Bernie Sanders has been leading the charge toward socialism his entire life. Within a few weeks of this podcast's publication (at the most a few months), Bernie will be a two-time loser of the Democratic Party's nomination to be President. Despite his failure to secure the nomination, he has laid the foundation for more radical candidates in the future. In this episode, we examine the life of Sanders and the foundation on which he has built his movement.

Show Notes:

Britannica.com - Bernie Sanders

Former Prisoner Recalls Sanders Saying I Don't Know What's So Wrong with Cuba

Bernie Sanders Praised Communist Cuba and the Soviet Union in the 1980s.

60 Minutes Interview with Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders Praising Bread Lines and Food Rationing

Why Bernie Sanders' Communist Misadventures Still Matter

Truth Quest Podcast Episodes:

• Episode #4 - The Truth About Minimum Wage
• Episode #8 – The Truth About Social Security
• Episode #9 - The Truth About Healthcare in America
• Episode #12 - The Truth About Socialized Medicine
• Episode #14 - The Truth About Obamacare
• Episode #17 - The Truth About Healthcare Reform
• Episode #31 - The Truth About Socialism - Part I
• Episode #32 - The Truth About Socialism - Part II
• Episode #39 - The Truth About the Student Loans and the Cost of College
• Episode #57 - The Truth About Free Stuff
• Episode #80 - The Truth About Democracies
• Episode #83 – The Truth About Capitalism

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You are likely familiar with the caricature of capitalism. You know the one - capitalism is some nefarious monster that does nothing but squash the little guy like bugs while the billionaires laugh, smoke cigars and sip the finest cognac.

The criticisms of capitalism are well-known. Capitalism is based on greed and selfishness. It is immoral. It exploits workers. It is a zero sum game. Under capitalism, giant corporations have too much power. And capitalism is based on competition rather than cooperation.

But have you ever examined these claims in any detail? Have you ever considered the alternatives to capitalism?

Show Notes

Only Capitalism Will Save Millenials

Freedom of Choice is What Sets Capitalism Apart, Not Competition 

Anti-Capitalism: Trendy But Wrong

Why Socialism Failed

Capitalism Wins

The Immorality of Socialism

PragerU

• Capitalism vs. Socialism
• Is Capitalism Moral
• Why Capitalism Works
• Why You Love Capitalism
• Myth, Lies and Capitalism
• Alexandria Ocasio Corte Does Not Understand Capitalism or Socialism

Truth Quest Podcast Episodes

• Episode #12 - The Truth About Socialized Medicine
• Episode #27 - The Truth About the Federal Reserve - An Introduction
• Episode #28 - The Truth About the Federal Reserve - The Results
• Episode #50 - The Truth About Party Over Principle
• Episode #57 - The Truth About Free Stuff
• Episode #65 - The Truth About Wal-Mart

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When I evaluated the wealth tax I found that, besides the fact that they have been proven to be ineffective, ignore the laws of economics, require us to ignore the track record of the federal government and besides the fact that they are immoral and unconstitutional and their implementation would be stupid, short-cited, punitive, impractical, unnecessary, and a violation of privacy, I see no problem with them.

Show Notes:

Fair Comprehensive Tax Reform is the Right Path - Larry Summers

The Destructive Economics of Wealth Taxation

Warren Wealth Tax Weighs on Democrats

Why a Wealth Tax Can't Solve Our Problems

Peter Schiff Show - Episode #439

Truth Quest Podcast Episodes

• Episode #8 - The Truth About Social Security
• Episode #16 - The Truth About the Supreme Court
• Episode #23 - The Truth About Nullification
• Episode #46 - The Truth About Roe v. Wade - Part I - Sick and Twisted
• Episode #47 - The Truth About Roe v. Wade - Part II - What They Don't Tell You

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It bothers me immensely when politicians and talking heads propose intellectually lazy and dishonest policies that they know will do more harm than good. Then your friends, family and the faceless, and often nameless, folks on social media jump on the bandwagon. Their prescriptions are not based on principles (or so I thought) rather, they appear to be based on party (or group think).

I am no longer willing to cut these folks any slack because they can easily spend a few minutes on an Internet search and read multiple sides of any argument or policy. They can easily spend a few minutes trying to determine what the truth is.

Why then does this phenomonon exist? Why do those who subscribe to this form of public policy advocacy resort to low-ball tactics when it comes to the treatment of their ideological foes? You know: name-calling, violence, vilification, shutting down the speech of dissenters, mocking, de-platforming, boycotting, and censorship!

After much reflection and study, I believe these people are, indeed, principle-driven. That principle is winning - - - winning at all costs. Nothing else explains this behavior.

Show Notes:

William Watkins – The New Absolutes

Pritical Thinking - Amazon

Pritical Thinking - eBooks

Michael Malice - The New Right

Truth Quest Podcast Episodes:

• Episode #4 - The Truth About Minimum Wage
• Episode #7 -The Truth About Climate Change
• Episode #31 - The Truth About Socialism - Part I
• Episode #32 - The Truth About Socialism - Part II
• Episode  #33 - The Truth About Abortion - Mental Gymnastics

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In the last two episodes, I introduced or re-introduced you to The Federalist Papers and discussed some of the checks and balances in the Constitution - the legislative and executive branches of government. Today we are going to discuss, as Paul Harvey used to say, “The rest of the story!” – the Judicial branch, States Rights, taxation, the military, and a brief look at the Necessary and Proper and Supremacy clauses of the Constitution. 

Show Notes: 

• Tenth Amendment Center publishes episode.
• The Federalist Papers
• The Original Argument, Glenn Beck
• National Association of State Budget Officers

Truth Quest Podcast Episodes:

• Episode #3 – The Truth About the Constitution
• Episode #16 - The Truth About the Supreme Court
• Episode #23 - The Truth About Nullification
• Episode #37 - The Truth About the Bill of Rights

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Do you ever question the amount of time and energy spent fretting about the politics coming out of Washington D.C.? The Founding Fathers never thought that the average American would spend much time pondering the goings-on in D.C. After all, the federal government's power was constitutionally restricted. In this brief episode, I suggest an alternative to our seemingly unending focus on all things D.C.

Show Notes:

• Washington D.C. is Beyond Reform, Focus on Your State

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In this episode I recount a conversation I had a few months ago with someone in my family. It was a short but wide-ranging discussion mostly about national politics but the actual content is less important than the lessons I drew from it.

Show Notes:

Americans Grapple Recognizing Facts In News Stories

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In my book, Pritical Thinking, I wrote that Social Security was doomed from the start.

It is nothing more than a government-sanctioned, intergenerational Ponzi Scheme!

It is unconstitutional and should be abolished. 

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was not truthful with the American people when he was pushing the legislation that eventually passed.

Social Security will be insolvent by 2034.

There are other alternatives currently implemented by dozens of countries around the world. Why doesn't the United States adopt one of them?

Show Notes:

• Daniel J. Mitchell
  • Good News From Washington - Social Security Only $42 Trillion in the Hole
  • The Global Private Social Security Revolution
  • Reforms to Sweden’s Retirement System and Lessons for the United States
  • How to save Social Security
  • The Ever-Expanding Fiscal Burden of Social Security
  • Chile’s successful privatized SS system
  • The Second Social Security Crisis
  • The Case for SS Personal Accounts
• Social Insecurity
  
• The Committee For A Responsible Federal Budget
• Jacob Hornberger
  • Social Security is Socialism
  • The Socialism of Social Security
• Mises.org
  • Social Security's Winners and Losers
  • Social Security's Black Hole Has Arrived
  • Social Security is a Terrible Investment
  • Social Security Cannot Survive in its Present Form

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