Every ‘graph in the Mallaby piece is money, but this one gets to the heart of what’s wrong with “progressives.”
“In the 1990s progressives argued loudly for the reform that allowed
poor Americans to keep Medicaid benefits even if they had a job. Now
that this policy is helping workers at Wal-Mart, progressives shouldn’t
blame the company. Besides, many progressives favor a national health
system. In other words, they attack Wal-Mart for having 5 percent of
its workers receive health care courtesy of taxpayers when the policy
that they support would increase that share to 100 percent.”
