Opinion | $3.5 Trillion Is a Phony Number

Democrats are grasping for ways to finance their cradle-to-grave welfare state, with the left demanding what they claim is $3.5 trillion over 10 years. The truth is that even that gargantuan number hides the real cost of their plans.

The bills moving through committees are full of delayed starts, phony phase-outs, and cost shifting to states designed to fit $3.5 trillion into a 10-year budget window that can pass with a mere 51 Senate votes. Even if the bill shrinks to $2 trillion or less, the real costs will be far greater. Behold one of the greatest fiscal cons in history.

opinion Resorting to opion pieces geared toward your perspective again. How lame. IT IS 350M PER YEAR Stop lying and misleading your base. You are supposed to be educated not a side show barker for the GOP circus.

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opinion Every thing the democrats do is phoney, all they want to do is fill their pockets before the Republicans take over in 2022 !

opinion Nope. The greatest con was the tax giveaway to the 1% under Trump rule. The rich got richer and the rest of us barely scraped by.

opinion Now do the $93 trillion from the Republican talking points.

opinion Love the WSJ. It’s generally the only opinion section worth reading.

opinion Exactly

opinion just send me more checks

opinion The cost of another Trump Presidency will be far greater than anybody can possibly imagine . Corporations should reconsider their donations to the RNC for the next few years or risk the civil unrest and chaos another disputed election will bring . Imagine a civil war here ?

opinion WSJ over 20 years! The trillions T gave in tax cuts is supposedly more than twice the total for the Build Back Better Bill. Did you have a problem with that since it deleted the revenue not taken? If not, it isn't the total that you have a problem with!

opinion RepEspaillat · Sep 24 Why is it easier to believe that 150,000,000 Americans are being ‘lazy’ instead of the 400 richest Americans are being greedy?

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opinion Behold opinion loves those GOP talking points.

opinion The greatest fiscal con in the history of the usa is the fat tax break offered to the rich and big corps under defeated 45. Making the richer while keeping the middle class to carry more burden is a con.

opinion Nah! The greatest fiscal con in history is the 'supply side' con.

opinion Damn, eh. Looks like Biden may get to spend cash on peasantry, damn, someone should tell hI’m taxpayer money get given to oligarchs, or pays for what they want, right wsj?

opinion What was your position on the 2017 tax cut, which didn’t pay for itself as the CBO predicted?

opinion Just keep printing money out of thin air.

opinion That is usually how large projects go. 100% over budget. this does credit the estimator as much as he deserves or she

opinion I agree!! Republicans gave millionaires, billionaires and corporations $18 trillions in four years 😉

opinion We know.

opinion CON! MurdochsKill

opinion Imagine....a government that looks out for its citizens (who elected it).....Evil Socialism!!!! Back Satan!!!

opinion Why do you cry so much when Biden announces he is building back the country’s infrastructure by taxing the mooching 1%? Billionaires must pay their fair share.

opinion 🦓⛓⚫ lllll

opinion Well, this 'opinion' is total bullshit.

opinion Govt: here's $2 Trillion for everything you need this year. Pentagon: We lost $100 Billion cause our in house accountant was uhhhhh Far sighted, sorry.... Govt: OH 👍 Me: hey Boss I accidentally gave a customer $5 more, My Boss: You're fired and we're pressing charges!

opinion They like to print paper money, Bla Bla and do nothing real. Do you believe paper money will turn into GOLD?

opinion We can all see that opinion is just MurdochGutterMedia tagged onto a broadsheet. No honorable, trustworthy people believe anything in that section.

opinion Western countries is a big liar. UK&US&Europe&russia&china can never immigrate to Mars or moon. all mankind can never stop global warming. Western countries will never fight the Chinese Communist Party. China&russia&islamicCountries&WesternCountries are one family.

opinion The biggest fiscal con was the giveaway to corporations and wealthy who did little for employees and engaged in stock buy backs. This way the executives and rich became super wealthy rich! GOP did not want any accountability from Corporations in return for tax cuts and giveaway!

opinion We can only hope its enough to break wall street's stranglehold on our economy and make our capitalism a little less heartless

opinion Why do you think fiscal responsibility only comes up when a democratic is in the White House ? Asking for simple minds.

opinion I’ll continue to celebrate the $300,000,000 daily savings we’re all enjoying from President Biden’s decision to stop pissing $ into the sand in Afghanistan! Tell me, what are we doing with today’s $300 million!!

opinion I hope the EB is right, for once, about the “true cost.” We need those programs.

opinion Where are we on the TCJA paying for itself?

opinion There goes opinion again! Who wastes their money in buying your paper? Investing something now for our future is better than doing nothing!!! Are you trying to keep this country in the dark ages? What’s your real message here?

opinion Trump and Republicans blew through 8 trillion and literally nothing to show for it. Name the last time a Republican didn’t leave office in a recession.

opinion No, the greatest fiscal cons in history occurred when the GOP pushed thru tax cuts under 3 different presidents that were supposed to super charge the economy. All they did was enrich the already rich.

opinion You guys are a joke- you were all over the tax cuts for the top 3% of the country …which added over $2 trillion to deficit (and led to a pre-pandemic growth rate of 2.5%) … but call this a con? WTF!

opinion Even more than trumps tax cuts 4 the wealthy. HA

opinion Trickle down was a con. Tax breaks to the 1% is a giant con. How is investing back in much needed infrastructure a con? Why do you hate workers who will benefit the most from this package?

opinion actually the big con is delivering the majority of the wealth into the hands of very few - time these dudes let loose of a few of their zillions -

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