Can America afford Sanders’ big plans? YES
Can America afford Bernie Sanders’ big plans? - The Boston Globe
one last time. I don't want to hear another person say that talking point nonsense about sanders not being specific when talking about his plans. YES HE IS and see below.
Can America afford Bernie Sanders’ big plans? - The Boston Globe
one last time. I don't want to hear another person say that talking point nonsense about sanders not being specific when talking about his plans. YES HE IS and see below.
How much do Sanders’ plans cost?
Sanders’ campaign makes no attempt to hide the big sticker-cost of its “political revolution,” nor does it pretend that universal programs can be paid for with budget gimmicks.
Every major spending proposal comes with a matching tax plan.
Sanders’ campaign makes no attempt to hide the big sticker-cost of its “political revolution,” nor does it pretend that universal programs can be paid for with budget gimmicks.
Every major spending proposal comes with a matching tax plan.
• New infrastructure spending is covered by a crackdown on corporations funneling money through tax havens.
range of different taxes, including raising income taxes across the board, creating new 50 and 54 percent tax brackets for multimillion dollar earners, increasing the amount businesses pay as part of payroll taxes, and taxing capital gains as normal income, among other tweaks.
Look across all these tax plans, as the center-right Tax Foundation has done, and you find that the total cost to taxpayers would be around $1.4 trillion per year over the next 10 years.
Considering that federal taxes currently amount to about $3 trillion annually, this is a substantial jump.



