Sanders' financial transaction tax proposal - do the numbers make sense?

[Armstead]

32. I think if you look at his overall programs and message....

you'll see where he would cut and how he proposes to raise money.

I am not a financial guy or an economist, so I am not going to get into the weeds on that particular proposal. It's possible it would work, it's possible not as you presented it. You'll have to find someone more expert than I...Or, better yet -- if you really ant to know, contact his campaign and ask for an explanation.

However, I am smart enough to know that we have a tax system that has been rigged over the last 30 years to deplete government by tax scams, corporate subsidies, and our economy has gotten totally skewed by the hyperactive and shady investment vehicles.

And Sanders is clear about his priorities, including things that can be cut or reduced and realigned to move towards a more balanced system that does not bleed from unaccountable pirate hyper-capitalism. That is not "pie in the sky." It was more balanced in the past, in terms of corporate responsibility and a more progressive tax system. IT can be again, of we exercise the will to do it.

So yeah, he's a politician. But also yeah, other candidates, including Clinton, make big promises. On balance, I trust Sanders, not on blind faith butt a knowledge of his record and his character. And if yuo look back, he was very prescient about many things that happened, when most politicians either gad a lack of foresight or chose to ignore them.