ogressive policies are based on science. Liberals are the reality-based community. They invest in our future using the best expert policies to pass $400 billion bills they can't possibly pay for because it's the politically correct thing to do.
Welcome to the Ground Zero of left-wing policymaking.
A proposal to adopt a single-payer healthcare system for California took an initial step forward Thursday when the state Senate approved a bare-bones bill that lacks a method for paying the $400-billion cost of the plan.
“Despite the incredible progress California has made, millions still do not have access to health insurance and millions more cannot afford the high deductibles and co-pays, and they often forgo care,” Lara said during a floor debate on the bill.
Much like California can't afford Lara's bill.
The bill, which now goes to the state Assembly for consideration, will have to be further developed, Lara conceded, adding he hopes to reach a consensus on a way to pay for it.
The money tree? Money fairies? A trillion dollar coin? Declaring a Communist state and seizing everyone's money?
“We don’t have the money to pay for it,” Sen. Tom Berryhill (R-Modesto) said. “If we cut every single program and expense from the state budget and redirected that money to this bill, SB 562, we wouldn’t even cover half of the $400-billion price tag.”
That's okay. Math was invented by old dead white men. Intersectional math says we can pay for everything if we just scream loudly enough.
Lara said action is required because of what is happening in Washington.
“With President Trump’s promise to abandon the Affordable Care Act as we know it — for one that leaves millions without access to care — California is once again tasked to lead," he told his colleagues.
Courageously lead... over the cliff.