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sc94597 said:
To expand on my previous reply, Biden doesn't support universal healthcare (no his anemic public option which lobbyists are trying to get rid of doesn't cover everyone), meanwhile Gerald Ford (a Republican) supported a national health insurance bill. https://www.ontheissues.org/celeb/Gerald_Ford_Health_Care.htm "In his first address to Congress after succeeding Nixon, President Gerald Ford urged lawmakers to approve a national health insurance bill, but President Ford's short tenure was dominated by high inflation and other economic woes." |
I appreciate the help. I was hoping for something a little more robust but as I was unable to find anything, it was more of a shot in the dark than anything.
I do think that on many social issues, the country has been moving fairly steadily to the left, however, economic issues seem to either be stagnating or moving to the right (and in many cases, stagnation is in itself a movement to the right, like in regards to minimum wages). That said, how much of that can be attributed to ratcheting, I don't know.
