The ideas that emanate from Texas often become mainstream in the Republican Party a few years later. Let me tell you just some of their plans. The 2012 Texas Republican Party platform says:

“We support an immediate and orderly transition to a system of private pensions based on the concept of individual retirement accounts, and gradually phasing out the Social Security tax.”

“We support the privatization of veteran’s healthcare.” In other words, they would abolish the VA healthcare system.

“We support abolishing all federal agencies whose activities are not specifically enumerated in the Constitution; including the Departments of Education and Energy.”

“We … oppose … mandatory Kindergarten.”

“We believe the Environmental Protection Agency should be abolished.”

“We recommend repeal of the Sixteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, with the goal of abolishing the I.R.S and replacing it with a national sales tax collected by the States.”

“We favor abolishing the capital gains tax [and the estate tax].”

“We believe the Minimum Wage Law should be repealed.”

That’s what right-wing extremism is all about.

Watch Sen. Sanders on the Texas Republican Platform