As a wise man once told me during the Clinton Administration, "we're really good at finding 1000 reasons to do something, but never just one." What he meant was Democrats like white papers, long lists of reasons to take action & complex arguments are impossible to communicate.
The problem with the $3.5 T reconciliation package (Build Back Better) is not its size, the boldness and sweeping nature of the initiative are just what's needed, it's that it's hard to translate why it's essential to average voters, hard to communicate how it'll help them.
It needs to be broken down to a few key points, an easy to frame and understand argument about the good it will do, how it will help right away, how it will transform lives for the better. It's a bill about creating jobs and restoring opportunity and fairness to American life.
It's about enhancing the opportunities that exist for all Americans and about better protecting us all. It's about remaking the US economy for the 21st Century. I'm not sure what the exact framing is...but it is clear to me it must be simpler and more resonant.
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