People approaching retirement age likewise must be assured that if they have the bad luck to need institutional long-term care, decent provision will be made. A social-insurance budget for caring would make America a much more decent place. Gentle reader, America could actually afford this program. The only thing that stands in our way is the lunacy of a massive tax cut. On this issue, public opinion is on our side and there is a majority politics in waiting.
Voters care about care.
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