re: #319 sagehen

As much as I like Bernie’s economic agenda, I do fear he’d drop dead mid-campaign. Or after six weeks in office. So unless Hillary’s his running mate…

Personally, I find Bernie’s economic agenda terrifying. It’s populist and I wholeheartedly agree with some of it…more on the regulation side. But, if you listen to what he said about interest rates, for example, it would be lovely to get 6% on interest if you’re talking about savings. What about lending? The rates are related. If almost all small (and large) businesses, who rely on short-term lending had to pay 6+% for short-term loans, many will go out of business. His knowledge of economics, personally, scares the shit out of me.

His Foreign Policy understanding is lacking (to say the least).

I like Bernie…I always have. I listened to him weekly on the Thom Hartmann show. But I do not, in any way, consider him ready for prime time when it comes to being POTUS.