ELECTION 2020

[HairOfTheDog]

I’m not a kid Mags and I haven’t believed in Santa Claus for 40+ years.

It is a metaphor, Bernie promises free health care, student loan forgiveness, higher wages, many of the things his base likes and they are 59% between the ages of 18-44. Candidates promise the world but once in the big seat realize it's not all that easy. 
Another thing I notice about Bernie is he was against millionaires and billionaires. Now that he is a millionaire he is only going after billionaires. That and the fact he is a socialist I feel that will be his downfall. We shall see how this test works out though.  I hope he is the nominee.

I know it was a metaphor Mags, I just don't think it fits...........for the reasons I provided.

I don't consider people in their 20s, 30s and 40s to be kids.  And, according to your 59% statistic........ Sanders' base has expanded to include a high percentage of people older than that broad age range. 

If 41% of his support base is indeed now 45-years-old and up, that's a good sign for Sanders.

Health care access and access to lower and higher education should not be determined by income and wealth, in my opinion. 

And, climate change is a real threat to all human beings that needs to be seriously addressed, not denied in order to protect corporate profits. 

The U.S. should not be doing so poorly in terms of education, infant mortality rates, income equality, health............as compared to other developed countries.

I suspect that most people in the U.S., regardless of age or political affiliation, now agree with those positions which Bernie Sanders has been espousing for many years.  

Of course, providing health care and educational opportunities to all, and more aggressively addressing climate change, won't be 'free'.  To get there (which I agree will be a major challenge, but one worth working towards).........huge tax breaks for the most wealthy individuals and corporations will need to be eliminated or reduced to help pay for those changes. 

I believe everyone's taxes will need to go up, in fact.  However, corporations and individuals will no longer be burdened with health care premiums and medical bills  nor outrageous tuition fees/debt.