Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America Highlight

There probably isn’t a better example of how the Democratic Party thinks, or nonthinks as it were, than this. Instead of repealing a grossly anticompetitive law that was passed basically by mistake sixty years ago, the party decided to try to ensure private competition in the health insurance industry by creating a state-run insurance plan. “They basically didn’t want to pick another fight,” says Martin.