Bernie Sanders is offering a lot of government services, including “Medicare for all,” which promises to pay for everyone’s healthcare. So when he becomes president, will he raise taxes on the middle class? Sanders was offered up this question as a lead-off in the June 27 Democratic presidential debate. He blathered for a full minute without answering, then he had to be asked a second time before he finally produced an answer: “Yes, they will pay more in taxes,” he said, “but less in healthcare.”

OK, maybe. But this answer actually raises far more questions than it answers.