Zohran Mamdani: “Making buses free would cost less than what I just cited.”

“And even though he promised that for every dollar invested, it would yield $30 in economic benefits, there was no question when it only yielded $0.54. And ultimately, these questions are only raised when you're talking about Making buses free would cost less than what I just cited. or delivering universal childcare, which would also cost less than the economic cost we're seeing of the absence of that, which is more than $20 billion just a few years ago.” (18:17–18:33)

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