(April 14, 2020 at 10:41 am)Aegon Wrote:(April 13, 2020 at 9:43 pm)AFTT47 Wrote: I'm sure Joe would LIKE Medicare for all if it were practical. But is it? How much additional tax burden would that require? Is that something it is realistic both parties will get on board with?
That's pragmatism and realism.
There is going to have to be a cultural shift where most people feel that the moral imperative of universal healthcare is more important than their feeling that taxation is bad.
You can't force it. People need to WANT it.
It's certainly possible, but extremely difficult. Most likely will take a decade. We'll need public option transitional period first, for several years.
It's just like "Don't ask, Don't tell" had to come before gays openly serving in the military. People get spooked when you change too much too fast. You have to make changes incrementally or there will be so much push-back, your efforts will be defeated.
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