Quote (AspenSniper @ Sep 28 2015 01:01pm)
I like Bernie, but I think he's done a very poor job explaining his plan of how to fund the trillions of dollars in programs he intends to implement. I too would looooove to raise minimum wage, add benefits to unemployment, make college free, etc., but his best plan for paying the money back is "it'll boost the lower-middle class and it'll cover itself" which I find to be a stretch. I think Bernie still needs to figure out ways to cut spending.
Actually he has laid it out quite clearly, as have multiple economists about how it works and that it WOULD work. The same economist that the WSJ did their report on how it would cost 18 trillion over 10 years also said in that same report that his [Sanders] plans would actually NET GAIN 5 trillion over those 10 years.
Making corporations pay their taxes and having EVERYONE pay their fair share of taxes covers a huge amount of it. College tuition is easily covered with the trading tax and cutting a tiny portion of our ridiculous defense spending can pay for every single thing this country could ever need, and still have a 1000x stronger defense than any other country on the planet.
This post was edited by Caulder10 on Oct 1 2015 06:49am