Indeed. I keep seeing posts from old high school and hometown friends on facebook bitching about the awful tyranny of "democratic socialism" that will overwhelm and bankrupt America if pretty much any Dem (but especially Warren or Sanders) is elected POTUS. Some directly reference Venezuela, which I guess has replaced Cuba as the new Latin American bugaboo for conservatives. What's really interesting is the number of these people that are underemployed and on Medicaid or Obamacare. One just posted recently about how Medicare-for-All would add tens of thousands of dollars in taxes to each American:
"If you support Medicare-for-All, I have to ask one question. Have you bothered to do the math? I don't care what you have been told, I am asking if you have done the math. The estimated cost is about 2.8-3.2 trillion dollars a year..... it will be more than that simply because the government is involved. However lets go with that figure. In 2019 127,939,000 tax returns were filed. This means on average those returns will have to show a $21,885.42-25,011.92 increase to pay for this. This is pretty close to what our insurance cost is now without a subsidy. We can't afford the subsidized policy. If you support this idiocy, just go ahead and send your check to me."
BTW, this guy has no college education, has never left my hometown to live anywhere else, and currently lives off his wife's income - and hates Democrats with a passion. But he's an expert on pretty much everything. Just ask him.
