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We can do much more with $200B (Original Post)
SocialDemocrat61
18 hrs ago
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Shermann
(9,056 posts)1. Agree about the ACA Enhanced Premium Tax Credits
Those cuts were directly attributed to Trump and the $31 billion per year is about right. So those could be funded for over six years if it all went to that.
multigraincracker
(37,567 posts)2. Can't remember where I saw it, but
America has more empty homes than it has homeless.
leftstreet
(40,417 posts)3. Add SS recipients to that
Estimates are that up to 25 million people have to live on a single monthly meager Social Security payment.
Half that $200 billion would give everyone a $5k check
SocialDemocrat61
(7,559 posts)4. Good point!
