Can’t Step Out of The Fantasy

Many campaign promises fail to make the Biden BBB framework as Democrats coming to terms with shrinking agenda

The new $1.75 trillion framework and Biden’s morning sojourn to the Capitol did not appear to seal a final deal Thursday for passage of the Democratic policy agenda. But it did accelerate the process of legislative group psychology that tends to bear more than a passing resemblance to the stages of grief.

Besides the prescription drug plan, Democrats have dropped plans to raise the corporate tax rate, levy a new wealth tax on the assets of billionaires, implement a new renewable energy program for power utilities, mandate paid sick and family leave for American workers, and expand Medicare to cover vision and dental, all while scaling back many more priorities. The exclusion of these policies amounts to a failure by Democrats, in many instances, to deliver on years of campaign promises about how the party would meaningfully improve people’s lives, although some could still be restored.

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