CNN: Bernie Sanders: I thought this question might come up ...

[Donkees]

Feb 24, 2020

During a CNN town hall in South Carolina, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) describes how he will fund his "Medicare for All" plan.

[George II]

1. But he never said how he's going to fund it. If he "knew" it was going to come up....

....why didn't he have a cogent answer?

[oasis]

2. I guarantee Bloomberg will huddle with/other number crunchers tonight

to go over the the particulars of Bernie's proposals in advance of Tuesday's debate.

Get ready for the pie-in-the-sky to hit the fan.

[ChubbyStar]

4. If his number crunchers are his debate coaches

Mike will be in for another long night. If his number crunchers are his Keebler Elf cousins he might stand a chance! Should be fun!

[oasis]

6. And for the Vermont Senator who finally has to explain how he'll pay

for his fantastic proposals, it'll be a walk in the park.

[R B Garr]

3. Just last night on 60 Minutes, he couldn't answer

how it was funded. WTH!

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

5. Bernie knocks it outta da park again!!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join The Revolution!!

[Gothmog]

9. Sanders' plan to pay for his proposals does not add up

Link to tweet

[Quixote1818]

7. The college kids in that audience looked so excited! I feel so out of touch watching them.

They really look excited about him like he is a rockstar and I do think they look like they will come out and vote.

[Gothmog]

8. NYT-Bernie Sanders Outlines Funding for His Plans, but It May Not All Add Up

Link to tweet

Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, under growing pressure to explain how he would pay for his very expensive policy agenda, released a checklist on Monday evening that he described as a full explanation of how he would finance all of his proposals.

The actual document is somewhat limited, and in some cases the revenue Mr. Sanders identifies doesn’t match the costs of his plans.

For example, he estimated Sunday night on “60 Minutes” that the price tag for his “Medicare for all” plan would be about $30 trillion over 10 years, but the revenue he identifies for it in the new outline totals about $17.5 trillion. It is possible that the gap could be filled by existing appropriations for Medicare and Medicaid, but Mr. Sanders did not mention those in his outline or in the Sunday interview...…

Ms. Warren released a comprehensive plan in November to pay for her own version of Medicare for all, and the resulting scrutiny of the details was a major factor in her campaign’s decline. Mr. Sanders largely avoided that level of scrutiny by not releasing such extensive details.

His announcement on Monday came nominally in response to a question about whether his plan for free college was equivalent to President Trump’s promise to build a border wall and make Mexico pay for it: a rallying cry for supporters, but with no realistic path to happening.

[uponit7771]

10. Sanders says he will create 20 million jobs uninformed people believe him. That's what's important

[highplainsdem]

11. Yes, the imaginary numbers plan, delivered with a flourish:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287577831