Bevendre

haybuck-pony:

studentsforbernie:

Next time someone asks you how Bernie Sanders plans to pay for his programs or tries to say he does not understand economics, show them this! Bernie Sanders 2016!

I actually just did the math on this. Removing the 12 weeks of paid FMLA, which is self-sustaining, and the responsible estate tax act, which doesn’t have any data (and even to be fair not including the income from the progressive estate tax):

Average Yearly Cost:
311.15 Billion

Average Yearly Revenue:
537.96 Billion

Average Yearly Profit:
226.81 Billion

Current National Deficit:
474 Billion

So, this means that not only would Bernie’s plan give us so many of the critical programs our citizens need, they would also pay off the national deficit with the profits alone in just over 2 years. (2 Years, 29 Days, 4 Hours, 48 Minutes to be precise). All by treating the wealthy like the rest of us. Pay attention to this guys. This is the kind of money that’s locked away by the 1%. Enough to fix the national debt in two years if they’re treated like EVERYONE ELSE. Think of how fast we could have recovered if they were taxed HIGHER.

(via dragon-bunz)