[fatnotlazy]

And yet there is this corps of mostly young people who want to make Bernie Sanders president because he has promised them all the usual enticements of socialism and communism. Try to explain to them that if old Bernie became president and he delivered on even half of his promises, this country's economy would end up like Greece's, and these supporters either give you a blank stare or they are under the illusion that Greece won't happen here because the US has this unlimited supply of money.

And these young people are far more educated than I. Obviously, they didn't learn anything about economics in school.

[abb]

Something for Nothing has been sold/resold to stupid folk since the dawn of mankind. Some things never change.

[RoosterRedux]

Young people love socialism because it sounds so romantic (you know...we'll all work together collectively for the good of mankind...sharing all our money...singing as we go).

Mature people hate it because they know it's full of empty promises and, in the end, just doesn't work.

[FreedomPoster]

Or history, especially that of the 20th Century under the Communists.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

Obviously, they didn't learn anything about economics in school.

Read "The Underground History of American Education" on-line for free.

This has been the purpose of compulsory government schooling since its inception in 19th century Germany.

School vouchers is the way to begin unraveling the disaster that is Progressivism.

[exDemMom]

And these young people are far more educated than I. Obviously, they didn't learn anything about economics in school.

In the 1960s and 1970s, I was taught that government is an endless source of money, and that if we did not get very much in welfare, it was because selfish and greedy rich (i.e. Republican) politicians wanted to keep all that money for themselves.

At some point in my 20s, I finally figured out that government does not magically create money and that any wealth the government has is only taken from taxpayers.

The same breed of teachers is still teaching, and many young people will never figure out that the money that supports socialism only comes from people who work. Without that understanding, socialism appears wonderful--you get everything you need and want without having to work for it!