Bernie Sanders Releases Proposed Funding Plan, Still Trillions Short
- Vermont senator pushes for sweeping taxes to pay for services
- Front-runner status comes with new questions about funding
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Bernie Sanders outlined the estimated costs of his ambitious proposals and where he intends to get the money to fund them, under pressure from rivals for transparency. But on Medicare for All, at least, he’s about $12.5 trillion short.
Sanders’s agenda of massive federal spending is facing renewed scrutiny since he has earned front-runner status by winning the popular vote in Iowa and the contests in New Hampshire and Nevada.