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The plan trades off with a public option in terms of economics AND political capital
Annie Lowrey 18. Staff writer at The Atlantic. “A Promise So Big, Democrats Aren’t Sure How to Keep It,” The Atlantic. May 11, 2018. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/05/the-democratic-party-wants-to-end-unemployment/560153/,
For some Democratic policy wonks, the trade-offs in both economic and political capital seem the most salient. What do you give up by implementing a jobs guarantee? What comes first: a public option for health insurance, or a major jobs plan, or an expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit, or a universal child allowance, or a major educational debt-relief plan, or postal banking—all of which are ideas being pushed by Democratic presidential aspirants right now?
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