https://freerepublic.com/tag/leonardburman/ en-us Fri, 25 Oct 2019 14:29:44 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3788947/posts Elizabeth Warren has a plan for everything. Some of those plans are expensive. With Warren emerging as a front-runner in the Democratic presidential contest, Yahoo Finance tallied the cost of her plans. Altogether, the Massachusetts senator’s agenda would require $4.2 trillion per year in new federal spending, and a like amount in new taxes, if she paid for everything without issuing new debt. The federal government currently spends about $4.4 trillion per year, so Warren’s plans would nearly double federal spending. The Treasury takes in about $3.4 trillion in tax revenue each year, so if Warren levied new taxes to... Yahoo News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3788947/posts#comment Fri, 25 Oct 2019 14:29:44 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3786738/posts Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s refusal to answer repeated questions at Tuesday night’s debate about how she would fund Medicare for All underscores the challenge she faces finding a politically acceptable means to meet the idea’s huge price tag — a challenge that only intensified today with the release of an eye-popping new study. The Urban Institute, a center-left think tank highly respected among Democrats, is projecting that a plan similar to what Warren and Sen. Bernie Sanders are pushing would require $34 trillion in additional federal spending over its first decade in operation. That’s more than the federal government’s total cost... The Atlantic via MSN https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3786738/posts#comment Thu, 17 Oct 2019 01:36:44 GMT