Truth to Power

Sanders schools Bachus

REPRESENTATIVE Spencer Bachus is one of the few people I know from Alabama. I bet I’m the only socialist he knows, although he darkly claims there are 17 socialists lurking in the House of Representatives.

I doubt there are any other socialists, let alone 17 more, in all of Congress. I also doubt that Bachus understands much about democratic socialism.

If we could get beyond such nonsense, I think this country could use a good debate about what goes on here compared with places with a long social-democratic tradition like Sweden, Norway, and Finland, where, by and large, the middle class has a far higher standard of living.</em>

Tell ‘em, Bernie Sanders. Now, socialism sucks, capitalism will always best it- but since we haven’t been a capitalist society in my lifetime, to hell with it, let’s become Sweden. We’re about 50% there already anyway.

And its always good to see one politician call another a moron.


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