Ready for the Democratic battle?

Expect sparks as rivals pile on Bloomberg and Sanders. 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It’ll be Michael Bloomberg’s first presidential debate, and I expect other candidates to whack him over stop-and-frisk and his numerous problematic statements over the years. Bloomberg is understated and serious, prone to neither charisma nor great wit, and I expect he’ll power through it. But he’s also a stubborn guy, and I think the risk for him is that he’ll roll his eyes or otherwise show something that comes across as upper class irritation with the unwashed masses. For all the media interest in Bloomberg, it’s Bernie Sanders who is the front-runner to win the nomination. He’ll come under pressure as well, but he has before and I expect him to fight back. I think he should be pressed in particular about his refusal to release medical records. Seems to me that a 78-year-old who has had a heart attack is morally obliged to share health information. The larger dynamic seems to be that Sanders is consolidating the liberal end of the Democratic spectrum, while the moderate end remains deeply divided (and more divided than ever now that Bloomberg has jumped in). If that continues, Sanders will be the nominee. I’m skeptical of Bloomberg on several levels — including what it would say of America if the general election featured two billionaires — but I was delighted by a couple of proposals he just released. One would allow post offices to offer banking (as is routine in Japan and other countries) and would help millions of unbanked Americans who now pay high fees for financial services. Another would impose a tiny financial transactions tax that could raise $50 billion or so per year (my recommendation would be to use this money to pay for national high-quality pre-K). Sanders has also proposed a financial transactions tax, as have Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-0) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgMFqQP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTYxOTg3JmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDIwMDIyMFcDbnl0QgoAKpDVTV6SkZ-YUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgMFqQP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTYxOTg5JmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDIwMDIyMFcDbnl0QgoAKpDVTV6SkZ-YUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgMFqQP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTYxOTg4JmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDIwMDIyMFcDbnl0QgoAKpDVTV6SkZ-YUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ We’re Tortured with Bootstraps The United States doesn’t have a national pre-K, the way lots of countries do. We don’t have robust job-training programs, as other countries do. We don’t have universal health insurance. Instead, we have a national obsession with bootstraps: When people are in trouble, we wag our fingers and exhort them to lift themselves up by their bootstraps. I had a fun time digging up the etymology of that expression. In the 1800s, it meant the opposite of what it does now — it meant to do something impossible or absurd, for obviously we can’t lift ourselves up by our own bootstraps. It was only in the 20th century that it became an admonition to actually help yourself. This came to mind partly because Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently noted the absurdity of lifting oneself up by one’s bootstraps, and she was promptly denounced by Fox News and others. But [my column today argues](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgMFqQP0TjaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wMi8xOS9vcGluaW9uL2Vjb25vbWljLW1vYmlsaXR5Lmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjAwMjIwJmNhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE2MTEwJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MjE0MjAmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyMjAyMDAyMjBXA255dEIKACqQ1U1ekpGfmFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) that our bootstraps mythology is not only based on poor physics but has also been an impediment to sensible policy. It suggests that Americans historically thrived purely by their own efforts, that benefit programs breed “dependency,” and that anyone can lift themselves up; each is incorrect. The cartoon above by Michael Luckovich of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution addresses the dependency argument quite effectively. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-1) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgMFqQP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTI4ODA4JmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDIwMDIyMFcDbnl0QgoAKpDVTV6SkZ-YUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgMFqQP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTI4ODA5JmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDIwMDIyMFcDbnl0QgoAKpDVTV6SkZ-YUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgMFqQP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTI4ODEwJmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDIwMDIyMFcDbnl0QgoAKpDVTV6SkZ-YUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ Of course, we should encourage people to do what they can to elevate themselves, and that’s what the United States historically did, particularly for whites, with the Homestead acts, rural electrification, low-cost state universities and community colleges and the G.I. Bill of Rights. If we want people to get ahead, let’s provide drug treatment, job training and job incentives like the earned-income tax credit. But instead of telling those left behind to lift themselves up, let’s offer a helping hand. [Check out the column.