Republicans Are Only Opposed to Redistribution that Goes Downward

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Published by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 29/05/2017 - 10:44pm

Dean Baker

Matt O'Brien's Wonkblog piece might have misled readers on Republicans views on the role of government. O'Brien argued that the reason that the Republicans have such a hard time designing a workable health care plan is:

"Republicans are philosophically opposed to redistribution, but health care is all about redistribution."