Embrace the suck

[TexasTowelie]

4. You're welcome.

I agree with the author that there is a perception problem that goes far beyond any policy positions that could have been proposed by either Sanders or Clinton. The GOP has won the hearts of the anti-government, anti-taxation populace despite the economic misery they unleash when they are in power. There is a mindset that people would prefer to be impoverished and without health care rather than to pay for public and social services because they believe that some benevolent caretaker (usually a church organization) will arrive to take care of their needs. That is what occurs when half of the population is below average intelligence.