We should pass a VAT and give all those people a UBI. Then they'll have plenty of time to look for new jobs.
I think that's the part we disagree on.
If door A is passing the public option, a universal child allowance, severely expanding the EITC, decent parental leave, etc., all fairly easily because those are all incredibly good things that even moderates like Bennett are for, and door B is passing M4A barely after a fight that makes the ACA looks pleasant and easy, I'm going to pick option A.
Also, sometimes when you go for a revolutionary plan that turns out to be unpopular, politicians don't respond by going, "let's do something a little smaller instead," they go, "let's not touch that at all." See how George W. Bush didn't pass anything related to Social Security at all after his privatization plan died at launch.
That seems very politically unrealistic. In the current American system, the most important thing to do is make huge drastic changes as quickly as possible to make them harder for Republicans to unwind. That's actually one of the big bright spots of Bernie's plan: once we outlaw private insurance, it will be gone. The Republicans can't bring it back by passing another bill.
I mean, I'm pretty sure you don't think we shouldn't have passed the ACA, even though the GOP rolled some of it back.
