entitlement spending

2 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Apr 23, 2018 by Michael Cembalest · across every show →

Everything said about entitlement spending, oldest first

Apr 23, 2018 neutral
What-if
A Bernie Sanders-style tax plan would barely dent the U.S. entitlement ratio
“And secondly, even if you do a Bernie Sanders level tax plan, which is basically taxing everything that moves, it only brings that ratio from five to one back to baby three and a half or 3.8 to one.”
Michael Cembalest Apr 23, 2018 ▶ 50:03 Michael Cembalest – Eye on the Market (Capital Allocators, EP.49)
Apr 23, 2018 bearish
Prediction Didn’t hold up
U.S. entitlement to discretionary spending ratio will hit 5:1 within a decade
“Because in 1970, the country spent the same amount on entitlement spending As it did on all of the rest of the non-entitlement discretionary spending. And so that one to one ratio became one and a half to one, then two to one. And now it's three to one, and it…”
Michael Cembalest Apr 23, 2018 ▶ 49:15 Michael Cembalest – Eye on the Market (Capital Allocators, EP.49)
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