In general, if you propose new social spending, you should also detail how you would pay for them

[Yavin4]

Be honest with the American people on how you would fund these programs. Just taxing the rich or cutting defense is often not enough to pay for these programs. Without discussing how you'd pay for them, you're just pandering to the masses. You're doing what Republicans do when they promise tax cuts without explaining what services they'd cut.

If a broad based social program is worth having, then it's worth having EVERYONE pay for it in some way.

[stone space]

1. It will be a great day...

[DisgustipatedinCA]

2. Sure. I'd use a regressive sales tax for all social spending. I won't take you seriously after the

...earlier thread.

You hightailed it out of that thread when you utterly failed to answer many questions put to you. You did nothing to prove your central thesis in that thread, and you've done the same here.

[Bluenorthwest]

3. And yet our current President ran saying mandates were a stupid idea and that he would insist upon

a strong public option. He said Hillary was out to pick my pocket with her mandates. Then he got elected and said 'oh none of that really meant anything, it was just stuff, you have to have mandates to make this work."

I get that the rules are different for Bernie, but I sure wish someone would say just why that is.

[Punkingal]

4. Personally, i am sick of hearing the Republican question about how to pay for social programs.

How about we stop paying for endless wars? That would help a lot.

[safeinOhio]

5. Why just social programs?

[Salviati]

6. Because there's always money for war

It's like the jello of spending