All Eyes on U.S., provided an
excellent blog with a reasonable argument of their beliefs. Now, I agree with
you that America needs to focus on itself, as we are on somewhat of a decline.
Sanders is the type of guy who is ready to get stuff done and I love how he
wants to benefit those who are put in an unfortunate position financially. Yes,
free universal health care, higher minimum wages, and free college educations
sounds incredible, but it is not that easy. Every president becomes president
because they are willing to put in the hard work to benefit America as a
nation, which raises the question, don’t you think all of those great things
would have been implemented by now if there was no potential consequence?
Sander’s most significant proposals
are providing a single-payer health care system, breaking up big banks, raising
minimum wage to $15, and ending free trade agreements NAFTA, CAFTA, permanent
normal trade relations (PNTR) with Chine and the recently-signed Trans-Pacific
Partnership. In reality, most of his ideas have solely focused on spending
without a clear idea as to how to pay for the proposals. One can interpret that
paying for his programs would require an increase in the deficit and/or higher
taxes. If Sanders’ policies deepen, the budget deficit for many years down the
road, it could impact the bond market and creditor, driving up interest rates
and having an inability to give out loans. Overall, it could be more expensive
to run the government. Bill Clinton learned this during his presidency as he
was forced to prioritize deficit reduction instead of fulfilling his spending
promises.
Bernie
Sanders has included raising taxes on the rich and corporations in order to pay
for a large expansion of programs for everyone else at the heart of his
campaign. In other words, there will be an enormous tax increase for everyone
except those at the bottom. I am in full support of helping those in need.
However, what will the reaction are when taxes are raised exponentially? Isn’t
the purpose of America to be a place where every American can determine their
success based off of their hard work? Of course, some are put into much better
situations than others, providing them a seemingly easier access to
opportunity, but that does not make it impossible. I am often times alone with
this thought, but most of the most successful people in the world started with
absolutely nothing. If they could find success, then why can’t others who are
at the bottom? Must they continuously rely on the government to get them out of
trouble? People who are outrageously successful did not blame any of their
surroundings because they understood that being successful was completely their
responsibility. They made the sacrifice and put in the sickening hard work
without making excuses and never giving up so that one-day they could achieve
their dream. If they can do it then so can anyone, people just have to believe in
their limitless capabilities and put in the work. I am not claiming the
unfortunate to be lazy or anything because I have never experienced such
hardship. All I am saying is that it is possible to overcome it and it has been
done before.
Bernie Sanders has wonderful
intentions for America, I just believe that forced economic equality would
defeat the purpose of America, which is the ability to have all kinds of limitless
opportunity if you are willing to do the work. I support his strive to help
those in financial problems, however, it needs to be paid for without making successful
people suffer from their hard earned money. They are there for a reason; doesn’t
it ruin their freedom and equality in a way, making them pay more than everyone
else? It sounds reasonable that they should pay more because they earn more, but
I feel as if everyone is equal in America no matter what position.
In Conclusion, this was an
incredible blog and I enjoyed reading it as my ideas and interest began to
flow. Keep it up!
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