Just a reminder that two things the GOP says are impossible — affordable universal health care & low levels of gun violence — are realities in every single developed economy except the US.
— David Roberts (@drvox) August 3, 2019
The word “impossible” is often used by Democrats (particularly about health care) as well, so it’s not just the GOP — it’s all those useless centrists joining right in. When asked to explain why literally every developed country in the world has these features and the US does not, there’s a lot of hand-waving, hemming and hawing, but in reality it’s the Kevin Drum answer: it’s slightly more convenient for them if nothing changes.
The reality is of course that the US could have these things, and free or very cheap college, and it would save money and resources over time compared to the privatized/free market alternative, which of course is just a scam to funnel money from the poor and middle class to the rich.