Tag: Bernie Sanders

Cuban socialism makes 2 kinds of beers: bad and worse

December 5, 2019 Ray Carter

Socialism may be gaining in popularity among certain groups, but it remains a thoroughly discredited economic system, as two experts highlight in their book Socialism Sucks: Two Economists Drink Their Way Through the Unfree World (Regnery, 2019). Benjamin Powell said he and co-author Robert Lawson chose to write the book for two main reasons –…

Editorial: Wealth redistribution is the goal

August 15, 2019

Watching the Democrat presidential debates, a consistent theme surfaces. Democrats want to take from a segment of America and give it to others. This has been true of the left-wing of the Democrats for decades but this latest batch of candidates unabashedly criticizes wealthy Americans and corporations and promises total care to those who aren’t…

Letter: Wake up, America

July 11, 2019 Duane Collins

Socialist/Independent/Democrat Bernie Sanders announced his plan to cancel $1.6 trillion in student loans and pay for it with a tax on Wall Street. Sanders says his plan would wipe out college debt for 45 million Americans. If you are one of those 45 million, that might entice you to vote for Bernie. But what about…

Editorial: Bernie Sanders’ Medicare scam

April 25, 2019

Socialist Bernie Sanders and most of the Democrats who are running for president are promising “Medicare for everyone” as a cornerstone of their reshaping of America. Sanders is literally telling voters that he will give them free health care. That’s a big, fat lie. First, extending Medicare to everyone would bankrupt America. In that regard,…