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mythology

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27. It's not free, but the proposals from the Sanders campaign aren't accurately funded
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 02:21 PM
Feb 2016

He relies on incredibly optimistic growth numbers and savings to make the math look correct.

happy to be the first k and r restorefreedom Feb 2016 #1
so true Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #2
kick and Recco'd (NT) ghostsinthemachine Feb 2016 #3
Precisely. "Free wars" cost a lot more than most of DirkGently Feb 2016 #4
Exactly! well said Dirk. 99th_Monkey Feb 2016 #24
I like your handle too. DirkGently Feb 2016 #37
You nailed it. 99th_Monkey Feb 2016 #40
WTF? $7.8 Billion in Walmart subsidies?? DiehardLiberal Feb 2016 #5
might be food stamps, etc, to keep their underpaid workers from starving eShirl Feb 2016 #9
PLUS the well-rewarded outsourcing that lets them own more than 42% of Americans MisterP Feb 2016 #25
Walmart subsidies - ebayfool Feb 2016 #11
Thanks for explanation! DiehardLiberal Feb 2016 #20
Most welcome :) n/t ebayfool Feb 2016 #38
things we need that affirm life rather than create death tk2kewl Feb 2016 #6
+10000000000000000000000000000000000000 Faux pas Feb 2016 #8
K N R Faux pas Feb 2016 #7
Of course its not free, I just did the math, Bearnies health care plan will cost me extra 5k a year Travis_0004 Feb 2016 #10
What are you paying now? Please include any company contribution that you get in place of salary. Vincardog Feb 2016 #29
Im self employed, so I have no employer Travis_0004 Feb 2016 #34
So you have no health care now? Bernie's plan would cost you an addtional 5K how? Vincardog Feb 2016 #35
yes Travis_0004 Feb 2016 #48
So you think you are better off with no coverage. Vincardog Feb 2016 #50
I replied to the wrong post. i have coverage now Travis_0004 Feb 2016 #54
And even if none of this passes in 8 years, Qutzupalotl Feb 2016 #12
^^^ This ^^^ cantbeserious Feb 2016 #18
KnR GreenPartyVoter Feb 2016 #13
Exactly. It's how we allocate tax dollars. stillwaiting Feb 2016 #14
President Sanders wants us to invest in people. As he has stated, neglecting them has lead to jtuck004 Feb 2016 #15
knr so bad nt retrowire Feb 2016 #16
Right On - Spending The Money We Already Have For Better - More Appropriate - And Useful Purposes cantbeserious Feb 2016 #17
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Feb 2016 #19
These are the genuine security issues: health, education, jobs, infrastructure suffragette Feb 2016 #21
K & R!!! Thespian2 Feb 2016 #22
As soon as he gets the nomination... TCJ70 Feb 2016 #23
So even if you tear apart the US miltary and Boudica the Lyoness Feb 2016 #26
Furthermore, those ships and planes create jobs. Boudica the Lyoness Feb 2016 #41
It's not free, but the proposals from the Sanders campaign aren't accurately funded mythology Feb 2016 #27
The 'free stuff' meme is RW trash-talk, unbecoming for REAL Democrats to use 99th_Monkey Feb 2016 #28
Bingo Populist_Prole Feb 2016 #31
K&R! Duval Feb 2016 #30
Thank you! avaistheone1 Feb 2016 #32
Bernie will increase my taxes DownriverDem Feb 2016 #33
Recommended! H2O Man Feb 2016 #36
"Free" is when oil companies and defense contractors which are insanely profitable get taxpayer GoneFishin Feb 2016 #39
Dwight Eisenhower loved Bernie's democratic socialism , so do I . Just read what IKE stood for and geretogo Feb 2016 #42
Our side should never use the word free. Universal health care, no tuition for college, that sort brewens Feb 2016 #43
and we have to fight this fight within our OWN PARTY now, that's the worst of it MisterP Feb 2016 #44
Next the corporatocracy will be telling us WAR is free, too. Well, it is to the WAR PROFITEERS. nt valerief Feb 2016 #45
Great list! Ferd Berfel Feb 2016 #46
MUST ALL SEE... zentrum Feb 2016 #47
This framing drives me bonkers. Arugula Latte Feb 2016 #49
This should be headline news Rosa Luxemburg Feb 2016 #51
EXACTLY! K&R'd! snot Feb 2016 #52
Hey, I loves me some free stuff: public schools, roads, bridges, Coast Guard, merrily Feb 2016 #53
Why not have all Americans contribute to the cost of these programs? MadDAsHell Feb 2016 #55
no one is insisting that; rather, it's that the. 1%, corps., etc. start paying taxes like amborin Feb 2016 #57
And yet: AzDar Feb 2016 #56
dem establishment has been exposed Robbins Feb 2016 #58
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