I don't think Sanders' supporters have any idea what would happen if Sanders' policies went into effect. What does Medicare For All mean? Bernie has never addressed how he would pay for it. Does that mean that the government gets to tell you which procedures you can or cannot have and there is no recourse? Does it mean the government is forced to cover medically dubious procedures that are not necessarily cost effective? What would that mean for doctors, nurses, the entire private insurance industry, medical malpractice, taxes, etc. What does free college mean? How do professors get paid? What happens to state schools? How do you prevent income inequality? Do you simply raise taxes on the rich? Do you prevent the rich from basing their companies/residences abroad? How do employers pay for sick leave for employees and also pay the wages of the worker filling in? Most companies don't operate so far in the black that increases in taxes aren't a big deal. I don't think Sanders' supporters understand how businesses work. Yes, you have extremely rich companies like Amazon, Google, etc. They are the exception. Most business already pay a ton of taxes and expenses before any money hits the employee's hand. FICA, federal income taxes, state income taxes, state and local taxes, unemployment insurance, health care costs, liability insurance, and rent all come off the top before you even factor in wages. Those built in costs go up (sometimes significantly) every year before every worker starts requesting raises. Bernie's proposals are romantic in a vacuum, but they completely fail to take economic realities into consideration.
Bernie Sanders has no probable path to the nomination. I admire the grassroots movement that he put together and the passion of his supporters. I'm a moderate Republican. In terms of actual votes I think Biden would do better gaining moderate Republicans than he would tacking left. Revolutionaries by definition are less likely to use the system to vote. They are more prone to apathy and attacks than putting in the work to effect real change. If Sanders is still in the race on April 1st it will prove that his main goal isn't defeating Trump. I'm still not sure why there are debates about Biden's mental acuity when Sanders actually had a heart attack and has refused to release his medical records. That kinda seems like a big deal to me. Anyway, I don't see how trying to rough up Joe Biden in debates or trying to make Joe Biden publicly adopt a more liberal platform ahead of the general election is helpful. We know Bernie didn't vote for the war. Got it. What are his current thoughts on foreign policy???? One vote taken nearly 20 years ago shouldn't be what he falls back on. The country knows what Bernie stands for and it has been rejected. I don't think the result will be differently in the states coming up. Just my $.02.