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Ocasio-Cortez Tries To Raid Pentagon’s ‘Undocumented’ Funds To Cover Medicare For All

11:45 AM 12/03/2018
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Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claimed that two-thirds of the 10-year cost of Medicare For All could be covered with the money that was not properly documented by the Pentagon — but an expert in the field begged to differ.

Citing a report from The Nation that alleged $21 trillion in discrepancies in the Pentagon’s accounting, Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, “$21 TRILLION of Pentagon financial transactions ‘could not be traced, documented, or explained.’” She then suggested that the “undocumented” funds could have covered two-thirds of the cost of her proposed Medicare expansion.

But according to Manhattan Institute Senior Fellow Brian Riedl — whose credentials include over a decade at the Heritage Foundation and six years as chief economist for Ohio Republican Sen. Rob Portman — Ocasio-Cortez’s math isn’t just sketchy: it’s downright impossible. (RELATED: Report Seems To Undermine Ocasio Cortez Claim To Not Be Able To Afford D.C. Apartment)

https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/03/ocasio-cortez-pentagon-funds-medicare-for-all/
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21 trillion is a lot of money.
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