Blitzer is a re-puke shill.
Sanders is actually a āwell regulated free marketā kind of guy. His socialist views are more for education and health care, which I donāt have a real problem with. But he is by no means looking for government to take over businesses, that is totally false.
Sanders himself stated that, as POTUS, he would break up the banks and then leave the aftermath up to the businesses themselves. So, yeah, no govāt. interference.
Wolf has an obvious contempt for objectivity. And journalistic ethics. This is not a claim - this is substantiated by his neglect of basic journalistic standards every time he speaks.
Not true. He wants them regulated and wants more gun control. He has been very clear on that.
The important question is, where is the demarcation between ābig businessā and āsmall businessā? When does a āsmall businessā become a ābig corporationā? How we regulated businesses USED to be about āleveling the playing fieldā for āsmall businessesā. That was the goal. The idea was that ābig businessā didnāt need the help, and the more competition there was, the better for everyone.
Flash forward 50 years and we doscover that big business has put on the too tight clothing of āsmall businessā (how a company that does $100 million is small is beyond meā¦) and captured as much of that money intended to INCREASE competition, to achieve exactly the OPOSITE.
Meanwhile, actual small businesses struggle, even if they DO employ the majority of people in this country, and most of the new jobs created as wellā¦
I wish, Sara, that you had actually told us what Bernieās answer to the first question was ā
I think Wolf went to the same journalism program as Sean Hannity.
At least Hannity knows heās a shill.
Hannity admits that he isnāt a journalist only when it suits him.
Wolf admits to nothing.
Even inferring that Blitzer is a journalist is like inferring that snake over there is a polar bear.l
Nonsense. The entire basis of single payer is for government to take over the health insurance industry. Thatās the very premise that its all based upon. Bernie has been advocating single payer and take over of the health care insurance industry from the very beginning. Indeed, he even points out that he will eliminate all payments to them, and instead replace it with a tax. That is very clearly taking over the business and redirecting the revenue stream to the government.
Bernie has continued to talk about breaking up the banks. Again tonight he went thereā¦simply because, in his perspective, they have too many assets. Putting aside the notion that breaking up the actual companies based purely on size into smaller companies does not do one thing for removing the influence that all those assets have, that most definitely is the government taking over a major business and making the decision to break them up.
So you can say a lot of things, but saying,
isnāt one of them. Unless you donāt like telling the truth.
You can for example say,
and I, and many others, would argue that that also is untrue. Bernieās socialist views most definitely extend into the business arena. He specifically said that he wanted to redistribute the wealth from the rich to the middle class. Thatās damn near a direct quote from tonight. His entire rhetoric, and most of his policies, are based upon retribution on the rich for having money, and redistributing that money into government programs that he will create to replace industries (see healthcare point above). Thatās well beyond European/Scandinavian socialism, and is encroaching upon communismā¦though not quite there. But he is far away from being a āwell regulated free marketā kind of guy. In this question, he blasted Verizon alone he blasted Verizon for its labor negotiations and said that as President he would lean heavily upon them because of it. Again, more retribution rhetoric, and without specifics, which Bernie loathes to provide, that certainly doesnāt sound like ālet the markets work it outāā¦that sounds like āgovernment intervention into the labor marketsā
But you could say that.
Not true. He admits to having visited North Korea. Repeatedly and often.
Very good point and thank you for bringing it up.
Koch Industries, for example, is labeled a small business. Blows my mind.
Well, fascism isnāt a good answer, no. What Senator Sanders wants to do is RETURN the money the 1% STOLE from the middle class. That isnāt socialism, that is justice.
Well, nobody ever accused Wolf Blitzer of being even-handed. To call him a shill like Hannity, who at least is open about his bias, is an insult to shills. Blitzer is a journalistic con-man and narcissist.
Sanders does seem to have obvious contempt for big banks, not all big corporations. Not gun manufacturers. Banks are certainly not the largest corporations. Why only one industry? His emphasize on size over leverage is baffling and suggests he does not see the real problems. Plenty of small banks failed.
What if Apple failed or went bankrupt.? Not likely but a corporation can go down really fast. And it would certainly have a huge affect on the economy. Should we break it up?
What is missed is the role banks play in the economy in that they touch all businesses and a problem gets played out thru them. For example, when the real estate market collapsed, one bank could not trust another and that could have stopped movement of money and stopped our economy. Hench the fast action on a bailout. If you made sure they were never over leveraged, Dodd /Frank, your problem is solved.
With thinking like that you should run for congress. The DLC would love you and give you unlimited funding! Well, maybe a little limit.
You cite a vote from 20 years ago as his current position on gun control? His position now is to give more funding to the CDC. Bernie is definitely not way left on guns, but he has reasonable positions on gun control.