lpetrich wrote: And the cost of that platform to middle class taxpayers would be__________________??
Let's see. Medicare for All would replace medical-insurance premiums with taxes, and we all know how much Real Americans absolutely *enjoy* paying medical-insurance premiums. Middle-class taxpayers can and will benefit from reliable medical insurance, and they will benefit from insurance that lets them choose their own doctors, instead of insurance that allows one to choose only the ones "in the network", as if it was imposed on them.[/quote]
Oh sure having the government pay all the bills to hospitals and doctors will be way more efficient. Just look at the VA system to see how good it will be.
On to universal jobs for all with "living wages". I suppose that includes the drug addicts in your town and those so mentally unsound that they need constant supervision? What about the drunkards that are too hung over most days to even find their way to work? gonna pay them $15.00 per hour to screw things up or harass your customers?
Middle-class taxpayers will also benefit from not having heavy tuition loads, and also from getting to have paid family and sick leave.
I already paid for my children's collage. why should I now have to turn around and pay for everyone else's? And how are you going to control the exorbitant costs collages and universities are charging today.
As to ending the War on Drugs, demilitarizing our police, and abolishing for-profit incarceration, I thought that all the wounded taxpayers out there would eagerly support these things. But instead, they seem to enjoy paying taxes to pay for these things.
While the war on drugs needs to change tactics and focus from Marijuana to fentanyl The government will always have to spend time and money fighting these killers and destroyers of lives young and old. To think we can just stop the war on drugs and save the money spent is beyond stupid.
As to protect DREAMers & TPS recipients, simplify the paths to citizenship and abolish ICE, I thought that opponents of taxes would jump for joy at the prospect of abolishing ICE, and opponents of government bureaucracy would do likewise at the prospect of simplifying becoming a citizen.
While I think the path to citizenship should be sped up to months instead of the present years that is for those that got in line and followed the law. Those that jump the fence or swam the river need to go back and start over. We want and even need immigrants in this country but we get to decide who comes in and who doesn't.
We need ICE to sort out the good from the bad and without them we would have to have the military on the border 24/7/365 with orders to shoot to kill.
Middle-class taxpayers will benefit from renewable-energy investment, since it means that they won't have to pay more for food and A/C.
Renewable energy at present costs considerably more then traditional fossil fuel sources so predicting lower prices for the end products (food and AC) if we switch to exclusive renewables is quite a stretch.
They will also benefit from ending the corrupting influence of corporate finance in public elections, because their voices will be heard more easily.
Easier said then done. I would make every donor corporate or private declare to the public and their stock holders where and what they spent the money on before the check clears. That way you would know which candidate is bought and paid for by the corporations. I'd also like to make politicians wear sponsor logos like a NASCAR driver but even their oversized blue suits might not have enough surface area to hold them all.
You didn't mention housing as a right and infrastructure overhaul. Both big ticket items that have to be paid for and again why should I be taxed to house someone after I built and paid for my own house?
Keep in mind that any tax increase to corporations and the rich people that own the stock gets passed right through to the customers which is us.
An evidence-free assertion. .
I feel no need to prove the obvious.
