Hillary Clinton’s quiet revolution

[DonViejo]

Nobody's noticed, but she's running on an ambitious plan to remake the American social compact.

Updated by Dylan Matthews@[e-mail] Nov 3, 2016, 1:20pm EDT

Hillary Clinton often gets described as an incrementalist, with a relatively modest agenda. This makes sense, given that she spent the past two years or so running against a literal democratic socialist and Donald Trump.

But this depiction misleads more than it informs. Amid her blizzard of plans and white papers, the scope and ambition of Clinton’s program often gets missed. Just imagine, for a second, what a world in which it all became law would look like.

The vast majority of families would be able to send children to public colleges and universities tuition-free. Four-year-olds would have universal access to pre-K, and child care would be massively subsidized so as to cap costs at 10 percent of a family’s income. All workers would get 12 weeks paid family leave and 12 weeks paid medical leave, in case they need to care for a new child, a sick family member, or themselves. The child tax credit would be doubled for families with young children and made available to poor families with little earnings.

Eleven million undocumented immigrants would gain a pathway to citizenship. Medicare would be expanded to people as young as 55, and allowed to negotiate down drug prices with pharmaceutical companies, and every state would have a robust public option. All states would expand Medicaid coverage to anyone living underneath the poverty line, and subsidies for health care on the exchanges would be more generous. The government would cover out-of-pocket health costs through the tax code. Federal money would be able to pay for abortions for people with government-paid insurance. Social Security benefits would increase. The minimum wage would be at least $12, maybe $15 an hour, and firms could unionize through card check rather than having to go through elections.

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http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/3/13318750/hillary-clinton-vision-government

[Wounded Bear]

1. K & R ......for visibility..nt

[BlueCaliDem]

2. But she can't make any of those come to fruition if we don't give her a Congress she can work with.

We MUST work hard to get rid of obstructionist Republicans in both the House and Senate. If the American people really want all those wonderful policies to become a reality, she needs a Congress that will work with her. Period.

GOTV for a Democratic House and Senate! Give our gal what she needs so she can fight for us!

[Hekate]

5. Amen

[Cha]

3. Yeah, they won't know what hit 'em!

[Madam45for2923]

4. one thousand thumbs up!!!!

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[Hekate]

6. No wonder Bernie is out there working so hard to get Hill elected

Let's get her a Congress for the New Year!