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<blockquote data-quote="Sportello" data-source="post: 2156067" data-attributes="member: 55299">I have a question. How can Sanders be a Socialist when his platform is essentially the same as Truman&#039;s, if Truman is not a Socialist?Hint: neither are Socialists.<a href="http://www.theglobalist.com/bernie-sanders-socialist-politics-elections/" target="_blank">http://www.theglobalist.com/bernie-sanders-socialist-politics-elections/</a>Was Truman a Socialist?&nbsp;Likewise, it is difficult to see how Senator Sanders qualifies as a socialist while essentially running for president in 2016 on the platform outlined to Congress in September 1945 <a href="http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=12359#axzz1NgTWreWb" target="_blank">by President Harry Truman</a>. &nbsp;Truman’s program, laid out in the days after Japan’s surrender in World War II, is surprisingly relevant to 2016. &nbsp;These positions and goals included unemployment reforms, labor standards, full employment, non-discrimination in hiring, improved labor relations, jobs for veterans, jobs for economically weak regions, housing for all, city planning, research investment, responsible taxation, support for small business, advancement opportunities and healthcare for veterans, investment in public works, conservation of national resources and much more.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sportello, post: 2156067, member: 55299"] I have a question. How can Sanders be a Socialist when his platform is essentially the same as Truman's, if Truman is not a Socialist? [SIZE=1]Hint: neither are Socialists.[/SIZE] [URL]http://www.theglobalist.com/bernie-sanders-socialist-politics-elections/[/URL] [I][SIZE=3][B]Was Truman a Socialist?[/B][/SIZE] Likewise, it is difficult to see how Senator Sanders qualifies as a socialist while essentially running for president in 2016 on the platform outlined to Congress in September 1945 [URL='http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=12359#axzz1NgTWreWb'][B]by President Harry Truman[/B][/URL]. Truman’s program, laid out in the days after Japan’s surrender in World War II, is surprisingly relevant to 2016. These positions and goals included unemployment reforms, labor standards, full employment, non-discrimination in hiring, improved labor relations, jobs for veterans, jobs for economically weak regions, housing for all, city planning, research investment, responsible taxation, support for small business, advancement opportunities and healthcare for veterans, investment in public works, conservation of national resources and much more.[/I] [I][/I] [/QUOTE]

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