Bernie’s New Deal
The $18 trillion price tag for Bernie Sanders' spending plan is actually quite small.
The Wall Street Journal, one of the more respectable organs of the Murdoch press, put out a sensationalized tally of Bernie Sanders’ spending proposals on Monday: an $18 trillion agenda that would “greatly expand government.” Sensation is Murdoch house style, but the Journal is also supposed to be a serious paper.
Here’s how they get to $18 trillion:
| Medicare for All | $15,000 |
| Social Security | $1,200 |
| Infrastructure | 1,000 |
| College Affordability | 750 |
| Fund to Allow Workers Paid Family/Medical Leave | 319 |
| Protecting Private Pensions | 29 |
| One Million Youth Jobs | 6 |
| Total | 18,304 |
| ex-Medicare | 3,304 |
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