Workers at top 20 US low-wage firms rely on public assistance, report says

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7. This is a core Dem issue being sold badly, imo

This article is about Medicaid. So it's a National Health Care issue in disguise. Framing it as an inequality issue or, worse, a "public assistance" drain is very ineffective, imo. It's taking what should be a winning argument and arguing it in the weakest possible way. It feels emotionally strong for some, but its persuasive appeal peaks and stalls far below a majority. It keeps us stuck.

What we want is national health care, fair pay, and affordability. Leave fairness out of it. Leave so-called inequality out of it. Leave any scent of redistribution out of it. Those are beside the point and make otherwise persuadable people walk. We want what we want, and we want everyone to be on board with us. Sell the upsides, imo, not the gripes. You catch more flies with honey.