Assertion: compromise | /r/CapableOf | improve the status quo
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text: Supporters of the TRA and ACA believed that the compromises would improve the status quo, but the principled positions that reformers espoused--a simple and transparent tax code or universal and affordable health care coverage, for example--did not survive intact in the tangled process that produced the final legislation.
text: Some compromises that improve on the status quo are likely to block further progress and set dangerous procedural precedents--for example, by legitimating deception or manipulation by more powerful and privileged parties.
text: Supporters of the Tax Reform Act and Affordable Care Act believed that the compromises would improve the status quo, but at first they clung tenaciously to their principles.