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Sanders adviser floats $300 billion plan to give jobs to all Americans
The HillA senior adviser to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, said a Sanders administration could begin with a $300 billion federal jobs guarantee before pushing for universal health care, one of the Vermont senators signature issues.
Stephanie Kelton, who has served as a senior economic adviser to Sanders since his 2016 presidential campaign, told reporters on the sidelines of a National Association for Business Economics meeting that such a program made sense as a first step, Reuters reported.
I like very much the idea of getting a safeguard in place right away because, like most people, I worry about what happens when the next downturn comes, she said.
Such a program, Kelton said, would allow Sanders to tackle federal student debt, which would increase economic growth, after which trillions could be allocated to pay for programs such as "Medicare for All" and the Green New Deal.
Stephanie Kelton, who has served as a senior economic adviser to Sanders since his 2016 presidential campaign, told reporters on the sidelines of a National Association for Business Economics meeting that such a program made sense as a first step, Reuters reported.
I like very much the idea of getting a safeguard in place right away because, like most people, I worry about what happens when the next downturn comes, she said.
Such a program, Kelton said, would allow Sanders to tackle federal student debt, which would increase economic growth, after which trillions could be allocated to pay for programs such as "Medicare for All" and the Green New Deal.
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brooklynite
Feb 2020
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Squinch
(51,075 posts)1. The unemployment number says those who want jobs have them. The problem
is not the number of jobs, it's the quality of the jobs people have to work.
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
bucolic_frolic
(43,442 posts)2. This will be great
Sweeping sidewalks and public squares with straw brooms like elderly women in Red Square, Moscow, circa 1977.
All power to the workers!
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frazzled
(18,402 posts)3. "And a car in every garage"!
The
If I were to vote in a presidential
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HarlanPepper
(2,042 posts)4. Let me go shake the money tree.
Maybe a few hundred billion will fall off the branches.
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Mike 03
(16,616 posts)5. And they accuse Bloomberg of trying to buy an election.
Vote for me and I'll...
Give you a job
Make your tuition and student debt go bye-bye
Get you health insurance!
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
zackymilly
(2,375 posts)6. Do I really need a job if everything is going to be free? n/t
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