it s $25 billion more than the budgetary request of the white house. that s one year. and again, i know i m throwing a lot of numbers at people, but this is part of what s so maddening about the situation, the one-year versus the ten-year scoring. in the ten-year scoring, that s $250 billion. i have been tracking all these negotiations about build back better. that would be a huge chunk, just that, just the little bit over above what the white house asked for, times ten would buy you clearance room for a whole new program in build back better. what you re talking about, and i hope people understand, when we talk about $1.75 trillion, for build back better, that s over a ten-year period. when you talk about $778 billion for the military, it is one year. multiply that by ten. and probably you ll end up with close to $10 trillion over a ten-year period. i was laughing the other day because the new york times did a piece. it was a perfectly good piece
negotiations, about build back better. that would be a huge chunk, just a little bit, over above what the white house asked for times ten, would buy you clearance room for a whole new program in build back better. what you re talking about, and i hope people understand, when we talk about 1.75 trillion for build back better. that s over a ten-year period. when you talk about 778 billion for the military, it is one year. multiply that by ten, and you probably end with ten trillion dollar over ten-year period. i was laughing the other day because the new york times had a piece, and it was a perfectly good piece about all the different things that are build back better. the framing was a little weird, to my mind, but one of the things i mentioned, i think it build back better there is about 25 million with an m dollars for doulas, who are practitioners that help women give birth. and there s a lot of empirical