Is the fear of Bernie Sanders and socialism exaggerated?

Senator Bernie Sanders is in the lead among candidates for the Democratic presidential candidacy. Sanders belongs to the progressive movement in the United States, that is, he is a leftist politician. Although some of his recent comments on the actions of the late Fidel Castro in Cuba opened the debate about whether Sanders would take the US. towards communism or socialism, the truth is that the United States government, although the country has a capitalist economy, already supports numerous social programs such as retirement pensions, disability assistance, free medical insurance for the elderly and other assistance programs public to those who currently allocate up to 70% of their annual budget.