Not all college students are feeling the Bern. Thank goodness.

From the Cornell Review.

America Cannot Afford Bernie Sanders

Unlike the other Democratic presidential candidates, Bernie Sanders describes himself as a Democratic Socialist. True to the word, he is campaigning on a radical, massive expansion of government, which includes, among other proposals, the creation of a single-payer healthcare system, free tuition at public universities, and an expansion of Social Security.

Because he comes off as a political outsider immune to the patently obvious corruption of Hillary Clinton, Sanders has gained significant support among the increasingly far-left element of the Democratic party, particularly among college students. At Cornell and in Ithaca he is likely the most popular candidate, as shown by the many likes on the Big Red for Bernie Facebook page and the fact that he has raised about three times as much money as any other candidate from Ithaca residents.

Although his redistributive and freebie-laden proposals sound appealing to many, the question remains whether they are actually viable, and perhaps most importantly, whether we as a country can afford them.

Last month, the Wall Street Journal published an article that estimates Sanders proposals will cost an additional $18 trillion over the next decade. The bulk of this new spending would come from his proposed single-payer healthcare system, with an estimated cost of $15 trillion based on a study conducted by economist Gerald Friedman of a 2013 congressional bill that would have created a similar single-payer system.