Correction, Please!
The Contrived Fight Against “Inequality”
Item: After the moderator on the CBS show Face the Nation interviewed Democratic presidential candidate Bernie San-ders, an avowed democratic socialist, a panel discussed those who were criticizing Sanders for wanting to impose socialism. On the March 31 show, New York Times columnist and CBS News political analyst Jamelle Bouie, a panelist, pooh-poohed the notion that the Vermont senator sought a radically transformed country.
Argued Bouie: “It’s not as if Bernie Sanders is calling for like, you know, democratic control of means of production, right?” He is not seeking, said the panelist, “nationalization when it comes to the state industries.” Rather, he maintained, Sanders is “calling for a very, very robust welfare state, for more Medicare, for free college, for these sorts of things … things that are broadly popular with the public.”
Item: Several “top-tier Democratic presidential candidates,” reported the Washington Post for February 2, “are pushing for new taxes on the wealthiest Americans and attempting to portray themselves as best positioned to fight the country’s yawning inequality gap.” Mentioned were soak-the-rich plans by Senators Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, and Bernie Sanders.
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