(WOWT) — It wasn’t exactly LOL, but it was pretty close:
“Hahaha. This make-believe math is bonkers.”
That’s the full statement issued by U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., on Friday in response to Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren’s written explanation of her “Medicare for All” plan.
In it, she details how an initial $20.5 trillion in federal spending — $52 trillion over the course the next 10 years — would provide government-funded health care.
The senator rolled out talking points of her 20-page online post on her Twitter account early Friday. The thread starts here:
Today, I’m releasing my plan to pay for #MedicareForAll. Here’s the headline: My plan won’t raise taxes one penny on middle-class families. In fact, we’ll return about $11 TRILLION to the American people. That’s bigger than the biggest tax cut in our history. Here’s how:
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) November 1, 2019
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