Brian Reidl, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a reporter for Vox Media, set out to calculate exactly how much the “Democratic Socialist” agenda, as embraced by such economic luminaries as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, would actually cost American taxpayers, and even he seemed surprised at the result.
In a study published at Vox, Reidl claims implementing the full Democratic Socialist slate of programs — including a single-payer health care system, free college, and a guaranteed minimum-wage job — will cost at least $42 trillion. And that’s just to start.
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