Is Bernie Sanders a socialist like Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, whose mania for wealth redistribution has brought a country to its knees? Or, as Mr. Sanders suggests, is he merely a “socialist” in the manner of Scandinavian politicians, who presided over thriving free economies before imposing entitlement programs and have since cut corporate tax rates to allow economic growth to fund their promises? The reaction of Sen. Sanders to a critique of his single-payer health care plan may be instructive. Recently in the Journal,...

Source: Wall Street Journal August 21, 2018 23:26 UTC