Tuesday, March 1, 2016

"Let's be clear: opposing a proposal only because ...

... one believes it cannot be passed is usually a dodge. One should judge the merits. Strong leaders prove their skill by persuading people to embrace their visions. But single-payer is different. It is radical in a way that no legislation has ever been in the United States."
— Henry Aaron, Ph.D., a senior fellow in economic studies at The Brookings Institution, a left-leaning think tank, writing about presidential candidate Bernie Sanders' (I-Vt.) support for a single-payer system in the U.S., which Aaron calls "a dream" that has no chance of passage.

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