tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post7103969126092849885..comments2024-03-28T10:49:14.510-05:00Comments on Horizons: Theories of Change 2008 - 2016Nancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-30235534584294866542016-01-22T15:29:23.511-06:002016-01-22T15:29:23.511-06:00The difference between Hillary's agenda and Be...The difference between Hillary's agenda and Bernie's is that we have NEVER had a Congress willing to do the things Bernie wants to do, but Hillary's goals can probably be achieved in part / incrementally in the course of negotiating with Republicans in the sort of horse trading we've seen over the years. By no means all of what Hillary asks for, but at least some.<br /><br />Was talking to a Bernie supporter today who thinks that it makes to aim for single payer because you start negotiating for more than you want and then it gets negotiated down to what you were hoping for (in this case, maybe a public option). The error in that model of course is that, when you're haggling at a swap meet, both buyer and seller want the outcome to be a sale, whereas the Republicans simply want no health care reform at all to happen. So either they haggle you down to nothing, or they obstruct and you still get nothing.King Beauregardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04043228078537079759noreply@blogger.com