{"id":16622,"date":"2026-06-30T20:52:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T20:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=16622"},"modified":"2026-06-30T20:52:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T20:52:16","slug":"wsj-the-latest-whoppers-from-bernie-sanders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=16622","title":{"rendered":"WSJ: &#8220;The Latest Whoppers From Bernie Sanders&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am convinced Sanders has not read a book in at least 40 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"182\" height=\"148\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/bernie-sanders-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16623\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/opinion\/the-latest-whoppers-from-bernie-sanders-f80e27fb?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/opinion\/the-latest-whoppers-from-bernie-sanders-f80e27fb?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb\">He wants to seize half the shares of AI companies. Guess what that will do to the value of the other half.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/sanders-and-the-soviets-11583523274?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> communist thugs<\/a> he has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/joe-biden-bernie-sanders-and-enthusiasm-11559155929?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">long supported<\/a>, Sen. Bernie Sanders (Socialist, Vt.) is a relentless teller of falsehoods. The latest appalling example is his declaration that artificial intelligence software developed by tech companies is \u201ca public resource,\u201d even though it is created by private organizations and does not belong to the government. This Sanders falsehood is used to justify <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanders.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/AmericanAIWealthFundTextv618.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">his draft plan<\/a> for the government to seize half the shares of what he deems \u201csystemically important\u201d AI companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One naturally wonders\u2014if he actually believes his false claim\u2014why he\u2019s not demanding that government seize all of the shares. Even Sen. Sanders probably understands that AI companies would be worthless without the hardworking, creative people inside them and that a total seizure would cause everyone to flee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet in his draft legislation the Vermont socialist treats the entrepreneurs and engineers developing the world\u2019s most amazing technology as nothing but criminals. His text reads:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A small number of oligarchs have essentially stolen the creative work of hundreds of millions of people \u2013 writers, artists, musicians, journalists, teachers, scientists, and ordinary citizens \u2013 without permission, acknowledgment, or compensation in order to control the majority of economic value created by artificial intelligence\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Artificial intelligence is built on the collective knowledge of humanity and the wealth it generates must benefit humanity.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What a despicable deception Mr. Sanders has employed to seize the work of others. In fact he\u2019s the one trying to steal assets from their rightful owners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am convinced Sanders has not read a book in at least 40 years. He wants to seize half the shares of AI companies. Guess what that will do to the value of the other half. Like the communist thugs he has long supported, Sen. Bernie Sanders (Socialist, Vt.) is a relentless teller of falsehoods. &#8230; <a title=\"WSJ: &#8220;The Latest Whoppers From Bernie Sanders&#8221;\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=16622\" aria-label=\"Read more about WSJ: &#8220;The Latest Whoppers From Bernie Sanders&#8221;\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16622"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16624,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16622\/revisions\/16624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}