• kathythegiantA
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    Just doing some quick napkin math, the $5k payouts would cost around $1.25 trillion, pretty much guarantee at least 4 more years of no Medicare for All, and lead to absolutely no systemic change. M4A is estimated to cost anywhere from $2.5-$3 trillion per year. So yeah, he’s almost certainly lying but also even if not it’s a huge bargain for the oligarch class.

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      3 hours ago

      Who wants to bet he pulled that number out of his ass, without checking with anyone, or looking into if they even can?

      • Mannimarco@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        Why would he check if they can do it, he has no intention of actually doing it, he probably picked it because it sounds good