This group's support for Medicare for All, free college, and student-debt relief is sometimes likened to a "Give me free stuff" movement.
Every movement wants free stuff, if by free stuff one means "Stuff given preferential treatment in the tax code." By this definition, Medicare is free stuff, and investment income is free stuff, and suburban home values propped up by the mortgage-interest deduction are free stuff.
The free stuff in the tax code today benefits Americans with income and wealth-a population that is disproportionately old.
Many Americans have a deep aversion to anything that can be characterized as "Political correctness" or "Socialism." And this might be the biggest challenge for the young progressive agenda.
The young left's deep skepticism toward capitalism simply isn't shared by previous generations.
The far right has responded with calls for xenophobic nationalism to preserve national identity, while the left has responded with calls for social democracy to restore socioeconomic justice.
Assuming Milburn's analysis is correct, the young progressive movement will have to shed its first adjective in order to gain power.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/12/young-left-third-party/603232/
Every movement wants free stuff, if by free stuff one means "Stuff given preferential treatment in the tax code." By this definition, Medicare is free stuff, and investment income is free stuff, and suburban home values propped up by the mortgage-interest deduction are free stuff.
The free stuff in the tax code today benefits Americans with income and wealth-a population that is disproportionately old.
Many Americans have a deep aversion to anything that can be characterized as "Political correctness" or "Socialism." And this might be the biggest challenge for the young progressive agenda.
The young left's deep skepticism toward capitalism simply isn't shared by previous generations.
The far right has responded with calls for xenophobic nationalism to preserve national identity, while the left has responded with calls for social democracy to restore socioeconomic justice.
Assuming Milburn's analysis is correct, the young progressive movement will have to shed its first adjective in order to gain power.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/12/young-left-third-party/603232/
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