Bernie Sanders: The Principled Conservative For 2016

[DonViejo]

Take a look at presidential candidate and democratic socialist Bernie Sanders’s surprisingly right-wing stances.

By Jack Butler

Bernie Sanders, the self-proclaimed “democratic socialist” senator from Vermont, sure sounds like a conservative on immigration. In an interview with Ezra Klein that appeared on Vox.com last week, Sanders called open borders a “Koch brothers proposal” that

would make everybody in America poorer —you’re doing away with the concept of a nation state, and I don’t think there’s any country in the world that believes in that. If you believe in a nation-state or in a country called the United States or UK or Denmark or any other country, you have an obligation in my view to do everything we can to help poor people. What right-wing people in this country would love is an open-border policy. Bring in all kinds of people, work for $2 or $3 an hour, that would be great for them. I don’t believe in that. I think we have to raise wages in this country, I think we have to do everything we can to create millions of jobs.

Sanders’ view on immigration—if sincere—would not only put him to the right of most liberals (and declared Democratic presidential candidates), but also to the right of libertarians and several Republican presidential candidates. Although Sanders isn’t the first on the American left to make an American labor-centric argument against increased immigration, focusing on its effects on low-wage labor, he also turns up surprisingly conservative in other areas.

Bernie Sanders, Right-Winger

Take the Export-Import Bank. This previously obscure federal agency has caused a civil war between the pro-market and pro-business wings of the Republican Party. If only all Republicans shared Sanders’ principled stance against the bank. Sanders has “long criticized the bank and voted against reauthorizing it last year,” according to The Hill.

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http://thefederalist.com/2015/08/05/bernie-sanders-the-principled-conservative-for-2016/

[Agnosticsherbet]

1. I oppose his view on the Import Export Bank.

encouraging manufacturers to export more goods encouages jobs.

I oppose Visa's for foreign workers. He has voted against restricting visa's for skilled workers.

[virtualobserver]

3. He has consistently voted to restrict visas for skilled workers to come into the U.S, not against

[Agnosticsherbet]

9. I will check that out.

[BainsBane]

2. Interesting take

I found those statements on immigration concerning. Evidently conservative did not.

Sanders’ view on immigration—if sincere—would not only put him to the right of most liberals (and declared Democratic presidential candidates), but also to the right of libertarians and several Republican presidential candidates.

[Cha]

4. Wow.. thanks Don

[Motown_Johnny]

5. So helping the poor and insuring a reasonable wage....

..is something the conservatives want?

What Bizzaro World kind of viewpoint is this?

[ljm2002]

6. So being against open borders...

...is to the right of most liberals? Really? Please document all of the liberals -- and especially, liberal politicians -- who are for open borders, with links. Thanks.

[BainsBane]

7. It's a strawman

[drm604]

8. Yeah, I was scratching my head when I read the article.

As I understand the term "open borders", it means totally free movement across boarders, like the way we move from state to state, or very close to it. Very few people, on the left or right, would want that.

[BainsBane]

10. It's from an interview that Bernie did with Vox.

[beam me up scottie]

11. Consider the source.

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Some people have no shame when it comes to digging into the muck to find dirt on Bernie.

They don't care how badly they smell when they bring it back here.

[artislife]

12. Now those sound interesting....nt

[beam me up scottie]

13. I needed a shower after going there.