Comments by "whyamimrpink78" (@whyamimrpink78) on "Bernie's Campaign Workers Unionize" video.

Interns have less in stock for the work they do and they are temporary. That is why they are not unionized.
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He is the worse thing for the working class. He caters to the lazy.
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Admit that his ideas are crap.
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@chr900 , Bernie has the same handful of talking points. When pressed he gets angry and resorts to the same talking points. He has no details in his ideas.
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@lvli044 , I read them, they are talking points. Look at the debate against Ted Cruz. When he was finally pushed on the issue of how he will have to tax every American more Bernie went on a rant how he will be providing everyone with healthcare and college. He became very angry. Or how about when the hair salon owner asked about how to afford healthcare for her employees. Bernie had no answer. Bernie just rants talking points but when pushed he gives no details.
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@lvli044 , maybe you can help. On "free college" how do you account for the NCAA?
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@lvli044 , I have. I see nothing but talking points. No evidence given. Do you know how the NCAA is structured? It is based on scholarship limits. Right away I can tell you have not done any research on this issue. So tell me, how do you account for the NCAA and scholarship limits?
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@chr900 , it took a guy from Denmark to get Bernie to admit that he will have to raise taxes on everyone. Ted Cruz pointed that out and Bernie went on a rant about how he will end up giving people all of these things. Bernie was pushed to be honest and admit he will have to tax everyone, not just the rich. That Scandinavian nations tax everyone high, not just the rich. Bernie got angry. Same in how he treated that hair salon owner when pressed no how she can afford healthcare for her employees. He did not care, he just got angry and made up a hypothetical case of another hair salon charging more. Or when Cruz laid out how much Bernie's plan would cost. Bernie did not deny it, his response was that Cruz wants to cut taxes which he does not deny. Bernie has nothing but talking points.
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@lvli044 , you are not a sport admin grad. If you were you would understand the value of college athletics. I worked in college athletics for years and still do and I see it offer a lot of opportunity not just for athletes, but for student workers as well in advertising, sports medicine, equipment, etc. Why are there scholarship limits? It is a balance between allowing larger schools to have better athletes along with preventing them from hoarding them all. Without scholarship limits it becomes an arms race where larger schools like Clemson, Alabama, Oregon, etc. get the vast majority of the athletes and smaller schools like Central Missouri and Central Oregon get nothing. This isn't an irrelevant component as the NCAA is a decent part of our economy. How do you manage that? It is clear you have not put any thought into it which is my point. Bernie and his supporters ignore many issues like that and wonder why their ideas get ridiculed. So tell me, how do you account for the NCAA?
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@lvli044 , HR676 has no details. How do you pay for Medicare for all? How do you factor in people losing their jobs and having to move? How do you factor in loss of local tax revenue when insurance companies close down meaning less property taxes? Again, details. Bernie has none.
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@lvli044 , this is why federal programs like what Bernie pushes for end up costing more. Little details are not accounted for. In a nation of 320+ million people those little details add up and end up costing a lot. Also, you can't predict how society and the market will react. Humans are really unpredictable. Pushing for centralizing these programs like Bernie does is not wise. Look at the Community Mental Health Act of 1963. That bill did not account for how psychiatrist will react and change how they approach mental healthcare. That, along with other reasons, is why that act ended up failing greatly.
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@lvli044 , uh, what? What about nonprivate schools like Oregon with great facilities? They will get the vast majority of the athletes. If you are a border line athlete why go to Humbolt St. when you can to go Oregon. In the past you went to Humbolt because they offered you a scholarship where Oregon didn't. Now it doesn't matter. Larger schools will get the better athletes. You say people want to play. You have not spent much time around athletes. Athletes at that level are inexperienced but also feel they are the best. They feel they play for a major college. That is why so many walk on. That is why so many in Division II try out of the NFL draft despite low rates of them being drafted. That have that mindset. Also, yes, 22 people start, but players rotate. Every sports team loves depth. And in football that is even more crucial with the new concussion rules and how someone can play some games their freshman year and not lose their red shirt. Players get hurt, players rotate, etc. In my university a walk on caught a pass in the bowl game to help us win. Without scholarship limits larger schools will get more walkons as opposed to choosing a smaller school because there are offered a scholarship. Right now Bama and Clemson have limits. But without scholarship limits they won't have any. You are hand wavy the argument. The NCAA is a major part of college and our society. People love it. You are refusing to address it. So tell me, how do you address the NCAA? You have not addressed it. You are hand wavy it like Bernie and his supporters do with this comment " Public colleges need to be made tuition free. " You resorted to a talking as expected.
