2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)My biggest problem with Sanders is that he promises a lot of free stuff, paid by other people [View all]
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I absolutely hate politicians who do that.
(1) Look at how ACA was passed. All the benefits were promised upfront but all the costs were hidden. Why do you think the Cadillac tax keeps getting delayed? Because really nobody (not even the unions) want to pay for other peope's health care.
(2) Look at how all the state pension and health care plans are so under-funded. Politicians like to promise benefits but shaft the costs onto someone else ("the next guy" or "the next generation".
This is not integrity. This is buying votes.
Until Sanders gives a full accounting of who is paying for all the things he is promising, I will always keep questioning his policies.
Look at how in the second debate he couldn't even say what the highest marginal tax would rise to!
When reality meets the road, not even Vermont wanted to pay for single payer!