Stuart,

I actually like Bernie Sanders’ bombast and what I am sure are good intentions. However, as your post shows he, as any pol is exceedingly tempted to do, is willing to compromise with unethical policies and decisions…if it benefits a constituency he likes and/or benefits from politically. Political compromises never enable an actual integration of only the truths, workabilities, applicabilities and overall ethical considerations of policies and executive actions and hence never enable such actions to become more whole, more unifying and more comprehensively beneficial to all parties concerned. The tendency of TPTB is to insert such temptingly delicious but unethical poison pills into legislation and policies. It solidifies their power agendas, makes politicians go along in order to get along and/or get a little, emphasis little good done.