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In reply to the discussion: How are you going to pay for it Bernie? [View all]emulatorloo
(44,124 posts)79. He's good at slogans, but not so good at concrete policy. Other candidates can handle both
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No it would not. It would provide some revenue at least in short-run, but not enough to cover all
Hoyt
Feb 2019
#10
Excluding Healthcare, counted $459.2 Billion in savings on other proposals, not even half deficit.
Hoyt
Feb 2019
#23
Bernie plays a role - and it isn't winning, its expanding the Overton Window
EndGOPPropaganda
Feb 2019
#7
He has a plan to raise $27,000,000 from each of the 50 states but his role doesn't include winning?
MrsCoffee
Feb 2019
#25
I wistfully recall when it was "millionaires AND billionaires" who were going to pay for everything.
CrossingTheRubicon
Mar 2019
#81
Except it's not anywhere close to providing the money we need to balance the annual budget, much
Hoyt
Feb 2019
#13
I know for a fact Vermont, Colorado and California abandoned single payer because they did not
Hoyt
Feb 2019
#21
Insurance companies make about 6% of premiums. Add in advertising and sales costs you are looking
Hoyt
Feb 2019
#38
Your own article quotes experts saying it will cost more than that, and here is a former Clinton
Hoyt
Feb 2019
#68
Sorry, Clinton's guy says 36 Trillion. And then, is Sanders one of those that thinks younger people
Hoyt
Feb 2019
#72
Who gives a shit. Print the money. The same thing we do for wars and tax cuts and bank bailouts.
Hassin Bin Sober
Feb 2019
#24
Brilliant. Ever tried living on a fixed income during inflationary period? Exactly, why I'm not a
Hoyt
Feb 2019
#26
Those numbers are a function of the fact that we don't just "print the money".
lapucelle
Feb 2019
#33
If printing money caused inflation it would be through the roof right now. It's not.
Hassin Bin Sober
Feb 2019
#55
You may notice your medical bills increasing but you don't understand why.
Hassin Bin Sober
Mar 2019
#74
We printed money after Vietnam. Inflation was over 10%. It cost Carter reelection and
Hoyt
Feb 2019
#41
We'd have to print a lot more Bin Sober because the Debt keeps increasing, that will cause
Hoyt
Feb 2019
#69
BS-"I know a lot of people talk about this blue wave and all that stuff -- I don't believe it,"
Cha
Feb 2019
#48
IF he were the candidate and did win..even if we have the house and the senate the kinds of
Thekaspervote
Feb 2019
#56
I listened to much of his speech and asked the same question! How's he going to pay for it?
Firestorm49
Mar 2019
#76
He's good at slogans, but not so good at concrete policy. Other candidates can handle both
emulatorloo
Mar 2019
#79
I guess the U.S. is just too poor of a country to provide health care to its citizens.
Mr. Smith
Mar 2019
#82