Yesterday, Democrat 2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders spoke about socialism and economics in America. Sanders also covered income inequality and the manner in which he believes U.S. workers will feel about tax increases.
What Does Sanders Think of Tax Increases?
There’s a lot of conversation about free services from the Democrats. As a self-proclaimed Democratic-socialist, Sanders is supportive of free college, free healthcare, etc. However, since nothing is really free, someone always winds up footing the bill. In this particular case, ‘someone’ translates to ‘the American people.’
In spite of this reality, Sanders believes that hardworking individuals will not mind losing more of their income to taxes. During an interview with CNN, the 2020 presidential candidate explained why he believes Americans will feel “delighted” to pay higher taxes.
In Sanders’ own words:
“I suspect that a lot of people in the country would be delighted to pay more in taxes if they had comprehensive health care as a human right. I live 50 miles away from the Canadian border and you go to the doctor any time you want. You don’t take out your wallet. You have heart surgery, you have a heart transplant, you come out of the hospital, it costs you nothing.”
