> Democrats don't just come out and admit that they want a wealth redistribution program that they can use to show voters how compassionate they are with other people's money.

I want a wealth distribution program that means that thanks to a genetic condition I had no role in acquiring (if you're "doing a good job taking care of yourself" and never get cancer or some other nasty expensive disease, why don't you count your fucking blessings that you're healthy instead of bitching about having to subsidize others) means that I don't get a death sentence if I ever am sick enough to lose my job for long enough to lose coverage and get fucked over in the future on preexisting condition exclusions. Or fucked over due to lifetime benefit caps.

And I want one that protects other people in similar situations too.

So maybe not everyone's motivations are as cynical as you make them out to be.