We could have lowered prescription drug costs for tens of millions of people. We could have paid the entire National Park Service for more than three years. We could have given Pell grants to 1.6 million students so they could afford to go to college. We could have provided retirement and disability pay for veterans wounded in combat and still had plenty of money left over. (10:57–11:04)
CLAIM
Asserts that $12 billion could provide Pell grants to 1.6 million students.
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