I don't know how to feel about Sanders. Having the state invest in education seems like a smart investment, since the skilled labor that comes from it could improve enterprise and provide a better workforce. On the other hand, it seems risky without more stringent admissions procedures across the board, and we don't really have a good track record as far as having the federal government regulate education (NCLB). In my state we have a huge problem with a lack of skilled labor, so businesses won't come here despite our low taxes and costs of living because there simply is not a workforce here. This lack of skilled workforce is said to be due to underfunding of education, and the consequential lack of quality education (We're bottom 5 in the U.S. in terms of state quality of education).

Also, a single-payer healthcare system sounds incredibly burdensome to taxpayers. The insurance system lets those who need it more pay more for healthcare, while those who stay healthy are rewarded with lower rates. Although I do feel that some basic healthcare should be available without incurring crippling debt, I don't think single payer healthcare is the solution, and we are already seeing the disaster that is ACA. America has some of the top hospitals in the world, and Europeans often travel here for our healthcare, while simultaneously mocking us for not being as "advanced" as them, it just seems like a really stupid double standard.

I don't like Sanders' foreign policy stances either, since he wants to antagonize Russia and China, who are already on uneasy terms with us. I think a lot of people are focussed on the president's social and fiscal policies, and ignoring what really matters for the presidency: foreign policy.

That said, social democracy is awful, and the people saying it works completely ignore the fact that these "progressive" European nations are starting to fall apart.