Biden promises Sanders' free stuff — without the taxes
by Joseph Simonson
| May 02, 2019 01:25 PM
DES MOINES, Iowa — Joe Biden agreed with an audience member that America is in the midst of a “class war†and said government-run healthcare was in order, but he also promised everyone attending that he wouldn’t raise their taxes should he be elected president.
“You should have a choice to buy into a public-option healthcare plan like Medicare, now. Folks, we can afford it. We can afford it,†the former vice president said at a rally in Des Moines on Wednesday. “I will not raise your taxes at all, we don’t have to do it if we’re smart enough to deal with taking away some of these ridiculous" tax loopholes.
Biden’s comment contrasts with the healthcare vision of his fellow front-runner Bernie Sanders. The Vermont senator’s "Medicare for all" proposal would eliminate private insurance altogether and put all Americans on a government-run system. Sanders has openly said that his plan would be financed through broad tax increases on almost everyone, but that it would save Americans money in the long term because there would no longer be things like copays and deductions.
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