still give it a shot. Much of Sanders' economic policies are bunk. He relies on rhetoric far more than people realize, and that's probably because they happen to agree with him. Take the first minute of this video: Sanders says that "unemployment is not at 8.2%; real unemployment is closer to 15%". We don't use U-3 numbers because they paint a rosier picture, but because they're a more accurate measure of what we consider employment to be. Calling U-6 numbers the "real" measure is semantic nonsense. This is a simple soundbite made to attract attention, but it's part of a larger issue with Sanders' proposed policies. His idea about funding university tuition with a FTT gets just about everything wrong. [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobin_tax#Evaluating_the_Tobin_tax_as_a_general_Financial_Transaction_Tax_.28FTT.29]When the tax was originally conceived[/url], it was thought of as a way to cool speculation and reduce volatility in markets; when countries adopted it, studies showed the [url=http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1437691]tax actually increased volatility[/url]. [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_financial_transaction_tax]Capital flight was also a huge problem[/url], and it absolutely would be here. The tax also has no exemptions for 401k's; I wonder how many people would be happy about a tax on their retirements. Finally, the objective of trying to provide free college tuition is itself problematic: this country has a problem with [url=http://www.unc.edu/~joubertc/Draft0913.pdf]over-education[/url], not with a lack of college grads. Sanders contradicts broad economic consensus on a number of issues. He's fiercely protectionist, but one of the few things [url=http://www.igmchicago.org/igm-economic-experts-panel/poll-results?SurveyID=SV_0dfr9yjnDcLh17m]economists can agree on[/url] is that free trade is good for everyone involved, and [url=https://www.nber.org/papers/w16439]studies show[/url] that trade does not reduce net [url=http://www.nber.org/chapters/c11611.pdf]unemployment[/url] or [url=http://www.nber.org/papers/w16106.pdf]wages[/url]. Yes, that even includes the [url=https://www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/jep.15.1.125]Evil[/url] [url=http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/1997/06/useconomics-lustig]NAFTA[/url]. The $15 minimum wage is viewed as mildly insane even by [url=http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/30/the-minimum-we-can-do/]those who propose an increase[/url], and reform and [url=http://www.nber.org/papers/w21340]expansion of the EITC[/url] would not incur the same negative effects as an increase in the minimum wage. [url=http://www.nber.org/data-appendix/w19757/CorporateTaxPaper.pdf]Corporate taxes should be eliminated[/url], not increased, which would lead to an increase in wages, investment, and saving. Sanders' own economic advisor hails from a school of thought that even [url=http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/25/deficits-and-the-printing-press-somewhat-wonkish/]New Keynesians laugh at[/url]. Edit: nber 5eva

Competence is such an exotic bird in these woods that I appreciate it whenever I see it.

What about trumps huge crowds?

Dangerous ideas.. Demonizing fellow Americans based on their economic class. Frightening. Also, I didn't know Woody Allen was in office.

"If socialists understood economics, they wouldn't be socialists." -Don't remember who made that quote and probably botched it a little.

If Bernie wins I'm moving to Texas and we're seceding.

Do you have a duck?

IM SO ANGRY IM GONNA FLIP A TABLE! [spoiler]What's the video about? I'm not using data.[/spoiler]

No opinion i don't have my voting rights back for another 4 yrs.