Clinton doubles down on Sanders criticism, warns that he's promising 'the moon'

[Midnightwalk]

74. Huh?

Do you think you’re going to find a lot of people here that were for the last two tax cuts or would be for the next?

Cancel the last tax break and you get what, 1 trillion a year for 10 years is 10 trillion.

I’d guess none of us were for the last military hike either. Cancel the whole thing. 700 billion for 10 years is 7 trillion.

10 + 7 is 17 trillion. We still need 43 trillion to get to 60 trillion.

I was too lazy to look up better numbers but that’s the arithmetic needed.

Use your own numbers.

The argument really comes down to is it is easier for people to believe that their taxes will go up than for government to deliver value for their taxes. No matter how many examples they know.

I worry that voters in the general will numbers like 60 trillion and worry their taxes will go much sooner than any relief will arrive.

That’s what make me want less ambitious numbers.

None of the republican tax cuts were paid for either. But people were promised money today by the republicans and warned of program cuts in the future by democrats. Hell the republicans promised no program cuts. Just spending reform and waste bs.

It sucks that they can get away with that but the dynamics are that it costs investment now for future reward. We do need Americans to start believing that again. They do, but not really.

I think that could be a winning message but it needs to come closer to 10 for people to buy it. Promise double that and you can back off if there’s resistance. You can’t do that from 60.

It’s easier to do more if we win. We do nothing if we lose. It’s a hell of a gamble.

That’s what seems reckless to me. We need a campaign that can maneuver if it has to.

Just random thoughts.