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Donkees

(31,389 posts) Sun Oct 3, 2021, 02:09 PM Oct 2021

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$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 OP

They should qualify this figure. It's "over ten years." $200B per year or about 1/4 the pentagon. PSPS Oct 2021 #1

Sadly Manchin said 1.5 jimfields33 Oct 2021 #2

What a joke. That's a mere 2% of the entire annual federal budget and 0.7% of GDP. PSPS Oct 2021 #4

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Oct 2021 #3

PSPS

(13,593 posts)

1. They should qualify this figure. It's "over ten years." $200B per year or about 1/4 the pentagon.

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Sun Oct 3, 2021, 02:18 PM

Oct 2021

jimfields33

(15,786 posts)

2. Sadly Manchin said 1.5

Reply to PSPS (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 3, 2021, 04:18 PM

Oct 2021

PSPS

(13,593 posts)

4. What a joke. That's a mere 2% of the entire annual federal budget and 0.7% of GDP.

Reply to jimfields33 (Reply #2)

Sun Oct 3, 2021, 07:22 PM

Oct 2021

Uncle Joe

(58,355 posts)

3. Kicked and recommended.

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Sun Oct 3, 2021, 05:21 PM

Oct 2021

Thanks for the thread Donkees.

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