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SWBTATTReg

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15. Perhaps the better solution is to not promise the world for college costs, housing costs, ...

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Wed Sep 18, 2019, 01:18 PM

Sep 2019

medical costs, etc., but to simply give better pay?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Sanders unveils $2.5 trillion 'Housing for All' plan [View all] Uncle Joe Sep 2019 OP

Polls enid602 Sep 2019 #1

How's Harris doing in the poles? MythosMaster Sep 2019 #19

Harris enid602 Sep 2019 #24

I really respect that she's not piling on like some multi-trillionaire venture capitalist. On our emmaverybo Sep 2019 #27

Programs enid602 Sep 2019 #30

Biden said he would roll the giveaways back, but today i saw that he was going to raise the emmaverybo Sep 2019 #32

Safe and affordable housing should be a human right. guillaumeb Sep 2019 #2

Also Japanese internment camps and a brutal immigration policy that turned away hundreds of emmaverybo Sep 2019 #34

Uh-huh. NurseJackie Sep 2019 #3

Uh-huh Uncle Joe Sep 2019 #6

I read his "plan" on his site (he sent out an email this morning) - not a word about..... George II Sep 2019 #4

The same place he's going to get the other 40-50 trillion comradebillyboy Sep 2019 #9

Look just above at NurseJackie's post. nt Blue_true Sep 2019 #33

This is disqualifying. BannonsLiver Sep 2019 #5

I see where you've been!! Ha! oldsoftie Sep 2019 #7

LOL!! peggysue2 Sep 2019 #18

So this, added with his other proposals, total how much per year? 2 trillion? 3? oldsoftie Sep 2019 #8

You're correct... the math does not work. (We can't all be Oprah.) NurseJackie Sep 2019 #11

Perfect oldsoftie Sep 2019 #13

LOL! That's it! emmaverybo Sep 2019 #28

I supported him four years ago... but this doesn't add up FBaggins Sep 2019 #10

When I was just out of college and getting my feet on the ground, I lived in two studio apartments.. George II Sep 2019 #12

Because I was an engineer. Blue_true Sep 2019 #39

Here are more details on Bernie's housing plans. Uncle Joe Sep 2019 #14

Hey - you're in fantasyland right now. BlueMississippi Sep 2019 #23

'if flipping burgers is enough...' that's a joke, right? floppyboo Sep 2019 #25

Perhaps the better solution is to not promise the world for college costs, housing costs, ... SWBTATTReg Sep 2019 #15

I don't believe so, Uncle Joe Sep 2019 #16

Oh really. So you throw this saying back at me that the 'whole' is greater than the sum blah... SWBTATTReg Sep 2019 #17

shhhhhhhhhhhhh .. wait a bit NYMinute Sep 2019 #22

A Trillion Here, A Trillion There...Pretty soon you're talking MineralMan Sep 2019 #20

It would be easier if he came up with an "everything for everyone" plan NYMinute Sep 2019 #21

I think Sanders proposals are starting to get close to total global GDP all put together. NYC Democrat Sep 2019 #26

Oh you made me chuckle. emmaverybo Sep 2019 #29

It's OK! He's going to print money to cover all the costs! ecstatic Sep 2019 #38

Wrong message. GulfCoast66 Sep 2019 #31

I've been talking about that chicken in every pot since 2015.... George II Sep 2019 #35

If some of the printing technology I've seen recently matures quickly... SKKY Sep 2019 #36

YOU get a project! And YOU get a project! ecstatic Sep 2019 #37