Opinion | Can America Afford to Become a Major Social Welfare State?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : And those taxes aren't just the explicit ones that finance benefits such as public education or health care.
58% : government-funded pre-K for 3- and 4-year-olds, expanded child credits for families with children, two years of tuition-free community college, increased Pell grants for other college students, enhanced health insurance subsidies, paid family and medical leave, and expansions in Medicare for older Americans.
57% : Mr. Okun explains the trade-off with a metaphor: Providing a social safety net is like using a leaky bucket to redistribute water among people with different amounts.

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