2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Sanders is willing to sacrifice growth for the sake of redistribution. [View all]drm604
(16,230 posts)He's saying this in opposition to the right-wing dogma that economic growth should be the overriding goal and that everyone will automatically benefit from such growth.
The idea that everyone will automatically benefit from growth obviously isn't true, as recent experience shows. The goal should be the overall well being of the American people. If providing healthcare, jobs, and environmental protection slows down that growth then that's acceptable.
He's certainly not objecting to the possibility that providing those things might actually lead to more growth (something I believe), just that growth in and of itself isn't sufficient if it doesn't benefit the majority of the population.
He's saying that we shouldn't simply concentrate on growth and assume that all good things will follow.
This seems like something that the majority of the people on on a Democratic website should agree with.