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Bernie Sanders' plan to pay for health care falls short by trillions, says one analysis
CNN ^ | 2/3/2016 | Jeanne Sahadi

Posted on 02/04/2016 4:54:24 AM PST by Fasceto

A new analysis by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget suggests that the plan may increase deficits by at least $3 trillion, and that's assuming Sanders correctly estimated the cost.

In a worst-case scenario, if the campaign underestimated the plan's costs, it could add as much as $14 trillion, according to the CRFB.

The main issue: The tax hikes may not raise as much as Sanders is counting on.

(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...


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The extremist needs to do his math.
1 posted on 02/04/2016 4:54:24 AM PST by Fasceto
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To: Fasceto

Did this same analyst say anything about Obamacare?


2 posted on 02/04/2016 4:56:14 AM PST by caver (Obama: Home of the Whopper)
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To: Fasceto

He won’t be living long enough to ever have to pay off the National debt.

Suckers. #DineAndDashPolitics


3 posted on 02/04/2016 4:57:19 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Obama is more supportive of Iran's right to defend its territorial borders than he is of the USA's.)
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To: Fasceto

As with Obamacare, this matters only if BS is actually wanting to improve access to healthcare. If his goal is more power over us, well, a bigger deficit is a small price to pay.


4 posted on 02/04/2016 4:57:51 AM PST by RWB Patriot ("My ability is a value that must be earned and I don't recognize anyone's need as a claim on me.")
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To: Fasceto

Does he think that the super rich will gladly accept an 85% tax? That money will be moved off shore so damn fast it will make that silly man’s head spin.


5 posted on 02/04/2016 5:03:17 AM PST by reegs
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To: Fasceto

Sanders is very good at selling his noise to low information voters. He really convincing his crowds that they can have everything and someone else will pay for it.


6 posted on 02/04/2016 5:19:57 AM PST by MNJohnnie ( Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered)
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To: Fasceto

Does this mean that Donald Trump’s plan falls short too?


7 posted on 02/04/2016 5:21:07 AM PST by Hoodat (Article 4, Section 4)
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To: Fasceto

It’s difficult to accurately incorporate surly old love and unicorn farts into your so-called conventional accounting schemes.


8 posted on 02/04/2016 5:22:42 AM PST by dead ("I'm up to my eyeball in virgin goats!" - Mullah Omar)
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To: Fasceto

Whew, that was close. Haven’t socialists done enough damage already?

http://www.usdebtclock.org

Socialism Is Legal Plunder - Bastiat

DEPOPULATE socialists from the body politic.

It’s easy to

live - free - republic


9 posted on 02/04/2016 5:23:19 AM PST by PGalt
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To: Fasceto
Nobody is identifying the problem before solving the problem. The problem is that US residents spend much too much time and money on health care. That addiction only gets worse when insurance companies and the gov are footing the bill.

I have one of those radical crazy ideas. Why not give people who don't use those things rebates? Instead, our gov, running on stupid, is penalizing people who don't want health insurance, and just want to be responsible for their own health needs.

10 posted on 02/04/2016 5:23:36 AM PST by grania
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.. Bernie Sanders' plan to pay for health care falls short by trillions ..

Yeah.

And that's just for his *own* health care.

11 posted on 02/04/2016 5:24:50 AM PST by Byron_the_Aussie (Michelle Obama, The Early Years: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBYGxBlFOSU)
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To: Fasceto

Anyone who espouses the notion socialism would work in this nation of 315 million people should first live through the effects of it in a nation of 30.5 million:

http://www.newsmax.com/Finance/Markets/Venezuela-Worlds-Most-Miserable-Economies-for-Second-Year/2016/02/04/id/712669/


12 posted on 02/04/2016 5:30:19 AM PST by ScottinVA (If you're not enraged...why?)
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To: Fasceto

13 posted on 02/04/2016 5:30:30 AM PST by Gamecock ( Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul...Matthew 10:28)
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To: Fasceto

Promising voters free stuff to get their vote should be illegal.


14 posted on 02/04/2016 5:41:12 AM PST by stockpirate (Fox News aka - False News Network "We deceive, you believe.")
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To: Fasceto

Single payer IS going to happen. The die was cast when they crammed through Obamacare on a party line vote.

Obamacare is destined to collapse. It is already doing so ahead of schedule. When it does the media will be flooded with tales of woe of those who have lost their coverage and demands that we DO SOMETHING!!!

This was all very carefully thought out.


15 posted on 02/04/2016 6:08:32 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Fasceto

A trillion here, a trillion there-— no big deal to a lieberal/communist.


16 posted on 02/04/2016 6:22:21 AM PST by tflabo (res about them)
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To: reegs

I would LOVE LOVE LOVE for Trump (as I know the MSM would NEVER ask such a question), Hell, ANYONE, to ask Bernie and the Leftists:

If slavery is 100% tax, what would you call a 85% tax?


17 posted on 02/04/2016 6:50:50 AM PST by i_robot73 ("A man chooses. A slave obeys." - Andrew Ryan)
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To: reegs

Like Hillary!, I think Mad Uncle Bernie wants to build a financial Iron Curtain to keep assets and funds (and their owners) inside the US.


18 posted on 02/04/2016 6:52:31 AM PST by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
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19 posted on 02/04/2016 6:53:33 AM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: Fasceto

Who cares as long as it’s free! Feel the Bern Baby!!! /s


20 posted on 02/04/2016 6:54:19 AM PST by shotgun
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