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18. This doesn't sound good..

Reply to backabby-blue (Original post)

Mon Feb 25, 2019, 10:26 PM

Feb 2019

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If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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How are you going to pay for it Bernie? [View all] backabby-blue Feb 2019 OP

Mahalo, bqackabby-blue. Cha Feb 2019 #1

tax the super rich Tiggeroshii Feb 2019 #2

I was looking for policy detail backabby-blue Feb 2019 #3

thats a pretty specific policy Tiggeroshii Feb 2019 #6

Sometimes it feels like people make it harder than it is... TCJ70 Feb 2019 #8

No it would not. It would provide some revenue at least in short-run, but not enough to cover all Hoyt Feb 2019 #10

see post 14 Tiggeroshii Feb 2019 #17

Excluding Healthcare, counted $459.2 Billion in savings on other proposals, not even half deficit. Hoyt Feb 2019 #23

healtgcare saves 13 trillion over 10 years Tiggeroshii Feb 2019 #30

Bernie plays a role - and it isn't winning, its expanding the Overton Window EndGOPPropaganda Feb 2019 #7

I agree if you want pesky policy detail Cha Feb 2019 #15

Like this? Tiggeroshii Feb 2019 #16

It's not. They've been scrutinized and are very inadequate. Hortensis Mar 2019 #75

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

It is a question all candidates need to answer for their policies Fiendish Thingy Mar 2019 #78

You were looking for policy detail? What about Kamala?! LiberalLovinLug Mar 2019 #83

I wistfully recall when it was "millionaires AND billionaires" who were going to pay for everything. CrossingTheRubicon Mar 2019 #81

he was straight and to the point.. RazBerryBeret Feb 2019 #4

There is no policy detail there. nt backabby-blue Feb 2019 #5

how? Tiggeroshii Feb 2019 #9

Except it's not anywhere close to providing the money we need to balance the annual budget, much Hoyt Feb 2019 #13

You dont need new taxes to pay for everything. Tiggeroshii Feb 2019 #14

I know for a fact Vermont, Colorado and California abandoned single payer because they did not Hoyt Feb 2019 #21

Most of the money that goes to insurance companies is hoarded at the top Tiggeroshii Feb 2019 #36

Insurance companies make about 6% of premiums. Add in advertising and sales costs you are looking Hoyt Feb 2019 #38

the "new funding" is made with the other examples that I have giving Tiggeroshii Feb 2019 #42

There is no savings of $13 T with Medicare-for-All. Hoyt Feb 2019 #43

current system is 34 trillion over ten years Tiggeroshii Feb 2019 #50

Your own article quotes experts saying it will cost more than that, and here is a former Clinton Hoyt Feb 2019 #68

25 to　30t over ten years Tiggeroshii Feb 2019 #71

Sorry, Clinton's guy says 36 Trillion. And then, is Sanders one of those that thinks younger people Hoyt Feb 2019 #72

different numbers Tiggeroshii Feb 2019 #73

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

Inflation? Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2019 #27

Those numbers are a function of the fact that we don't just "print the money". lapucelle Feb 2019 #33

No, those trillions were found in a cabbage patch. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2019 #35

Mixing apples and oranges? TexasTowelie Feb 2019 #34

Lol. Ok. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2019 #46

I don't understand why you would laugh at that? TexasTowelie Feb 2019 #54

If printing money caused inflation it would be through the roof right now. It's not. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2019 #55

LOL. TexasTowelie Feb 2019 #59

At least now you've done a little googling. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2019 #62

No inflation? TexasTowelie Feb 2019 #64

You may notice your medical bills increasing but you don't understand why. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2019 #74

Well, at least you conceded that there is inflation. TexasTowelie Mar 2019 #85

We printed money after Vietnam. Inflation was over 10%. It cost Carter reelection and Hoyt Feb 2019 #41

Full employment and Wage growth caused that inflation. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2019 #47

We'd have to print a lot more Bin Sober because the Debt keeps increasing, that will cause Hoyt Feb 2019 #69

In this area he covers the difficult part of being a progressive. WeekiWater Feb 2019 #11

How are you going to pay for it Bernie? CrossingTheRubicon Feb 2019 #12

Guess who is a millionaire now. redstateblues Feb 2019 #60

This doesn't sound good.. Cha Feb 2019 #18

I'm not surprised at all, nt backabby-blue Feb 2019 #19

,,, lapucelle Feb 2019 #28

"... out of context.. " lol Thank You, Tommy! Cha Feb 2019 #29

Ugh. He said she took his "I was a little bit busy" quote out of context, betsuni Feb 2019 #31

Did you hear what BS said about Nina/jillstein/turner? Cha Feb 2019 #32

I don't really get it. betsuni Feb 2019 #45

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

Oh right, I forgot he said that! betsuni Feb 2019 #49

Good ol INTERNET! Cha Feb 2019 #52

Not surprised at all. Standard fare. NurseJackie Feb 2019 #20

Funny, I heard Bernie say: PADemD Feb 2019 #22

+1,000 Tiggeroshii Feb 2019 #37

+1,000,000 NJCher Feb 2019 #40

We can afford any fucking thing we want. shanny Feb 2019 #39

+10,000,000 Tiggeroshii Feb 2019 #44

And why don't we have a seriously robust independent auditing agency? JudyM Feb 2019 #57

it's naive NJCher Feb 2019 #51

+1,000,000 PADemD Feb 2019 #65

can we puhleeese stop with the rw talking points? shanny Feb 2019 #53

So the CBO is simply a "talking point?" ehrnst Feb 2019 #70

IF he were the candidate and did win..even if we have the house and the senate the kinds of Thekaspervote Feb 2019 #56

Ah, but you can bet that Bernie would use the bully pulpit. PADemD Feb 2019 #66

Indeed he would. RobertDevereaux Mar 2019 #84

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2019 #58

did the moron pay for the tax cuts for him & hi ilk? pansypoo53219 Feb 2019 #61

Nope. And neither did the previous moron bush. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2019 #63

As far as healthcare goes, you raise taxes. It's not rocket science. Vinca Feb 2019 #67

I listened to much of his speech and asked the same question! How's he going to pay for it? Firestorm49 Mar 2019 #76

Two possibilities to pay for all that forklift Mar 2019 #77

He's good at slogans, but not so good at concrete policy. Other candidates can handle both emulatorloo Mar 2019 #79

tax law enid602 Mar 2019 #80

I guess the U.S. is just too poor of a country to provide health care to its citizens. Mr. Smith Mar 2019 #82