By John Horvat II, Crisis Magazine - “I don’t believe in charities,” he said gruffly, adding that he did not “believe in the fundamental concepts on which charities are based and contend that government, rather than charity organizations, should take over responsibility for charity programs.”... The outspoken figure was the then-Mayor Bernie Sanders, an avowed socialist. The comment was quoted in a 1981 New York Times article that recently surfaced. As the ranks of socialist politicians are increasing, ideas like this one now blanket the nation and are gaining some traction.