Tonight on ABCworldnews BS tells me EW's MFA Plan Could Have a "Very Negative Impact on

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32. Think what Sanders is specifically talking about is Warren's Medicare Head Tax

as opposed to raising the payroll tax which is a more progressive approach and eliminates the ability of employers to game the system.

The clearest explanation of the unintended consequences of Elizabeth Warren's funding approach is here:

https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2019/11/01/warrens-perpetual-medicare-head-tax-is-unworkable-and-bad/

Hoarse Whisperer (for those of you who follow his twitter account) referenced this explanation, even though he hated to agree with Bruenig's conclusions.

In any case, I think this is what happens when you try to reverse-engineer a funding scheme primarily to eliminate middle-class tax liabilities. Those taxes are something Sanders has admitted will be critical in the funding a M4A package. In addition Warren has included numbers most people have claimed are overly optimistic to downright impossible to rely on: Immigration reform, for instance or how much money could be saved through stricter IRS enforcement rules.

But after all the hollering, I think we're beginning to see how a mandatory Medicare 4 All push will tie an anchor around the Democratic Party for 2020.

I read a tweet by Rick Wilson today who says GOP pollsters are already testing the M4A arguments--taking away private insurance and replacing it with a government run program, then comparing it (not saying this is fair) to the inefficiencies of the Post Office or the DMV or TSA. The whole idea is to invoke fear and anxiety. According to Wilson (yes he's a Republican strategist), the pollsters are in heaven with the results.

We're having an uncomfortable reality check. Anything that lessens our chances to get rid of Trump? Needs to be thrown overboard, period.