The unemployment rate is now lower than it was at any time during Ronald Reagan's presidency

That's interesting.. They did seem pretty bias. However, for each argument they make, they use several facts to explain why that is the case. The facts alone make a very compelling argument, but I don't want to waste time on this

I actually used to be a huge supporter of Bernie Sanders, and I still agree with him on getting money out of politics and a lot of social issues. To me, free college, veterans being set for life, free high quality health-care for all, mega pensions, etc. sounded amazing. I just wondered how we could afford all that, especially since entitlements alone already consume 90% of the total revenue... Well it turns out he wants to tax corporations and corporation owners 90%. I could not think of something more disastrous for our country, all the rich people would immediately move out of the country, bringing with them 40% of the wealth (it's bad that they have so much, but his solutions won't fix it, instead, we need to stop subsidizing them, and encourage competition. Getting money out of politics is a great first step) and most of our jobs. America would suddenly become the worst place to start a business.. We could even become a third world country. Not to mention this is his way of dealing with our debt crisis. I'm sorry to say, but we can't afford all this, nor can we afford to raise taxes on corporations, the source of our jobs. Instead, we need to end this expensive war on drugs, reform our prison system, cut military to just defense, make social security self-sustainable, and sadly, we need to stop paying for welfare and healthcare. The pharmaceutical and insurance companies are very corrupt and are the reason why our medical costs are exponentially higher than the rest of the world. If we regulate them, but also encourage competition, we can make healthcare very affordable, and without paying all this money. Taking care of the sick is a great thing to do, and we should all donate to charities to help the poor, but the government shouldn't force people to be charitable, that's almost theft. But also, I'd definitely like to do it if/when we could afford it.

Sorry if this was boring, I'm just writing my thoughts down, feel free to debate any of it. Or just ignore it.

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