RE: Ask a right-wing libertarian who is supporting socialist Bernie Sanders for President
January 25, 2016 at 2:08 pm
(January 24, 2016 at 6:00 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: I am so out of the loop, politically. I have no idea what any of the candidates have said. Why should someone like me vote for Sanders?
It's not so much what he's said (though he has said some good stuff) but more about his character. His political career spans 4 decades, but unlike most career politicians he actually seems to give a shit about the people he's been elected to serve, rather than being corrupted by outside interests. Like I posted elsewhere on the forums, if you look at the biggest donors in his career, they are all workers unions, rather than corporations. He is also running his campaign without Super PACs, and has campaigned against the Citizen's United decision which created them.
More over, he appears to be honest and has held positions for many years without flip flopping. Some of his positions were unfavorable at the time he first held them, but have gradually become more accepted. For instance, he supported gay rights since at least 1983, when he supported the City of Burlington's first gay pride parade as Mayor. Before that, in 1963 as a student he was arrested for protesting segregated schools in Chicago.
His policies make a lot of sense too. He wants single payer healthcare, paid for by very small increases in taxes. Though for most people the increase in taxes will be offset by the amount being saved. Instead of paying $5000 a year for insurance, plus deductibles and copays, you'd just pay the tax instead (which for most people will be less than $5000 a year) and there are no deductibles and copays.
Even if the majority of his policies don't get passed, I think he would make a great President, just because he seems to be very humble. I think he would help start to fix the broken political system in the USA, and encourage people to get into politics for the right reasons rather than the wrong reasons.
