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Sen. Sanders shows spunk, however …

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U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders has put it on the line.

The candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination said flat-out he will raise individual tax rates if he’s elected president next year.

The Vermont independent senatorĀ said this on CNN over the weekend: ā€œYes, we have to raise individual tax rates substantially higher than they are today, because almost all of the new income is going to the top 1 percent.ā€

http://nypost.com/2015/07/06/bernie-sanders-will-raise-taxes-if-hes-elected-president/

As much as I admire Sen. Sanders’s spunk and his courage on some things, I feel compelled to remind him of a little political history, even though I know he’s aware of it.

In 1984, former Vice President Walter Mondale was nominated to run for president. During his acceptance speech at the party convention in San Francisco, he said this: “Mr. Reagan will raises taxes and so will I. He won’t tell you. I just did.”

“Mr. Reagan,” of course was the president of the United States.

Vice President Mondale got a rousing cheer at the convention.

President Reagan was re-elected in a 49-state landslide.

Raising taxes doesn’t play well out here, Sen. Sanders.

 

2 thoughts on “Sen. Sanders shows spunk, however …”

  1. Agree. And she wonā€™t be coronated, at least not by the Dem Party activists.

    BTW, I totally disregard most of the silly reporting about how ā€˜progressiveā€™ Oā€™Malley was/is. (unless the comparison is to Attila the Hun)

    Closer to the primaries, Iā€™ll be posting his ā€œNew Demā€ photos. He not only is a former DLCer, he was a ā€˜stand-inā€™ on the campaign trail for FSC when she ran last time, especially in New Hampshire.

    (BTW, ā€œFSCā€ = Former Secretary Clinton, for my purposes.)

    Anyhoo, thanks for your posts.

    Iā€™ll be sure to check in with you from time to time. I particularly like that you seem to welcome civil/reasoned disagreementā€“per your About page.

    I welcome the same.

    ~ ~ ~

    ā€œThe best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.ā€ā€“Helen Keller

    ā€œThe standard of living of the average American has to decline. I donā€™t think you can escape that.ā€ā€“Paul Volcker, ā€œThe New York Times,ā€ [October 18, 1979, Page 1]

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