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Thx. I agree #3 isn't a conclusion, if that's what Halpin is saying (I didn't read the essay). And on #s 1 and 2, my view is that we are really divided and have been for quite a while - no conclusion there. Is that what Halpin is also saying?

But on #3, that is a relatively new thing. I don't think half the nation thinks we should take care of those who choose not to work, unless they are mothers with young children, in which case ensuring they have adequate health care and housing is a good thing and there is support for that among family-oriented conservatives. (Was that who AOC was talking about? I don't know that quote.)

On ensuring good paying jobs, I am worried about future Americans' employability as technology eliminates those jobs as it has been doing for decades. Universal basic income has been proposed to offset that loss, but the People don't know enough about this issue and whether it's going to happen to be clearly divided.

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