To the Editor:

Such a nice man, this Bernie Sanders, we just love him, he just wants to help everyone! There he is on TV with all these hollering young people cheering him after he told them that everyone in America should go to college for free. He would establish free tuition in all private and public colleges. The inexperienced young people failed to ask the question: “How much will this cost, who will pay for it, and how?” Bernie will also give everyone free health insurance. How wonderful! 

The ignorance of American voters is already on display every day at the White House. With just these two actions Bernie will bankrupt the United States.  

Bernie has a long history of being a socialist. In college, he was a 1960s peacenik who applied for conscientious objector status. How can he be made “Commander in Chief “ of the military? He will eliminate all ammunition from the military so nobody will get hurt. In the Senate, he voted against all the military actions. He even voted against going into Kuwait after Saddam Hussein invaded it. He thought we could “talk” them out of Kuiwait.  

Bernie just loves the socialist Scandinavian countries like Finland who gives free day care to all children, and Norway which gives 42 weeks of maternity leave at full pay. He voted against going into Iraq, voted against the use of force on terrorists and against the Patriot Act legislation. 

And, of course, he wants to tax the rich!  That’s always popular today, even though the highest quintile of income earners pay almost 70 percent of federal taxes. Lately, I am convinced that the only people in the United States who really need a union are the rich.  

Now, Social Security is broke. All those many years we had Social Security taken out of our paychecks, and social security had billions in reserve. Our elected politicians stole all the money out of the social security funds and spent it on other projects. If they left that money alone, Social Security would be solvent today.  

When our founding fathers created a federal government they were really worried that they were creating a monster which would go beyond their intentions. If they could now see our tax statements, and the amount of federal taxes we pay versus state taxes, they would turn over in their graves and scream 

After years of borrowing 50 percent of what they spend, the national debt is outrageous. Americans seem oblivious to it all. As long as they can buy gas, get their groceries and cash their checks, everything is good. Prominent economists are telling us that our system can collapse!   Bernie Sanders will be part of the problem, not at all a solution. Read the articles on the Internet about his false notions, why Bernie Sanders is wrong about everything, and the five dumbest quotes from Bernie Sanders.  Nothing is free! Wake up folks!

Jim Sottile

Franklin