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In reply to the discussion: Fact: Sanders has been in the Senate nine years and has sponsored only one bill that pass. [View all]CherokeeFiddle
(297 posts)But for some reason you only want to see things at face value, I wonder why.
How exactly are the Sanders benefiting from Jane being on a nuclear commission in TX? I'll give you one guess who signed that bill into law. Of course you're also forgetting that there was support from the community itself over this https://www.c-span.org/congress/bills/billAction/?print/1410681
Bernie doesn't know how to work well with others? You're damn right he doesn't and in my eyes and many others, we don't want to him work well with others, specifically Republicans, either. We want Bernie to be a damn lightning rod and nothing but. "He who knocks" if you will, the guy who has stood fast for ages with the same core beliefs and principles as he has always had, never wavering. This is why he is so popular.
You're worried about taxes? Seriously? Taxes. The taxes are less than what you pay for now health care. This is a RW point of view you have here. There are no co-pays with Medicare For All, perhaps you aren't aware of this. You pay nothing out of pocket. Any current system which exists doesn't even have that. Bernie has fully explained how he'd pay for it. Here are a few highlights of just how he would pay for it;
Business payroll tax : $3.9 trillion over 10 years. Companies would pay a 7.5% income-based fee, but Sanders asserts it would cost them less overall compared to the current system.
Household premiums : $3.4 trillion over 10 years. Families would pay a 4% income-based fee, considerably less than what they pay now.
Higher taxes on the rich : $1.8 trillion over 10 years. Raise marginal rates to as high as 52% on the richest Americans. The current top rate is about 39.6%. Also, limit deductions and treat taxes on dividends and capital gains equally.
A new net wealth tax : $1.3 trillion over 10 years. This new tax would apply to the wealthiest 0.1%, or 160,000 households. A 1% annual tax would be applied to net worth exceeding $21 million.
One-time tax on offshore profits : $767 billion over 10 years. Sanders wants to tax profits of Americans companies that are earned and held in other countries. These profits are not taxed until they are returned home under current U.S. law.
Increased estate taxes: $249 billion over 10 years.
Fee on large Wall Street banks : $117 billion over 10 years. The six largest U..S. financial institutions would get the bill.
We'll disagree on if Bernie would lose again. "We don't like him", is who exactly? The 8% who see him negatively? You are very much a minority. He's the most popular politician in office today. Sorry you dislike the guy who fights like hell for the everyday average Joe along with the poor. Hopefully you'll see the error of your ways