He's been called a socialist and a communist, two of the most taboo words in America, but Bernie Sanders is finally starting to look like a political frontrunner for the 2016 campaign. In Sanders' America, college would be free, as would health care, and he would raise the federal minimum wage so that those who work 40 hours a week would never have to live in poverty. Now this sounds all hunky dory, but the main question is how could this possibly work in America.

With a strong win in New Hampshire, Sanders is looking like he has what it takes to be our nation's next president, but while his plans have wooed the younger population and Democratic Socialists across America, others are skeptical about the Senator's plans for our country. Socialism has worked in many European countries and a more moderate form of socialism has thrived across the border in Canada, however this is America and even uttering the word "socialism" strikes fear into the heart of the most patriotic citizen. However, just as he said to Larry David on Saturday Night Live, there is a huge difference between "socialism" and democratic socialism.

One of Bernie's main issues is America's healthcare system and when it comes to healthcare some would argue that no one has it worse than our country, there are almost 33 million Americans without healthcare. Bernie wants all Americans, no matter their class, to be able to afford quality healthcare. healthcare does not mean only doctor and hospital visits to Sanders it also means affordable prescription drugs for all Americans.

To accomplish this, Bernie wants to create a federally administered single-payer health care program, essentially Universal healthcare. How would we pay for this though, sure it sounds perfect on paper and in speeches, but when it comes to implementing be it through taxes, or some other mean someone is going to have to pay the doctors and nurses that service us. However when we look at it the American population as a whole spends over $3 trillion a year on healthcare, and under Bernie we would be saving almost $6 trillion with the new health care system.

Perhaps the issue that is gaining him more millennial votes than any other candidate is his free college tuition policy. Bernie believes that in order for our country to succeed, we need the most well-educated workforce in the world, and with today's university prices, and the insane amount of student debt it is hard for students to afford a decent education. He believes all public and private universities should be free and he has his way of paying for all of this.

The cost of paying for all private and public universities would run about $475 billion a year and could be paid for by imposing a small tax on Wall Street speculators, the very people, Sanders claims, who nearly destroyed our economy seven years ago during the Great Recession. This kind of tax is not unheard of, as many european countries such as Germany, Britain and Switzerland all have a similar tax.

The main point is that Sanders is not just proposing ideas that will cost the common person a boatload in taxes, instead he will fight for the common people and go against Wall Street. His ideas, while not being completely socialistic, still scare those who believe socialism is the epitome of evil. Sander's ideas could work, but it would take major adjustments in the House and Senate to move such ideas forward.