Bernie Sanders said on Sunday that his initial proposed $6 timing infrastructure plan was ‘too little’ and claims that the $3.5 trillion the plan is currently at is the absolute minimum Democrats will accept.
“The $6 trillion that I originally proposed was probably too little. Three and a half trillion should be a minimum. But I accept that there’s going to have to be give and take,” Sanders said Sunday on ABC News’s “This Week,” referring to the $6 trillion infrastructure plan he pushed for this summer.
“Poll after poll shows what we are doing is exactly what the American people wants. It’s not what the big money interest wants, not what the lobbyist wants. It’s what the American people want,” he added.
Sen. Bernie Sanders tells @jonkarl that the $3.5 trillion budget resolution price tag will likely be lowered.
“The $3.5 trillion should be a minimum, but I accept that there's gonna have to be give and take.” https://t.co/5MGcXtm7a4 pic.twitter.com/efP8oRyu7m
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) October 3, 2021
Sanders says that he has the American people on his side and says no matter what they will get their bloated bill passed. The socialist’s bill certainly promises a lot, but very little is directed to infrastructure repair which is what Dem’s used to bring the bill to the floor.
“They want this reconciliation bill to be paid for by doing away with the loopholes that the wealthy and large corporations enjoy. So we have the American people, very, very strongly on our side. We’ve got the president of the United States on our side. Got 96% of the members of the Democratic Caucus in the House on our side. We got all but two senators at this point, and the Democratic caucus on our side. We’re going to win this thing. We’re going to pass a strong infrastructure bill to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure. And we’re going to pass a reconciliation bill,” he said.
“We have the American people very, very strongly on our side…we’re gonna win this thing.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders tells @jonkarl that he is confident the Senate will pass the budget reconciliation bill despite two Democratic holdouts. https://t.co/jjtxMk6IoC pic.twitter.com/g2PFH3OcIO
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) October 3, 2021
The issue with Bernie’s socialist’s wet-dream of a bill is that nothing is actually free. While he may be upset that the bill has dropped down from $6T to $3.5T, it will still fall on the heads of the American taxpayers to fulfill this humungous order.

Erica Carlin is an independent journalist, opinion writer and contributor to several news and opinion sources. She is based in Georgia.
