Somebody gets paid to man the social media accounts of all the 2020 presidential candidates, so we’re not sure who came up with this one or if it’s a Bernie Sanders original, but it’s something else.
For a short sermon, it’s pretty insulting. Who says that my family doesn’t care about your family — unless we’re both stuck working in a collective making solar panels once fossil fuels have been outlawed for everyone but politicians and their private jets. When we hear about families caring about each other, we think of, say, churches or neighborhoods — not democratic socialism.
But if you’re running for United States president as a Democrat, you’ve got to be in favor of more, and bigger, government, believing that only it can fix income inequality while still letting you keep your sportscar and three houses — while taxing Bill Gates $100 billion without even blinking.
And Gates has been using a lot of that money to help needy countries have clean drinking water, without being coerced by the government. Bernie wants to tax Gates’ $100 billion to provide clean drinking water to all of America and end homelessness — like that’s going to happen under President Sanders.
Sanders has always resonated with young, white college kids, and not just because he wants to pay off their student loans and give them free tuition. A lot of them are probably taking epic bong rips while reading tweets like this one:
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We become more human when my family cares about your family and your family cares about my family.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) November 14, 2019
and when we aren't oppressed by socialism.
— Sarcasticat ?? ?? (@Nightmouse_BCF) November 14, 2019
And where’s the evidence that electing a democratic socialist is going to help us care more about each other?
That’s very true. Then keep government out of it then.
— The Water Whisperer (@cshipman3) November 14, 2019
I agree. It works best when it’s a choice to care for others. Compassion can’t be forced on us by government.
— TheOptionRider (@TheOptionRider) November 14, 2019
Yes but I don’t need the government telling me that and who and when and why
— Indie (@AUcomeback) November 14, 2019
can you care about my family enough to not advocate taking more of our paycheck through taxes. thank u.
— John Willow (@JohnathonWillow) November 14, 2019
Then let me keep my money.
— loki libertarian (@Palnut23) November 14, 2019
What do you call it when government steps in-between this direct human caring about humans interaction?
— Gusdog481 (@Gusdog481) November 14, 2019
Not bad for starters. Now please become more human by refusing to coerce other humans.
— ᴰᴬᵛᴵᴰ ᴳᴿᴬᵛᵞ ?? (@spirit_llama) November 14, 2019
You’re kidding right?
— Hudek (@HHudek) November 14, 2019
Then why would you use government force to extort everyone's family.
— ?????? ????? (@Lacimeh) November 14, 2019
You realize this happens more freely and often with a small, unintrusive government, right? Families helping families is ideal. Government helping families is a distant, far inferior choice.
— Tall Man Short Hair (@TallManShort) November 14, 2019
So you're saying people in society are perfectly capable of caring for each other without a bureaucratic middle-man called government??
— Educating Economic Illiterates? (@H1TMANactual) November 14, 2019
We become less human when a politician, claiming to care about families, takes by force from family A, to give to family B that he says needs it more, while keeping a cut for himself.
— dan (@dragan221) November 14, 2019
We become less free when you think your family can take my family's money simply because you think my family has too much
— Leo Nayfeld (@LeoNayfeld) November 14, 2019
We become less human when your family forces my family to pay for your family.
— Stephen Agnew (@Stephen_Agnew) November 14, 2019
I care that your family is never in a position to control my family.
— Tony Go (@tonyg0) November 14, 2019
We also become more human when your family doesn't use a third party to forcefully confiscate my family's labor, wealth, and property for their personal use.
— The Green Pilot (@ZippedGreene17) November 14, 2019
When is your family going to worry about mine? All Jane worries about is how she's going to afford another house.
— NYer (@ThomB01) November 14, 2019
We should also not forget that caring families do not own 3 houses
— Pedro Calais (@pedrocalais) November 14, 2019
My family is looking for a vacation home this Christmas. Which one of yours can we use? Since we are family and all.
— RedCarded (@russianredcard) November 14, 2019
Give me a few thousand bucks 'grandpa'.
I'll gladly pay you back when you become el presidente— John Smith (@Houdini1000) November 14, 2019
Will you share your money with me, it’s all tax payer money anyway.
— Steve Sprissler (@Budspis04) November 14, 2019
I bet you don’t care about a billionaires family.
— Zack Gianino? (@ZackGianino) November 14, 2019
Donald trumps family is our family then.
— Ari Jameson (@AriJameson) November 14, 2019
Translation…. We become more human when we give big brother all our stuff and they waste a bunch of it and then redistribute what’s left when and how they choose.
— John Miller (@miller_johnm) November 14, 2019
Bernie, it is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interests. And to their families’ interests.
— Wild Goose (@WildGoo69031318) November 14, 2019
Agreed. Stop trying to steal money from my family then.
— Bre Zimmer (@BreZimmer) November 14, 2019
Cool idea, just keep government out of it
— MisterA (@improvcellist) November 14, 2019
It's not working Bernie.
— Mifsud's Blackberry (@schlublius) November 14, 2019
I gotta tell ya’, I’m pretty human but I don’t give a tin snot about you or your family. #SocialismKills
— Muss Muggins (@paulhboyd1) November 14, 2019
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Career politician and 'worthless commie' Bernie Sanders doesn't think Bill Gates is doing enough to help his fellow man and should gladly pay $100 billion in taxes https://t.co/nJUHgY39Xd
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 7, 2019
