“One thing that conservatives did very effectively was they sort of claimed the ‘ideas’ space. They

“One thing that conservatives did very effectively was they sort of claimed the ‘ideas’ space. They talked a lot about values, and kind of won a lot of the arguments—or at least won a lot of the media space—for their values, beginning with the Reagan administration, in such a way that even Democrats were compelled to do what I would consider largely conservative things when they took office, really, at any time in my lifetime. So it’s very important to me that we’re winning a values argument too. It’s why I talk about things like freedom, and why freedom can’t just be a property of the conservative movement to the Republicans.“But that means constructive freedom. To me, something like the work that goes on in Consumer Financial Protection is freedom because you’re not free if you’re prevented from suing a credit card company after they get caught ripping you off. Healthcare is freedom to me. It secures our freedom to have access to healthcare, which is why I’ve been clear about Medicare-For-All being the desired destination for us.“But also, I believe that politicians who talk about things like Medicare-For-All should have some account of the glide path to get there, and that’s why I’ve described how if we design it in the right way, making a version of Medicare available on the exchanges for people to buy into as an option will be the pathway to get there.”Pete Buttigieg - Full Interview | Rachel Maddow (4/17/2019) -- source link

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