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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums7 Charts: The Socialist Hellscape America Would Be Under Bernie Sanders
7 Charts Show the Socialist Hellscape America Would Be Under Bernie SandersBy Zeeshan Aleem * 5/12/15 * Policy dot mic
Earlier this month on ABC's This Week, host George Stephanopoulos asked Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) whether he actually believed a self-described socialist could be elected president of the United States. Sanders suggested that if more Americans were acquainted with the quality of life in countries in Scandinavia, they wouldn't be frightened by the label.
Knowing that Scandinavia is nothing short of hell on earth, Stephanopoulos zeroed in on the absurdity of Sanders' point: "I can hear the Republican attack ad right now: 'He wants America to look more like Scandinavia.'"
"What's wrong with that?" Sanders replied.
Stephanopoulos was right to be skeptical that Sanders could get away with such a comparison. Scandinavian countries' social democratic policies of exceptionally high tax rates and heavy government involvement in the provision of services has been nothing short of catastrophic.
America should do whatever it takes to ensure it doesn't suffer the same fate. Take a look at the facts on what their policies would do to the U.S.
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7 Charts: The Socialist Hellscape America Would Be Under Bernie Sanders (Original Post)
99th_Monkey
May 2015
OP
Great post, those charts tell Bernie's points-looks like Heaven, not H*ll-
appalachiablue
May 2015
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orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)1. He's Ibsen's ' An Enemy of the People ' for sure .
daleanime
(17,796 posts)2. K&R.....
appalachiablue
(41,199 posts)3. Great post, those charts tell Bernie's points-looks like Heaven, not H*ll-