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title: ""With his expansive plans to increase the size and role of…"
date: 2016-02-17
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# "With his expansive plans to increase the size and role of…

*February 17, 2016 · Facebook*

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\"With his expansive plans to increase the size and role of government, Senator Bernie Sanders has provoked a debate not only with his Democratic rival for president, Hillary Clinton, but also with liberal-leaning economists who share his goals but question his numbers and political realism.\
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The reviews of some of these economists, especially on Mr. Sanders's health care plans, suggest that Mrs. Clinton could have been too conservative in their debate last week when she said his agenda in total would increase the size of the federal government by 40 percent. That level would surpass any government expansion since the buildup in World War II.\
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The increase could exceed 50 percent, some experts suggest, based on an analysis by a respected health economist that Mr. Sanders's single-payer health plan could cost twice what the senator, who represents Vermont, asserts, and on critics' belief that his economic assumptions are overly optimistic.\"\
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