Biden Bashes Bernie: ‘For a Socialist, You Have a Lot More Confidence in Corporate America Than I Do’

Eric Scheiner | September 12, 2019
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Presidential hopeful Joe Biden bashed Sen. Bernie Sanders' Medicare-For-All plan during Thursday's Democratic debates.

"If you notice, nobody's yet said how much it's going to cost the taxpayer," Biden said.

"I hear this large savings, the -- my friend from Vermont thinks that the employer is going to give you back  - if you negotiate the union all these years, you got a cut in wages because you got insurance. They’re going to give back that money to the employee?" Biden asked Sanders.

"As a matter of fact, they will," Sanders said.

"Let me tell you something. For a socialist, you have a lot more confidence in corporate America than I do," Biden quipped back.

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