The right ran 200 yards further right. As much as I hate Reagan, that guy wouldn't recognize the current GOP. There are barely any moderate republicans left.
The current GOP is defunding everything from the state department, EPA to education. Meanwhile the democrats (outside of Sanders who's a self-defined independent, and Warren) are afraid to even suggest universal healthcare because it would be too left-leaning.
If a significant portion of the US population doesn't want Universal Healthcare, then it is too left leaning. Just because many European countries have adopted a policy doesn't mean the US should, especially if the populace disagrees.
You live in a bubble if you think a handful of countries in Europe qualify as "everyone else" in the world, and also if you think those countries haven't had any issues with Universal Healthcare.
Ya know, the country that scored tops on that study.
The fact is that there are a lot of people in the US that don't think they should be paying for everyone else's healthcare. This causes numerous problems when you are trying to implement a healthcare plan that covers everyone equally, for somewhat obvious reasons. I'd argue that the the US healthcare system will always be crippled as long as people feel this way, and I'm not sure how to change their minds.
No, my point is that moderate SHOULD mean somewhere in the middle. But if the geometric middle is moved 100 yards right, then "moderate" loses its meaning.
The "left" is moderate, the current right is something else.
The current GOP is defunding everything from the state department, EPA to education. Meanwhile the democrats (outside of Sanders who's a self-defined independent, and Warren) are afraid to even suggest universal healthcare because it would be too left-leaning.
The democrats are TOO moderate.