OPINION:
Bernie Sanders said “the failures of ’unfettered capitalism’ are evident if Americans look for them.” (“Bernie Sanders evokes FDR, says democratic socialism’s time has come,” Web June 12). He pointed to the life expectancy of a man in McDowell County, West Virginia, at 64 years, compared with a man in affluent Fairfax County, Virginia, at 82 years. “While poor and working families struggle economically and often lack adequate health care, their life expectancy is declining for the first time in modern American history.”
Capitalism made it possible for the United States to spend $23 trillion in the War on Poverty. Yet, according to Bernie, the poor have little or no health care. It seems the would-be socialists in the government are already better at stealing other peoples’ money than they are at spending it for the benefit of poor and working families.
The first money that Bernie will steal if he’s elected is my Medicare. Medicare for All will be managed by Bernie’s democratic socialist armies of unaccountable regulators, planners, auditors, inspectors and adjusters, to the same effect as the money for the War on Poverty.
A vote for Bernie is a vote for Misery for All.
GEORGE F. STEEG
Potomac Falls, Va.
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