the democrat can't come up with a single new "progressive" idea that doesn't involve taxing more and spending more
what are they going to do when they run out of money?
not really a party of the future
It's slightly more nuanced than that. All their programs involve taxing republicans to get money to give to their supporters. Other than few highly paid NYC bankers, corporate weenies and movie stars, virtually everyone else who pays meaningful federal income taxes votes republican.
So for democrats, crazy schemes like obamacare are win-win. They push big government, but they also subsidize their own constituencies and force republicans to pay for it. How sweet is that?