'But ... but ... but ... free stuff?' Study suggests Bernie's plan would add $18 trillion to national debt

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Brace yourselves, folks. We’ve got some crazy news to share with you:

Study: Sanders' economic plans would blow an $18T hole in the deficit, damage economy. https://t.co/Mz8CJym9aB pic.twitter.com/6E8W3Z5SqH

— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) May 9, 2016

Study: Sanders' economic plan would pile $18 trillion on federal debt and damage the economy https://t.co/c9f94wzuXN

— Hunter Schwarz (@hunterschwarz) May 9, 2016

More from the AP:

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ tax and spending proposals would provide new levels of health and education benefits for American families, but they’d also blow an $18-trillion hole in federal deficits, piling on so much debt they would damage the economy.

That sobering assessment comes from a joint analysis released Monday by the nonpartisan Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center and the Urban Institute Health Policy Center, well-known Washington think tanks.

The bottom line: Sanders would raise taxes by more than $15 trillion over 10 years, with most of that paid by upper-income earners. But his proposed government-run health care system, along with free undergraduate college, enhanced Social Security, family and medical leave, and other new programs, would spend far more, adding $18 trillion to federal debt over a decade.

Unpossible!

@hunterschwarz Shocking.

— Michael Jones (@MichaelJones7) May 9, 2016

Seriously. How can that be???

*le gasp* https://t.co/qA3iaTCLM4

— Dr. Kankokage (@kankokage) May 9, 2016

But…but…but…free stuff? https://t.co/XUkEVZzHA3

— Chet Cannon (@Chet_Cannon) May 9, 2016

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@AP_Politics @AP You mean Bernie isn't a genius?

— ??LoveItOrSTFU (@onthecatibbean) May 9, 2016

Guess not.

Well, if Bernie takes it all in November, there’s only one surefire way to prevent the study’s prediction from coming true:

@AP_Politics @AP we should probably just print money.

— whothehellcaaas (@LLMATTJ) May 9, 2016

What a coincidence! That’s what Trump said, too!

Trump on his debt proposal: "First of all, you never have to default because you print the money."

— Phil Mattingly (@Phil_Mattingly) May 9, 2016

Trump: We'll Just Print Money to Avoid the Default I Specifically Advocated for on Saturday | RedState https://t.co/8n30wwZTHb

— Leon Wolf (@LeonHWolf) May 9, 2016

Editor’s note: This headline of this post originally read “$18 billion.” We’ve corrected the typo and apologize for any confusion.