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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums$2 trillion social spending bill price tag is 'not enough': Senator Sanders - ABC News
Oct 3, 2021
Jonathan Karl interviews Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on "This Week."
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$2 trillion social spending bill price tag is 'not enough': Senator Sanders - ABC News (Original Post)
Donkees
Oct 2021
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PSPS
(13,590 posts)1. They should qualify this figure. It's "over ten years." $200B per year or about 1/4 the pentagon.
Bettie
(16,087 posts)3. Way less than we spent annually in Afghanistan
so, now that part of the budget is freed up too!
jimfields33
(15,763 posts)4. We borrowed that money every year.
It definitely wasnt extra coin we had lying around. The wars added 7 trillion to the debt.
drray23
(7,627 posts)2. 3.5 Trillions is 350 billions over 10 years.
Instead make it over 4 or 5 years and the total will be within the 2 Trillion number Manchin was negotiating about.
In 2022 we take more senate seats, in 2024 we win the presidency and make further gains. I doubt that after 4 years of reduced drug prices, free community College and assistance for families with kids, paid sick leave, etc.. voters would want to go back and lose all that. That's not even mentioning the myriad of other things like strong support to combat climate change.
GoodRaisin
(8,922 posts)5. Makes perfect sense.
If only it was only about the money.