2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Questions for Senator Sanders [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)For example, Bernie has explained clearly exactly who and how he would tax Wall Street speculation and the transactions that are speculative there in order to fund his free tuition in state schools.
Medicare for all would be funded by people paying what they now pay for for-profit insurance either to non-profit insurance or a public Medicare system. That's the way it is done in other countries. There are a variety of systems in place elsewhere. We just pick one or devise our own. We already pay for both college and healthcare, and Bernie's plans in those areas would be merely to collect the money to cover the costs in a way that is slightly different from what we now have.
Bernie does not have a lot of money. Who in the world is worried about his tax returns?
Let Hillary release the transcripts of all of her speeches first. She received for a couple of speeches the income that Bernie made in a year. That's why she needs to release the transcripts and better yet videos of her speeches before Bernie releases his tax returns.