# DSA leader dismisses $49T cost estimate for socialist policies as a ‘made-up number’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/dsa-leader-dismisses-49t-cost-estimate-for-socialist-policies-as-a-made-up-number/
- Published: 2026-11-04T22:50:51+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T02:36:30+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/media/dsa-leader-dismisses-49t-cost-estimate-socialist-policies-made-up-number
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Romer called the $49 trillion estimate “made up”.
- She offered no alternative cost figure.
- The White House estimate is about $355,000 per household over ten years.

## Summary

Democratic Socialists of America co-chair Megan Romer rejected a White House estimate that the group’s policy proposals would cost $49 trillion, calling it a “made-up number”. The exchange followed electoral gains by DSA-backed candidates and focused on how their plans, including universal healthcare and student debt cancellation, would be funded.

Romer did not provide her own total, saying costs would depend on which programmes were introduced and which existing ones were phased out. The White House Council of Economic Advisers estimated the proposals would cost about $355,000 per US household over ten years; during the interview, anchor Martha MacCallum cited a separate estimate of $47 trillion and compared it with a $961 billion US defence budget. Romer argued that military spending should be redirected to social priorities.

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