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. We could have helped pay the salaries of more than 100,000 teachers and nurses, two jobs that are crucial and where we've seen shortages. (11:04–11:13)
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Asserts that $12 billion could cover retirement and disability pay for veterans.
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