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@lvli044 , there are several arguments to be made against tuition free college. I picked the point of the NCAA to prove that Bernie and his fans have put zero thought into these issues. You will have to admit that going to tuition free college will fundamentally change the NCAA. And that is not the only change, there will be more. I picked the NCAA because it is the simplest to take on. What this shows is that you put zero thought into this issue much like Bernie.
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@lvli044 , Medicare for all is not cheaper. The free market and innovation from capitalism got rid of the horse and buggy.
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@lvli044 , uh, no. Slavery is an issue about human rights and freedom. You can't use that as an example to push for Bernie's ideas. This isn't about how you pay for it, it is how do you provide it and how do you account for many minor things that add up? I gave you a clear example of a federal program failing in the Community Mental Health Act of 1963, You see, you are resorting to talking points as predicted. You mock the "how do you pay for it" when I did not bring that up at all and you said medicare for all is cheaper despite there being no clear evidence that it is.
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@lvli044 , so you don't like being challenged?
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@lvli044 , also, you saying the NCAA will survive can be similar to me saying that if we get government out of the market, such as no medicare, than healthcare will survive. The market will take care of it. That is your argument .
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@lvli044 , not comparable. Saying what color the sky is exist on the bottom of Bloom's Taxonomy. It is like saying a chicken is a type of bird. We are talking about something more complex here. These issues are not that easy to solve. If there were we would have solved them by now.
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@lvli044 , the market arguably did not fail at healthcare. We do not have a free market system in healthcare. We have a heavily regulated and subsidized healthcare system.
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@lvli044 , what is the role for government? Also, if after a K-12 education if you feel you need the government to educate you than you are beyond help. With college it is arguably an investment you make as an adult. College provides unique opportunities. College athletics provide jobs and thus experience for many people during their college years. I worked in equipment in my undergrad and I contribute to that in helping me get into graduate school and being able to interact with others well as opposed to some of my peers who are socially awkward. It gives experience to people who want to go into marketing and advertising, or those who want to do sports medicine. You know, there is a lot more to education than sitting in a classroom, taking notes and taking tests. I feel you have no idea what college is really about. This is why Bernie supporters over simplify complex issues, they don't understand how these programs really work.
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@thepolishlatinofromphilly9709 , Bernie does not fight for the poor. If he did than he would be out there volunteering and actually producing for the poor. Instead he just preaches about using government force to take from people who work and give to those who don't. Anyone can do that. I provided more for the poor than Bernie has.
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@thepolishlatinofromphilly9709 , it is. https://mises.org/wire/how-government-regulations-made-healthcare-so-expensive
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@lvli044 , resources are limited. No matter how much you try that is always the case. Why don't we have teleportation? Why is there a waiting list for organs? At this point you are making an emotional argument as opposed to a factual and logical one. Not saying that is necessarily wrong, but you are going to a point where you are ignoring reality.
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@lvli044 , my college has too many students where we don't have enough space for offices. We are putting lecturers in closets for office space and hiring undergrads as TAs. We are short staff at my university.
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@lvli044 , subsidizing it will simply increase costs. When you increase demand for colleges what will stop universities from raising prices? The real value of college is that it is an investment you make as an adult. If you make college "tuition free" you remove that component of it making college worthless.
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@lvli044 , but it hasn't been explained, that is the point. I have researched the issue and I get a bunch of hand wavy arguments.
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