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4. No, it is not part of the social package

The social package is whatever we decide it is. And if we persist in making ineffective proposals that are only red meat to the culture war part of the social package, then the social package will remain where it is: dreamland.

We are not Europe. We are America. If we can institute some European-style social programs here in America, it will be American versions.

Enhanced child care has nothing to do with and is not dependent on banning assault weapons. Medicare for all has nothing to do with and is not dependent on banning 11-plus capacity magazines. Raising taxes on the rich has nothing to do with and is not dependent on whether semi-automatic rifles with detachable magazines are allowed to have zero, one, or two protruding pistol grips.

It's a false dichotomy. The only way they are linked is that Democrats have to be in power to achieve these goals, because for goddamn sure the Republicans aren't.

And I know, and you should know, that far more lives will be saved with Medicare for all than with a ban on semi-automatic rifles with detachable magazines that have a pistol grip.