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pberq

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15. Great interview!
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 03:35 PM
Feb 2016

Fredman's info is spelled out in this article:


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-elections/bernie-sanders-median-income-would-soar-and-poverty-would-fall-under-democrat-policies-study-finds-a6863136.html#commentsDiv

Bernie Sanders: Median income would soar and poverty would fall under Democrat policies, study finds An economist found that median income would increase by $22,000 if Bernie Sanders gets to the White House

Rachael Revesz New York Tuesday 9 February 2016

Average family income would jump by $22,000 per year and unemployment would fall to 3.8 per cent if Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is elected as president, a new study has found.

The report, carried out by Gerald Friedman, an economics professor at University of Massachusetts Amherst, found that 26 million jobs would be created under Mr Sanders, and poverty would drop to 6 per cent, instead of 13.9 per cent, as forecasted by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).

The findings on Mr Sanders’ spending and tax proposals, given to CNNMoney, also reveal that the US economy would grow by 5.3 per cent per year under Mr Sanders rather than the CBO’s projected 2.1 per cent. . .

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