Donald Trump pledged Wednesday to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections, an extraordinary gambit to reverse his party’s sagging fortunes in November.
The dubious promise would likely cost more than $1 trillion and require congressional approval, and would further exacerbate the country’s nearly $1.8 trillion annual budget deficit and concerns about inflation.
Democrats. You are describing Democrats. Not necessarily voters, but like, the actual party. And they actually think means testing is like, some super secret thing that actually improves things.
See I always interpreted it as a way to get “moderate republicans” on board; triangulation tells them that if they move their policies to the right, then moderates who are afraid of good polucy will vote for them. I remember Obama talking about how not free his healthcare plan was, repeating “skin in the game” dozens of times.