2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie has also received oil money, he is also a millionaire with 2 homes and Wall Street portfolios [View all]Baobab
(4,667 posts)In other words, he's planning to pleasantly surprise the whole country when the fiscal aspect of his programs turn out spectacularly better than expected, with much less in the way of tax increases needed than people think.
For example, single payer actually saves so much money we're already spending what it would cost to do it now. Currently the government pays 64% of all health care costs. That's enough to just dump insurance and give everybody high quality health care now. Because the simplification and letting people go to the doctor when they get sick and not having huge bills deter them, saves a lot of money. Study after study shows that is better for everybody - in terms of quality of life, and cheaper too.
Stress causes dozes of illnesses, including premature dementia.