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Sanders Rips Lawmakers Saying 'We Don't Have the Money' While Backing $900 Billion for Military (www.commondreams.org)

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"I think it's time to tell the military-industrial complex they cannot get everything they want," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. "It's time to pay attention to the needs of working families."

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[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If my taxes went up $1000 a month I would still be saving money with universal healthcare

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The point is it doesn't need to. We could easily fund it

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

Right. But either way it's an invalid argument. We don't need to raise taxes, but even if we did it's still worth it.