My right wing sister forwarded this email to me....

[PatrickforO]

14. My what a horrible man!

What? He's running for President???

Well what's his platform?
Single payer - medicare for all Americans. Wow, that sounds good. Right now I'm paying 18.8% of my gross income for shitty HMO healthcare that is rationed complete with really high copays. If I get sick I should not have to fill out a bunch of forms or be wheeled through the finance department to ensure I can pay before they treat me.

Stronger social security? Well, we really have to do something about entitlements...what? As is the Social Security Trust Fund is solvent until 2037? I didn't know that? There's a CAP on the payroll tax? That doesn't sound fair. Let's see if I get this right. On the first $112,000 of my gross pay I must pay into Social Security but ALL earnings above that are exempt? Wow. That sure favors the rich! I don't like that much. And what about capital gains? How come Social Security isn't taxed in the context of capital gains? Maybe if the gain is over a certain amount, then you'd have to pay in.

Free college? Well, when I went to school college was $350 per semester. Yeah I had to work because I still had to pay rent, utilities and so on, but I wasn't smothered with debt when I graduated. What???? The average student debt load now is over $31,000??? And 11% of the loans are in default? And they are garnishing the Social Security checks of oldsters who have 'forever loans?'

But where is the tax money going? Over a trillion on national security and war spending. What? We're 'in' over a trillion on the F-35 fighter but it STILL isn't ready??? The Pentagon can't account for $8.5 trillion between 2001 and now???? WTF? Really?

But what about big corporations? You mean the big Fortune 500 companies are offshoring trillions in profits so they don't have to pay US income tax? Wow. That isn't fair. We're their market. Their semis use our highways. Seems like they should pay their fair share.

Gee. Bernie doesn't seem so bad. He just wants to use our tax dollars for programs that really benefit us and make our lives better. It's another New Deal! I don't think he's a communist. He says he's a democratic socialist. I was in Holland a few years ago and the people are really happy. They have high taxes, but they get healthcare and free college! I like democratic socialism. I LIKE Bernie!