Haven't posted on this site for a very long time, but just wanted to comment that Bernie Sanders scares the hell out of me. His plans would probably crash our economy if they went into place. The job losses alone would be incredible.
How so? Do you have a source that explains this?
And I would lose a large portion of my income.
The lowest tax bracket that gets a tax bump is at $230k/year, and that's only a few percentage points. If you're pulling down that kind of cash, you should be able to retire in a couple of years, even with Bernie's modest proposed tax increase.
It's all very strange to me. The new generation that appeared over the past ten years is extremist on both sides of the spectrum. You have leftists suggesting that prostitution is respectable and honorable work and that people should be paid for sitting around on their asses and get free college educations
I'm not sure I follow the "prostitution is respectable and honorable work" claim. Are there liberal politicians stating this? Getting paid for "sitting around on their asses", I assume is referring to paying out welfare. Welfare is nothing new, nor is it extreme.
Free college? Free college is not new. The UC schools, for example, were tuition free until 1970. Today, they are still tuition-free for students whose parents earn under $60k/year. In Brazil, France, Germany, Finland, Scotland, Norway, Sweden, and many other countries, university is free for their citizens. I find it outrageous that people consider this "extreme". It's not extreme. It's a wise investment in our future.
and then you have conservatives saying that all immigration has to be halted, we should have guns in schools, and all public services should be privatized for profit.
Exactly.
This is extreme. This is anti-American. These are positions no respectable international country advocates.
The world of normal moderate America that I once knew is now gone and probably will never return.
I really don't think so. Again, I do not think Bernie's positions are at all extreme. I think they are much more in line with the U.S.'s own policies prior to President Reagan.