Jared Kushner Is More of an Economic Populist Than Steve Bannon

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By Eric Levitz at New York Magazine

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/04/kushner-is-more-of-an-economic-populist-than-steve-bannon.html

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It’s hard to see how this is true, unless we assume that “populist” is just a euphemism for “white nationalist.” According to the Daily Beast, one of Bannon’s major frustrations with Kushner is that he kept bringing Zeke Emanuel, a Democrat and an Obamacare supporter, to the White House to discuss options on health-care policy.

Bannon preferred for the president to hash out the details of Trumpcare with the House Freedom Caucus, the libertarian extremists who were content to repeal the Affordable Care Act without a replacement.

Here are some things that Trump promised populist voters on health-care policy:

1) No cuts to Medicaid.

2) Everybody will be guaranteed high-quality, affordable insurance.

3) Medicare will negotiate drug prices with pharmaceutical companies.

Zeke Emanuel supports these policy goals. The House Freedom Caucus does not. In fact, many of its members would be happy to abolish Medicaid entirely.

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1. True or not, the GOP leadership would never support these goals.

They are inconsistent with the GOP goal of monetizing the entire healthcare system.

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2. And making sure there are fewer older people unless they are rich.