This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at San Diego chapter.

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has captured the heart of millennials across the United States. If you are asking yourself why on earth the youth would fall prey to his dangerous, socialist ideas, don’t ask me. Here are ten reasons why Bernie Sanders should not be president!

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1. His tax plan will not work!

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Actually, Bernie enumerates exactly how he is going to pay for every one of his initiatives on his website. Check it out below:

https://berniesanders.com/issues/how-bernie-pays-for-his-proposals/

Plus, leading economist Gerald Friedman believes that not only is Bernie’s plan do-able, it would cause our economy to soar. According to CNN:

“ Friedman… found that if Sanders became president – and was able to push his plan through Congress – median household income would be $82,200 by 2026, far higher than the $59,300 projected by the Congressional Budget Office.

In addition, poverty would plummet to a record low 6%, as opposed to the CBO’s forecast of 13.9%. The U.S. economy would grow by 5.3% per year, instead of 2.1%, and the nation’s $1.3 trillion deficit would turn into a large surplus by Sanders’ second term.”

http://money.cnn.com/2016/02/08/news/economy/sanders-income-jobs/

2. There is no way that he could finance free college tuition!

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According to berniesanders.com, Bernie wants to finance this $75 Billion a year plan “by imposing a tax of a fraction of a percent on Wall Street speculators who nearly destroyed the economy seven years ago. More than 1,000 economists have endorsed a tax on Wall Street speculation and today some 40 countries throughout the world have imposed a similar tax including Britain, Germany, France, Switzerland, and China.”

3. He’s a socialist!

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Actually, Bernie is a democratic socialist. And that’s not just some name he came up with to keep Americans calm.

“So let me define for you, simply and straightforwardly, what democratic socialism means to me. It builds on what Franklin Delano Roosevelt said when he fought for guaranteed economic rights for all Americans. And it builds on what Martin Luther King, Jr. said in 1968 when he stated that; “This country has socialism for the rich, and rugged individualism for the poor.” It builds on the success of many other countries around the world that have done a far better job than we have in protecting the needs of their working families, the elderly, the children, the sick and the poor.

Democratic socialism means that we must create an economy that works for all, not just the very wealthy.

Democratic socialism means that we must reform a political system in America today which is not only grossly unfair but, in many respects, corrupt.”

“Democratic socialism means, that in a democratic, civilized society the wealthiest people and the largest corporations must pay their fair share of taxes. Yes. Innovation, entrepreneurship and business success should be rewarded. But greed for the sake of greed is not something that public policy should support. It is not acceptable that in a rigged economy in the last two years the wealthiest 15 Americans saw their wealth increase by $170 billion, more wealth than is owned by the bottom 130 million Americans. Let us not forget what Pope Francis has so elegantly stated; “We have created new idols. The worship of the golden calf of old has found a new and heartless image in the cult of money and the dictatorship of an economy which is faceless and lacking any truly humane goal.”

10 Reasons Why Bernie Sanders Should Not be our Next President!

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