What is “Democratic Socialism?”

Bernie has, on numerous counts this election, called himself a Social Democrat. So what does that mean? Is he taxing us at 90%?? Is he going to sell the country to China?? Will he rip away the fortune of the wealthy???

Well first of all, lets dispel with the fiction that America will never elect a Socialist, America already elected many of them- Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, and Dwight D Eisenhower to name a few.

Also, America’s most successful programs, the military, roads, border walls, air traffic control, and, oh, Social Security, are all Socialist programs- where they are paid by every citizen and benefit every citizen. The American public already decided that these programs are necessary for the functioning of our economy. Private corporations would not be able to provide these services in an effective manner, so the job is left to the people.

Sanders is called a “socialist” for proposing three main things: