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"Social issues" does not appear in the text of your comment. I do not understand how one can do economic things that are substantially larger than cancelling s
by UncleMeat 9mo ago
"Social issues" does not appear in the text of your comment.
I do not understand how one can do economic things that are substantially larger than cancelling student loan debt while also not "pushing too hard and too fast on a lot of issues."
- palmotea 9mo agoThat was my mistake. I wrote "issues" when I could have been more specific and said "social issues." I don't think addressing economic issues can be very alienating, except when they signal messed up priorities that exclude you. I don't think student loan forgiveness would have been that controversial if it were a smaller part of a larger package that overall addressed higher priorities or a broader base of people (e.g. a bunch of tariffs and programs to re-industrialize).
- UncleMeat 9mo agoThe Inflation Reduction Act was a large piece of legislation that had huge programs for re-industrialization, which produced measurable improvements in employment in these sectors. Zero GOP legislators voted for it. It was pilloried on right wing media constantly. I do not believe that there is any large scale economically-focused legislation that the democrats could push that would not be controversial.