WSJ: Bernie Sanders' Policies Would Cost $18 Trillion Over 10 Years

[Broke Wave]

the number is based on a plan in congress proposed by John Conyers (I believe)

Totally disingenious. Does not account for the decrease in spending per capita by the government. The US had the highest spending per capita for healthcare.

 

[Jello Biafra]

Ive never read a more bullshyt article in my
Entire life

THe problem is that it is the type of thing that works really well as an attack on Sanders. No one is really going to read the article; news shows are not going to go in-depth into whether anything in it is factual or not, all that most likely voters will hear over and over is that "Socialist Bernie Sanders wants to spend $18 trillion" and it will accomplish exactly what Murdoch and the WSJ wanted it to.

 

[Broke Wave]

THe problem is that it is the type of thing that works really well as an attack on Sanders. No one is really going to read the article; news shows are not going to go in-depth into whether anything in it is factual or not, all that most likely voters will hear over and over is that "Socialist Bernie Sanders wants to spend $18 trillion" and it will accomplish exactly what Murdoch and the WSJ wanted it to.

He didnt become that rich and powerful by being an idiot, thats for sure.

 

[I_Got_Da_Burna]

Hes gonna stop the war and reduce military spending.

Also raise taxes on the rich and close loopholes for corporation. This shyt will pay itself out.

Plus 18 trillion is nothing to america. Plus we'll be cutting down on all these ridiculous expenses, like fukking 2 grand for an MRI

Exactly breh. Cutting the corporate tax loopholes by itself would probably pay for all of these programs

 

[ill]

Something this dishonest infuriates me. The total cost of healthcare in canada per year is 135 billion for about 35 plus million canadians. The costs are inflated because the remote populations are very expensive to serviice. America already spends 2.5 trillion dollars of government money per year for 330 million people. If single payer is predicated on eliminating the previous programs, why is it projected to increase 1.5 trillion a year? Who made these projections? The heritage foundation? Total hit job.

If Canada spends 135 billion on 35m people then that would be 1.35 trillion on 350m people. Over 10 years thats 13.5 trillion. I don't think his numbers are that off base if we use Canada for our comparison.

 

[No1]

Jesus, remember the last nikka who said his bullshyt would be paid for? Mfers just stop it. Kick this old b*stard down a well so we can get down to fukking business. Like I said, mfers ain't paid not one damn dollar back on they student loans, nikkas not even returning to the workforce, just sittin back chillin, n we supposed to incentivize these cocksuckers with even more fukking handouts?

nikka, health care expensive as fukk cuz life ain't cheap. It's made that way to keep ur pampered ass on the hamster wheel, lest u get anywhere near a focus group and attempt to run for public office with that batshyt insane ideology of free risotto and beef wellington for all and decriminalize all drug activity near school zones.

Newsflash, muthafukka: If ur mad as fukk about the cost of ur health care n ur not trying to do something to make more money, that's the System telling ur ass Hurry up and die. U ain't fit for the lifestyle u tryna maintain n if u can't convince another muthafukka to pay for ur shyt, much less ur job, then ur contributions and value to the system ain't matchin up to what u demand from it. Hurry the fukk up and die, u sonofafukkingbytch, jesus.

Top 5 post in HL all year.

 

[AJaRuleStan]

 

[Futuristic Eskimo]

Take the memes back to Facebook

 

[Tate]

If Canada spends 135 billion on 35m people then that would be 1.35 trillion on 350m people. Over 10 years thats 13.5 trillion. I don't think his numbers are that off base if we use Canada for our comparison.

Issue being it doesn't lay out what the U.S. currently spends. Theres no context and its deliberately stated to mislead.

Regardless, 18 trillion is a huge number but if we're granting Sanders can pass all the things he wants, then there would considerably more revenue coming in than the current levels.

Wonder if the WSJ will run a comparable story on the costs of having a 500 ship navy. Or invading Iran/starting proxy wars with Russia.

 

[Regular_P]

WSJ is such a trash rag now. Day after day it's filled with bullshyt "articles" like this.

 

[88m3]

WSJ is such a trash rag now. Day after day it's filled with bullshyt "articles" like this.

you should see their op ed section

 

[Regular_P]

you should see their op ed section

I have. The titles of the articles every single day will include "Obama", "Liberals" or "Democrats" followed by dismissive bashing of the left and propping up of the right. It's a parody newspaper at this point. :smhkobe:

 

[ExodusNirvana]

Jesus, remember the last nikka who said his bullshyt would be paid for? Mfers just stop it. Kick this old b*stard down a well so we can get down to fukking business. Like I said, mfers ain't paid not one damn dollar back on they student loans, nikkas not even returning to the workforce, just sittin back chillin, n we supposed to incentivize these cocksuckers with even more fukking handouts?

nikka, health care expensive as fukk cuz life ain't cheap. It's made that way to keep ur pampered ass on the hamster wheel, lest u get anywhere near a focus group and attempt to run for public office with that batshyt insane ideology of free risotto and beef wellington for all and decriminalize all drug activity near school zones.

Newsflash, muthafukka: If ur mad as fukk about the cost of ur health care n ur not trying to do something to make more money, that's the System telling ur ass Hurry up and die. U ain't fit for the lifestyle u tryna maintain n if u can't convince another muthafukka to pay for ur shyt, much less ur job, then ur contributions and value to the system ain't matchin up to what u demand from it. Hurry the fukk up and die, u sonofafukkingbytch, jesus.

 

[¢apitali$t Migraine]

And fukk nikkas gettin mad cuz they know shyt make zero sense. This a$$hole is selling other a$$holes a dream. It is fukking embarrassing that this shythead is gaining serious traction in the race. Obama only tried to do some faggy socialist shyt, n Washington been gridlocked for 8 goddamn years. U retards act like we're gonna send these candidates thru some secret ritual of testing to acquire a magic dagger like on The Golden Child to become the chosen one.

Stupid nikka, his fukk ass plans gon be used as toilet paper and bird cage linings by the Senate the minute his faggy staff drafts them. Congress ain't g'in for this bullshyt, on no goddamn lvl. Shiiiet, I wouldn't be surprised if the Chinese didn't try n hack his campaign bus n make it crash into a fukking tree. Them nikkas' whole lives depend on us being capitalist scumbags, they ain't tryna hear that "Economic Cheat Code: Activated" bullshyt.

 

[Mr Rager]

If you think Bernie's spending plan is bad, look at our current defense budget alone

#FeeltheBern2016