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Confirmed: Sanders is selling a fantasy agenda
Sanders articulates broad principles — free health care for all; free college for everyone. When pressed on the details, he falls back on broad explanations — other countries to seem to do these sorts of things, so we can, too. But in the real world of policymaking, where specific numbers must add up and tradeoffs must be considered, his program is a flop.
Sanders is not thinking big, as he often puts it. He is thinking carelessly. Those attracted to his message of expanding health-care access and shoring up the safety net, which are worthy goals, should know that he does not have a real plan to do these things. Instead, Sanders offers unchecked ideological certainty and unkeepable promises.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blog...onfirmed-sanders-is-selling-a-fantasy-agenda/
Confirmed: Sanders is selling a fantasy agenda
Sanders articulates broad principles — free health care for all; free college for everyone. When pressed on the details, he falls back on broad explanations — other countries to seem to do these sorts of things, so we can, too. But in the real world of policymaking, where specific numbers must add up and tradeoffs must be considered, his program is a flop.
Sanders is not thinking big, as he often puts it. He is thinking carelessly. Those attracted to his message of expanding health-care access and shoring up the safety net, which are worthy goals, should know that he does not have a real plan to do these things. Instead, Sanders offers unchecked ideological certainty and unkeepable promises.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blog...onfirmed-sanders-is-selling-a-fantasy-agenda/