On Bernie Sanders Funding for "Major Plans"
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We ran the numbers: There are 1880 news articles covering this topic. 61% (1155) are left leaning, 29% (545) center, 10% (180) right leaning.
On Monday, Senator Bernie Sanders released a checklist detailing how he would finance all of his proposals. He released the plan on his website just minutes after promising to do so at a CNN town hall. While left-leaning articles highlight criticism Sanders has received for not releasing full details about his financial plans, right-leaning articles question the feasibility of Sanders’ plan.
A left-leaning article by The New York Times highlights that Bernie Sanders has faced months of criticism over his long standing refusal to release full details about how he would pay for his plans, especially since he has cemented himself as the front-runner for the Democratic nomination. His announcement to release how he will pay for his programs came in response to the question about whether his plan for free college was equivalent to President Trump’s promise to build a border wall and make Mexico pay for it.
NPR published a centrist article reporting on how Bernie Sanders’ lead on the Democratic ticket would affect down-ballet races and control of Congress. The article reports that Republicans are excited, because they believe a Sanders nomination could give them a chance to win back House control. There has also been pushback from a variety of fronts on the Democratic side, including members from South Florida who are uncomfortable with Sanders’ comments on the Cuban regime.
Fox News highlights that the fact-sheet Sanders released relies on conjecture and best-case scenarios, such as a “modest tax on Wall Street speculation … will raise an estimated $2.4 trillion over ten years.” Meanwhile, housing would cost $2.5 trillion over ten years, and would be paid entirely by a “wealth tax on the top one-tenth of a one percent.”