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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders Says Medicare for All Would Provide "Quality Care" During Pandemic [View all]BidenBacker
(1,089 posts)From an article I just posted...
Sanders also pledged to raise $16.3 trillion to fund the Green New Deal and combat climate change, relying on new taxes imposed on the fossil fuel industry and cuts to defense spending.
Okay, let's crunch a few numbers and help ol' Bern out a little. Our projected total defense budget for 2021 is around $740 billion. Tell ya what, let's slash that to, oh I dunno...let's say ZERO. We can sell all our fighters to Russia and aircraft carriers to China to eliminate all those nasty storage costs. So over a decade that would save us around $7.4 trillion. Cool, as long as nobody attacks us because we ain't got no military any more to defend ourselves.
But Bernie needs $16.3 trillion for his Green New Deal (a hugely lowball number, BTW) so we're still almost $9 trillion short. Hey, let's tax them evil fossil fuel companies, Sanders says! Wait a second, we couldn't even get $9 trillion for 'em if we nationalized them and sold off all their assets, so taxing them ain't gonna cut it. Commence armwaving.
Duping people is not good for democracy.
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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