Bernie Sanders followers do not believe there is a wage gap.

[PatrickforO]

17. Well, you did say that

"Bernie Sanders followers do not believe there is a wage gap."

That was the title of your OP, and it is that assertion I attempted to overturn with my reply.

I mean, look at this group of people on DU. Most of us are well educated, and many work in professional fields. In fact, there are some real heavy hitters on here. You will notice that 30% of us are either Warren or Sanders supporters, and 44% are undecided. This leaves 26% who fall a bit more in the center.

That said, I often get 'face palm' moments when I read some of this stuff. For instance, I read a big diatribe on here a few months ago that said the American people weren't smart enough to understand that if we raise taxes to provide Medicare for All, their expenses would actually go down because they wouldn't have premiums, copays and coinsurance. And, you know, Warren is right.

If we could get rid of the big pharma and health insurance lobbies, who are spending millions to discredit Warren and Sanders, we'd all be better off, because I will tell you as an economist - we could (and should) find a way to provide national healthcare for all Americans. Bernie and Elizabeth are both saying Medicare for all because the Medicare system already is in place. We wouldn't have to reinvent it, just expand it year over year for maybe five or six years until it covered everyone.

There would not be a giant exodus of people from the healthcare field.

We would still have good quality healthcare.

All the doctors who exist now would STILL be doctors and still be in business, but they would be paid by a single source instead of having to spend massive amounts of money on insurance company paperwork, denials and re-submissions.

But that's us - PROFIT trumps people every single time. Every. Single. Time.