2020 Presidential election

[JazzyFresh]

Why do republicans think the only way to decrease debt Is to slash spending? There’s an entire other side of this that they never seem to talk about. Why don’t we ever talk about raising tax revenues?

We’ve seen how ineffective tax cuts have been in growing the economy and increasing revenues. So why don’t we raise taxes?

Probably because 20-30% should be plenty.

 

[Getting Traded]

Why do republicans think the only way to decrease debt Is to slash spending? There’s an entire other side of this that they never seem to talk about. Why don’t we ever talk about raising tax revenues?

We’ve seen how ineffective tax cuts have been in growing the economy and increasing revenues. So why don’t we raise taxes?

Why don't we just cut the military budget by half and put it into infrastructure and other areas that would improve our society?

 

[JazzyFresh]

Where is my social security TAX going? Why are we running out of money?

 

[JazzyFresh]

Can't budget like an adult? Raise taxes!!!!

 

[JazzyFresh]

I'm also confused how raising tax to pay 52 trillion in medical expenses decreases debt?

Oh that's right, raise taxes more

But wait... We have free schooling to pay for

Raise them taxes

Environmental protection?

More

Free everything

Yup, you guessed it.

 

[Harambe]

Thank you. I still don't buy it though as that 2.16 is 2/3 of what we already spend. If we spend 3.2 Trillion right now, an additional 2.16 is a 67% increase. That's a lot of money.

You don't have to buy it. It's super ****ing expensive. And it's not like either of us have a team of dedicated professionals to find a way to make it work. But come on mang.. the least you could do is give it a chance and crunch numbers without a major breakdown into "liberals blah blah blah". That's not even coming to the table to talk.

Now that we're somewhat on the same page(or at least in a page adjacent), it has been stated by others in this thread that there's no chance it's going to pass. Not even if the plan generated a surplus. And it probably shouldn't. If it did, how would we convert the 2.69 million americans working for private insurance companies? No one's talked about that either. It goes well beyond dancing with Elephants, this is dancing with mountain ranges.

Swift, immediate change would be great... and it'll save the US GDP(all of us) a lot of cash. Change is a great motivator for innovation. But I still prefer Sanders to lead the charge on healthcare.

 

[Deleted member 365]

This is why I refer to Fox News in the evening as “White Supremacy Hour.” Because that is exactly what this is:

 

[JazzyFresh]

You don't have to buy it. It's super ****ing expensive. And it's not like either of us have a team of dedicated professionals to find a way to make it work. But come on mang.. the least you could do is give it a chance and crunch numbers without a major breakdown into "liberals blah blah blah". That's not even coming to the table to talk.

Now that we're somewhat on the same page(or at least in a page adjacent), it has been stated by others in this thread that there's no chance it's going to pass. Not even if the plan generated a surplus. And it probably shouldn't. If it did, how would we convert the 2.69 million americans working for private insurance companies? No one's talked about that either. It goes well beyond dancing with Elephants, this is dancing with mountain ranges.

Swift, immediate change would be great... and it'll save the US GDP(all of us) a lot of cash. Change is a great motivator for innovation. But I still prefer Sanders to lead the charge on healthcare.

I said no such thing as "liberals blah blah blah" I provided numbers to counter your argument and try to make people realize what a substantial number even one trillion is. You're saying we'll save money but you still haven't even broken down the 2.1 trillion we would be in the hole with. I pointed out the things you said would cover it and my quick math made that make no sense. Your more than welcome to break down how cutting the military budget and immigration reform equal even a sliver in 2.1 trillion dollars.

 

[One Brow]

True, but Trump went for 100%.

He made no efforts to imprison Hillary Clinton, nor to decrease corruption in Washington. So, definitely not 100%.

 

[One Brow]

So in just one of those items that isn't directly outlined, even using the next closest country's GDP healthcare spending, we made up $1.04T.

That's over one year. Over 10 years, $10.4T

 

[SCS]

Democrats better hope that Trump is impeached because none of their candidates can beat him in a general election. Buttigieg is probably their best chance in an election vs Trump and he doesn't have the needed support to get the nomination.

 

[str8line]

Democrats better hope that Trump is impeached because none of their candidates can beat him in a general election. Buttigieg is probably their best chance in an election vs Trump and he doesn't have the needed support to get the nomination.

I agree with you.