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Bernie Sanders reveals 'major plans' to be funded by new taxes, massive lawsuits, military cuts
Fox News ^ | February 24 2020 | Gregg Re

Posted on 02/24/2020 11:04:16 PM PST by knighthawk

Bernie Sanders unexpectedly released a fact-sheet Monday night explaining that he'd pay for his sweeping new government programs through new taxes and massive lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry, as well as by slashing spending on the military, among other methods.

The move sought to head off complaints from Republicans and some rival Democrats that his plans were economically unrealistic, especially after a head-turning CBS News interview in which the frustrated Vermont senator said he couldn't "rattle off to you every nickle and every dime" about his proposed expenditures.

He released his plan on his website just minutes after promising to do so during a CNN town hall.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bernie; berniesanders; commie; energy; kleptocracy; oil; sanders; sharkjump; taxes
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To: knighthawk

50% tax for all!


41 posted on 02/25/2020 4:39:53 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Everyone knows Hillary was corrupt, lied, destroyed documents, and influenced witnesses. Rat crime.)
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To: knighthawk

Why do people keep voting for this fool? Hasn’t the unworkability and immorality of these schemes of his been obvious all along?


42 posted on 02/25/2020 4:41:51 AM PST by LibWhacker
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To: knighthawk

Democrats running for office need to be asked if they agree with this. Hell, Put these up for a vote now and see where the rank and file Dems stand


43 posted on 02/25/2020 4:43:14 AM PST by stuck_in_new_orleans
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To: Bob434
"force companies to raise the price of gas so high that only the elites can afford to go anywhere."

You too can be Venezuela...

44 posted on 02/25/2020 4:43:20 AM PST by unread (A REPUBLIC..! if you can keep it....)
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To: nathanbedford
A tax on oil imports would help balance the budget, reduce the trade deficit and promote the domestic oil industry. WIN - WIN - WIN.

Another plus is that an oil import duty would give political cover for further income tax rate reduction. Another WIN.

45 posted on 02/25/2020 4:45:37 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

Balderdascious drivel.

After watching the President’s news conference this morning it was plain to me that you need to move to India where you would be intellectually comfortable.


46 posted on 02/25/2020 4:48:56 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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To: knighthawk

A bit too much truth-telling here. Look for Bernie to have a another little heart attack.


47 posted on 02/25/2020 4:50:06 AM PST by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: bert
A tax on oil imports would help balance the budget, reduce the trade deficit and promote the domestic oil industry. WIN - WIN - WIN.

This is the truth you CAN'T handle. If a tariff is socialistic then the USA was founded as a socialist country.

Another plus is that an oil import duty would give political cover for further income tax rate reduction. Another WIN.

This cannot be said loud enough or often enough.

48 posted on 02/25/2020 4:52:09 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

Such drivel is a waste of precious band width.

It is in truth anti American garbage


49 posted on 02/25/2020 4:53:51 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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To: bert

You really now how to piece together a strong and detailed rebuttal. /sarcasm


50 posted on 02/25/2020 4:56:06 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: LibWhacker

The people who are voting for him have no jobs or are pea green with envy over people who have some wealth.


51 posted on 02/25/2020 5:12:18 AM PST by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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To: knighthawk

So does this really establish the courts not as a place for legal justice, but simply as a tax mechanism? And shouldn’t all budgetary bills begin in the House rather than the courtroom?


52 posted on 02/25/2020 5:12:19 AM PST by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: knighthawk

So what Bernie is saying is he’d go full out commie and no more of this incremental Obama lite stuff.

The aim to turn the United States into a third world shitehole is on the table.


53 posted on 02/25/2020 5:14:41 AM PST by romanesq (8Chan and its child porn are kaput & all the crap with it. Trump-Pence 2020!)
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To: knighthawk

I read all of Bernie’s “How To Pay For It All” plan..

While anyone with an ounce of economic sense can see the glaringly obvious holes in the plan, I fear there are plenty of people (probably north of 40 or even 50%) in the US today that have little to NO economic sense and will probably think it all looks just fine...after all, it’s all the usual leftist ‘tax the rich..tax the oil companies..tax evil Wall Street’ blah blah blah..which many people soak right up.

I’ll probably be in the minority here, but Bernie putting out ANYTHING on how he “plans” to pay for all his pie in the sky fantasy spending is going to be adequate for many, many people - regardless of if it makes an ounce of economic sense.

So, I actually think this helps him..ridiculous as it may be to any of us that went through Econ 101 in college..


54 posted on 02/25/2020 5:21:02 AM PST by jstolzen
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To: jstolzen

I agree.

If anyone says “Bernie has no idea how to pay for this”, the ready answer now is: “That’s been debunked.”


55 posted on 02/25/2020 5:23:32 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: NittanyLion

“I’m a bit surprised he opted for lawsuits as opposed to nationalizing fossil fuel companies. Perhaps that’s Step 2.”

If you sue an industry out of existence, who other than the government is primed to take over.

For part one, see Arthur Anderson, the now defunct company.


56 posted on 02/25/2020 5:24:39 AM PST by romanesq (8Chan and its child porn are kaput & all the crap with it. Trump-Pence 2020!)
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To: knighthawk

57 posted on 02/25/2020 5:25:27 AM PST by SMARTY ("Nobility is defined by the demands it makes on us - by obligations, not by rights".)
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To: knighthawk

LOL. I really hope he gets the nomination. At least he’s honest about what he wants. Sad that so many people in this country think these are good things.


58 posted on 02/25/2020 5:30:18 AM PST by grimalkin (Communism is the final logic of the dehumanization of man. -Fulton J. Sheen)
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To: QuigleyDU

Biden doesn’t even know what he is running for. https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3819283/posts


59 posted on 02/25/2020 5:30:50 AM PST by xp38
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To: grimalkin

I appreciate the Bern’s honesty, this is a fight we need to have.


60 posted on 02/25/2020 5:41:12 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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