>How quickly we forget that Bill Clinton was responsible for dismantling welfare in the 1990s. No one forgot, it's just not relevant to this conversation. The

>How quickly we forget that Bill Clinton was responsible for dismantling welfare in the 1990s. No one forgot, it's just not relevant to this conversation. The choice was between Hillary Clinton and Trump. Whatever Bill did can be discussed on their merits. >Nor does Hillary Clinton think she could get universal healthcare done And she's right by your very own admission: the Republicans currently control Congress. Universal healthcare isn't happening anytime soon. What could have been done is limiting the damage the Republicans could do while working to take back the legislature. You chose to exchange that real chance for idealistic fantasy. >Step 3 is in progress. Step 2 was beyond our control due to Republican majorities. But, again, there didn't have to be a Republican President to implement their policies. It was very much within our control. You are, again, ignoring reality. >Excuse our dust while we fix our country. We who? The Republican majorities you seem to oppose are now both in power and have a President who works with them. The "dust" is the human misery currently being caused by them while your glorious Golden Age beckons just over the horizon. I'm not happy calling that suffering "dust" or accepting it as the price to pay for some nebulous future, and I don't think "you have to break some eggs to make an omelette" is very principled at all, especially when those affected in the meanwhile are the poorest and most vulnerable, exactly the people you claim to want to help.