Sanders: If US Can Spend $76B on Computer Chips, It Can Pass Medicare for All

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Sanders: If US Can Spend $76B on Computer Chips, It Can Pass Medicare for All
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Republicans and conservative Democrats are uniformly opposed to joining every other wealthy country in the world in guaranteeing healthcare and paid leave, but argue the U.S. has to join other countries in giving large subsidies to chip manufacturers.

in giving large subsidies to chip manufacturers like Intel by passing the Senate’s $76 billion chips bill. The Vermont senator pointed out that these same lawmakers don’t believe that the U.S. should follow the lead of other countries when it comes to expanding the social safety net.

He said that the U.S. should join countries like Germany, where higher education is largely free. The U.S. should also join and excess government spending justified their opposition to the bill. But these same lawmakers seem to have no problem spending billions funding the corporate oligarchy in the U.S., Sanders said.is because computer chip manufacturers and lobbyists are compelling them

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