....of all the candidates and the $ value assigned to them.

We've seen lots of billions and trillions in plans from at least five or six candidates. Tough to keep up with them all.

A billion here, a trillion there ...
pretty soon you're talking real money!

Thought the same thing when I read the headline.

Link to tweet

We simply need to take over more private land to devote to the planting of money trees.

The wealth tax (if passed, if Constitutional) covers federally funded childcare, pre-k, community college tuition, assistance to historically black colleges, and student debt relief - probably. The increase in social security is fully funded. But the rest, a magic pudding. Yes, I am worried what the tax base will look like when subject to scrutiny.

for members of Congress (not to mention well-paid academics and everyone else earning above $132,900, since the payroll tax disappears then and doesn't reappear until income is over $250,000):

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287273960

The donut hole looks bad, and there's no good reason for it.

Unless it comes back to building a coalition of support. Notches and definitely holes are bad public policy. SS benefits should be calculated on some sort of sliding scale instead of three distinct buckets with an upper cap.

Actually all these proposals are meaningless as far as I am concerned. Any Democrat is better than the current occupant, and any changes in public policy will have to be negotiated anyway.

On top of the $1T deficit we already have each year, we have another $150B/yr that will be needed to retire the SS Trust Fund bonds. Maybe we should spend some time thinking about how we are going to pay for our current commitments.

First, there Is a serious shortage of slots for deserving students. Second, private schools typically don’t serve students with exceptionalities and disabilities; they legally discriminate.

It pays off.