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgMFqQP0TjaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wMi8xOS9vcGluaW9uL2Vjb25vbWljLW1vYmlsaXR5Lmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjAwMjIwJmNhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE2MTEwJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MjE0MjAmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyMjAyMDAyMjBXA255dEIKACqQ1U1ekpGfmFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) A Reader Writes My wife, Sheryl WuDunn, and I are still traveling around on our book tour, talking about our new book, “Tightrope.” [This link should work](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgMFqQP4RwAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnBlbmd1aW5yYW5kb21ob3VzZS5jb20vYXV0aG9ycy8xNjI5My9uaWNob2xhcy1kLWtyaXN0b2Y_dGU9MSZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjAwMjAxJmNhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE1Njc0JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MjA5MTAmdXNlcl9pZD0xY2Y5ZjQ1MDRkNjY5YmIyZjdhNThhYjFhZmJjY2JjZSZyZWdpX2lkPTc1MTM2Mjk1MjAyMDAyMDElMjAmY2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTYxMTAmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0yMTQyMCZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTI7cmVnaV9pZD03NTEzNjI5NTIwMjAwMjAxJTIwVwNueXRCCgAqkNVNXpKRn5hSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) for our remaining book tour, from Los Angeles to Skokie, Il.; Westport, Conn., to Montclair, N.J., Springfield, Mass., to Washington, D.C. And we’re even going to speak in the wilds of New York City! I received a moving note from a reader in Seattle who attended a talk my wife and I gave there about our new book, “Tightrope,” which he has just read. His note goes to the bootstraps issue and acknowledges that, more than we think, our outcomes are often determined by our beginnings. Successful people tend to credit their hard work and diligence, and there’s something to that — but they also owe their luck to the lottery of birth, for the odds are that they grew up in a loving and supporting family. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-2) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgMFqQP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NzI4Njk1JmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDIwMDIyMFcDbnl0QgoAKpDVTV6SkZ-YUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgMFqQP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NzI4Njk2JmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDIwMDIyMFcDbnl0QgoAKpDVTV6SkZ-YUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgMFqQP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NzI4Njk4JmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDIwMDIyMFcDbnl0QgoAKpDVTV6SkZ-YUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ Here’s what Mike Stimac wrote (I quoted part of it in my column): I grew up in a small town in western Washington. I had two parents who gave me a home, no alcohol or physical abuse. I always felt like we were just making it. My parents were blue collar (machinist, sawmill operator, seamstress, cafeteria cook). I never felt like I was privileged, but I see now that I was. I went off to college, got a pharmacy degree, realized I hated it and fell back on how I paid for college doing construction. Being a carpenter and general contractor, here again I felt I “pulled myself up by my bootstraps.” My wife and I made a living with hard work and family help and now have a fairly strong financial standing. But now I realize it is more than hard work and family help. I was privileged to have two parents who valued education (though they never went to college), I am white, and there was no abuse. I am more conservative than liberal. I hunt and am a Christian. Your book needs to be read by all Americans and so many of your examples need to be implemented and financed by the Federal government. This is a real change of heart for me, but we have a real problem in this country. Thanks, Mike, for your open-mindedness and willingness to acknowledge the good fortune of your upbringing. I likewise think all the time how lucky I was to grow up in my house with my parents, when my childhood friend in the next house over is now homeless and living in a park. We can’t change what Warren Buffett calls the “ovarian lottery,” but we can provide help for those kids who are less fortunate to give them a better chance on the tightrope of life. That’s why we need what we call an “ethic of grace,” in which we point fingers less and offer helping hands more. And [here’s my column](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgMFqQP0TjaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wMi8xOS9vcGluaW9uL2Vjb25vbWljLW1vYmlsaXR5Lmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjAwMjIwJmNhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE2MTEwJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MjE0MjAmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyMjAyMDAyMjBXA255dEIKACqQ1U1ekpGfmFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) about what we have instead, the bootstrap ethos. [Please read.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgMFqQP0TjaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wMi8xOS9vcGluaW9uL2Vjb25vbWljLW1vYmlsaXR5Lmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjAwMjIwJmNhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE2MTEwJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MjE0MjAmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyMjAyMDAyMjBXA255dEIKACqQ1U1ekpGfmFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) What I’m Reading: Adam Cohen has written an excellent and sad look at the Supreme Court’s rulings over half a century that have collectively resulted in a more unequal and less fair America. It’s called [“Supreme Inequality: The Supreme Court’s Fifty-Year Battle for a More Unjust America.”](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgMFqQP0TzaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucGVuZ3VpbnJhbmRvbWhvdXNlLmNvbS9ib29rcy81NDYzNTEvc3VwcmVtZS1pbmVxdWFsaXR5LWJ5LWFkYW0tY29oZW4vP3RlPTEmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDIwMDIyMCZjYW1wYWlnbl9pZD00NSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xNjExMCZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTIxNDIwJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MjIwMjAwMjIwVwNueXRCCgAqkNVNXpKRn5hSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) Adam is a brilliant lawyer and journalist himself (he was president of the Harvard Law Review), and I’m finding this book very smart and provocative. Sheryl and I argue in “Tightrope” that the U.S. took a wrong turn over these last 50 years to make the country less fair, but we focused primarily on political leadership and social narrative. 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