The Rich, atm, pay less in taxes than your average Joe, lol

Mainly bc of Capital Gains

Bernie used to call himself a "Civil Libertarian" for a long time, so it makes sense for why he'd want to adopt such a policy

Make life more free for your average person, trickling up the economy, at the same time

Here's the root of the problem: Partisanship.

Yep

If the Democrat's aren't promoting popular candidates, they can't win the House / Senate

All proposals would be implemented as Executive Orders

And fought vehemently in Congress

Ye

Rather than casting Hail Mary's like Impeachment and radical proposals, Dem's need to unify as a party to regain any standing in US govt

That's not gonna happen until they condemn the radical progressives and being appealing to centrists / moderates

It is pretty funny tho. The Republicans, since Reagan, have been working to Return to the 1920s (a time notorious for corruption, starting of in a huge boom and ending in a huge bust), while Bernie wants a return to the 1950s (the most prosperous time in Human History)

Neither party is perfect. Right now, Republican's would do less damage to the economy in the next 4 years than Democrats with their current proposals

Not even touching the radioactive clusterfuck that is the Green New Deal

Democrats and Republicans are virtually the same Party Atm; just appealing to different Demographics

Woah, definitely not

Democrats are Centrist Republicans, basically

That is the essence of the Two Party System in most countries

Absolutely not. That may have been true 10 years ago, definitely not today.

Correction: The Establishment Democrats and the General Republican Party

Ok, that's fair

The Democrats are a seriously fractioned party at the moment. From the AOC crowd, to progressives, to establishment.

Rn the Dems are like the Old Whig Party. They have no real identity and are just allied on a hatred for the other Party's Leader

Ah, the negative partisanship approach.

That works in small doses, typically right before an election.

However, starting the debates 6+ months earlier than 2016 was a mistake. Candidate's lose their luster.

And Democrats have been pushing negative partisanship for the past 2 years. Russia Investigation, Collusion Narrative, Impeachment, etc

This will backfire. If Impeachment goes to the Senate, it will be worse.

Back in the 1830s, the Dems elected a guy named Andrew Jackson (who was a complete Lunatic). He was such a controversial President that a new Party was formed called the "Whig Party", which was a party full of people who were ideologically all over the place but united by their hatred for Andrew Jackson (they actually managed to get 4 presidents elected too)

The problem is Trump has widespread support. His fundraising alone demonstrates Americans do not wish to have another establishment candidate.

*Many Whig members eventually branched off to form a new Party called the "Free Soil Party" (a One-Issue party on the topic of Abolitionism), which eventually became the Republican Party, electing their own President named Abraham Lincoln in 1860*

Quite honestly, you may see a departure from the Democratic party once Trump's re-elected.

Which would shake up politics, as the establishment with a failed Mueller investigation and impeachment will demonstrate complete incompetence in the eyes of Americans.

Likely a progressive party

Now, the Dems are basically like the Old Whigs rn. They have no ideology. They have people all over the place; many centrist, conservative, libertarian, progressive, neo-con, and neo-lib Demograts

They're only allied on "Orange Man Bad"

Just like the Old Whig Party, lol

True. But you have to take loyalism into account

In 2016, many Bernie voters refused to vote for Hillary

Yeah