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Hoyt

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5. Notwithstanding Iraq, and other wasted programs, America is not going to

Mon Jan 27, 2020, 01:05 AM

Jan 2020

vote for a candidate that can’t tell us the cost, how much it will cost the average Jane, or without having a chance to try it out (think, Public Option).

In less than a month, Warren went from a cost of what we spend now for healthcare, roughly $3.5 Trillion per year, to $5.2 Trillion. The latter is more than 5 times the annual defense budget plus the total annual direct loss revenue of the last unadvisable trump tax cut.

We are going to have to better than that to get something decent enacted, or even supportive candidates elected.

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

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Bernie Sanders Admits That "Nobody Knows" Cost of His Health Care Plan!!! [View all] TomCADem Jan 2020 OP

Just like we didn't know the cost of the Iraq war before Joe Biden voted for it. Tiggeroshii Jan 2020 #1

Just Like Bernie Did Not Know of All The People Who Would Die From Mass Shootings TomCADem Jan 2020 #3

Or all the lives President Al Gore could have saved? k2qb3 Feb 2020 #40

got a final tally on the cost of the lockheed F35 program that bernie supports? nt msongs Jan 2020 #8

Not close to as much as the entire Iraq war. Tiggeroshii Jan 2020 #9

What a Trump Like Response. TomCADem Jan 2020 #34

DEFLECT DEFLECT DEFLECT DEFLECT. nt UniteFightBack Jan 2020 #13

It's a tough call between good jobs and supporting the military industrial complex. Tiggeroshii Jan 2020 #14

This is really getting old. You have a good night now. nt UniteFightBack Jan 2020 #15

Now I don't think that's fair. I gave you an honest answer. Tiggeroshii Jan 2020 #16

Cost analysis studies are all over the internet. Pick one that suits your argument. Magoo48 Jan 2020 #23

No Democrats voted for the Iraq War ... mr_lebowski Jan 2020 #17

No one can predict a war or its costs NCProgressive Jan 2020 #18

He has several plans with different price tags. Tiggeroshii Jan 2020 #19

... NCProgressive Jan 2020 #20

Really, cause that's basically what 2009 healthcare reform was. Tiggeroshii Jan 2020 #22

... NCProgressive Jan 2020 #25

Wholly irrelevant to the OP. LanternWaste Jan 2020 #29

There would not have been an Iraq war if Al Gore was R B Garr Jan 2020 #31

Of course he's not going to say! Thekaspervote Jan 2020 #2

Two standard responses when asked how much it will cost The Valley Below Jan 2020 #4

Notwithstanding Iraq, and other wasted programs, America is not going to Hoyt Jan 2020 #5

I Really Liked Warren's Thoughtful Response on Cost of Health Care TomCADem Jan 2020 #6

Your opinion ChubbyStar Jan 2020 #7

But It Is a Fact That Bernie Ducks the Question of Costs TomCADem Jan 2020 #26

Thanks for your response, Tom! BlueMTexpat Feb 2020 #41

That's a great answer. It's definitely worth it. David__77 Jan 2020 #10

bwaaaaahahahahahahahahahahahahaha NYMinute Jan 2020 #11

whatever. Cha Jan 2020 #12

Just as I've long suspected.....All hat. No Cattle. n/t Tarheel_Dem Jan 2020 #21

Can You Imagine if Biden or Warren Said That? TomCADem Jan 2020 #33

"The Revolution" would be up in arms with outrage. Tarheel_Dem Jan 2020 #35

K&R betsuni Jan 2020 #24

And he's right, because nobody knows how much healthcare costs will grow in the next decade. DanTex Jan 2020 #27

Bernie Sanders would get bogged down in fighting for Medicare for All Dietz Jan 2020 #28

C'mon man. oasis Jan 2020 #30

I have no confidence in sanders Gothmog Jan 2020 #32

CNN-The cost of Sanders' agenda -- possibly $60 trillion -- would set a peacetime US record Gothmog Feb 2020 #36

The Bigger Issue Is How Is Hiding This Cost Or... TomCADem Feb 2020 #38

Sanders legislative agenda would have no way of being passed even if elected. Here's why: Gothmog Feb 2020 #37

I simply don't understand why left people support Sanders over Warren, I just don't. Blue_true Feb 2020 #39

sanders' potential failure to "deliver the moon" would detract from efforts to rebuild public Gothmog Feb 2020 #42