General Discussion

sure we are!

Or some here, maybe.

But what this shows me is that controversy aside, Sanders talks about kitchen table issues - the stuff we all worry about. It is a populist message, and it scares the hell out of the capitalist establishment, because they have worked long and hard to propagandize all of us, Dems, Republicans and Independents, against even the idea of the government actually doing something that might help us.

Nonetheless, we all worry about losing our jobs, about how to pay for healthcare, which is more and more expensive. Or how to pay for college for our kids. Or why prices of stuff keep going up, up, up and our wages don't keep up. For example, I said my coverage went up 8.9% over last year, but I sure as heck won't be getting a 9% raise. I'll be lucky to get a third of that. And what if my car breaks down and I have to go into debt to pay for it?

So once again my purchasing power declines, and my sense of economic security shrinks yet again.

That's what Bernie is talking about, and that's why he is so popular. The message is real, whatever you might think of him. The prescriptions he advocates are real, and will work, whatever you might think of him.

Plus...he's written a young adults book about political revolution, and it is a best seller. He's still engaging young people.