It's in the OP.

bottom 50%, it would be about $1675 per person. Now that assumes the moment that wealth was taken, the value of paper wealth wouldn’t drop like a rock, for them and everyone else who owns a house, a few shares of stock, even a used car. It also assumes companies would continue to operate and pay people, which is questionable. Point is, bottom half would have little wealth left and likely see no improvement.

I agree wealth needs to redistributed and taxes increased substantially. But this kind of Sanders’ BS is why trump or any other GOPer would win in a landslide.

not to necessarily redistribute the money but to create a system where these scenarios don’t arise in the first place. How to do that? I don’t know and it’s not an easy problem to fix.

I usually don’t defend Sanders but I think he’s just pointing out the massive problems with the system we have now.

giving people a easier path up the ladder - child care, pre-k, tuition free community college, and lifting student debt off lower & middle income graduates?

At some point Sanders, et al, are going to have to level with people. We are all going to have to pay more for healthcare, climate change, jobs, bolster Social Security and other safety net benefits, education, infrastructure, deficit and debt reduction, and a lot more

The wealthy should pay more, we should slash the military budget, etc. But, everyone but the poorest, are going to have to pay.

If you have a 30 year mortgage, it's a negative for about 20 years.

Bernie's proposals and policies are long overdue medicines for our ailing society.

The true bull shit economic propaganda against the poor, vulnerable and middle class has been going on since the days of Reagan and Trump is a direct, inevitable result.

If current dynamics are not reversed, we will have future Trumps and they will be worse, that's the way I see it.

Yes, but we can't rely on an FDR administration to steady things any time soon. One thing that has impressed me is the new economic bill of rights, but the we are going to need the equity of new deal all over again.

Something like the GI bill would go a long way, not to mention an Eisenhower era top tax rate

reduced, but Sanders’ messaging is aimed at people who are going to take it without thinking further.

Rather than BS, maybe Sanders should tell us exactly how he’s going to reverse equality with tax rates on each income level, cost of healthcare, childcare, education, climate change, bolstering Social Security, infrastructure, etc., along with the chances of acceptance by voters and enactment.

I’m for all that stuff, but I’d like to see someone lay it out, rather than just vilifying the rich.

I think most people realize those two tax cuts were foolish.

They could see the dentist, fix or maintain their vehicle, take some community college classes, buy back to school clothes for their kids, get a good interview outfit or spend a small part of it on a date. They could put a security deposit on an apartment. They might be able to save a little bit for a rainy day, but most of the money would circulate a few times before it ended up back in the top three's pockets.

You are correct, I think, that there would be unintended consequences. But I wouldn't underestimate what $1675 would mean to someone who is poor. Look at LadyFreedomRidesAgain, for example, selling anything she can in order to get dog food and tp while she waits for disability to kick in now that she isn't able to work. It would be a miracle for her.

So, for $1675 short-term gain, the entire USA economy would shut down because no one would invest in a country that takes all wealth. Plus, the $1675 would probably be 50 cents at best as soon as the paper representing wealth is dumped on the market.

Like it or not, most of us work for companies in this country, and in other wealthy countries.

with his wife.

So stop being unfair to him!

Mae West