How Do We #Pay for Bernie's Vision of America? Easy

Some say that we can't afford an America that provides healthcare for all. An America where everybody has a decent school and can go to college debt free. An America with great infrastructure. An America where nobody goes hungry.

 

But we can easily afford all of this and much more.

First, we put in place a Wall Street sales tax. Almost every state has a sales tax for people purchasing things. So what makes Wall Street so special? It is special since it controls the United States Presidency and the Congress. But it doesn't have to be that way. We could put a 1 percent sales tax on every Wall Street transaction and provide trillions of dollars to the US treasury.

Secondly, we can end the endless wars and foreign intervention designed for merely for world domination. If we had not invaded Iraq we would have saved an estimated 3 trillion. Wars not only cost a lot of lives, they cost a lot of your money.

Thirdly, we could end military industrial welfare state. Now over 50% of our tax dollars goes to pay for the military and the debt from military interventions. That is a lot of trillions.

Finally, we could end corporate welfare. We could quit subsidizing corporations to send American jobs to other countries. We could demand that corporations pay their fair share in taxes as well as demand that corporations pay their workers a living wage so that the taxpayer doesn't have to subsidize workers with food stamps and other life line programs.

But this is a short list to provide trillions of dollars each year to easily pay for a more humane America. The America that Bernie Sanders is advocating. It costs nothing to the average taxpayer, but it definitely would provide that the super wealthy pay their fair share.

Grant