Affordability or Accountability? Dear God, Democrats. Do Both—and More

Summary

The intra-Democratic debate that I despise above all others is the one that holds that Democrats must either do X or Y but cannot possibly do both X and Y. It has made me insane for years. The people who lead these simple-minded arguments are alleged to be antagonists, because some of them support the Democrats doing X and others Y; but in fact, they are partners, symbiotic co-conspirators in a debate on which hours of time and millions of dollars are wasted and that repeatedly keeps the party from acting on its core historic convictions. Think of it this way. Have you ever, once in your…

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