Is there any chance that Elizabeth Warren would serve in his cabinet? I’m not against somebody like Ohio Governor Kasich serving — that may be wise politically — but there are crucial tax and banking and Wall Street reforms that will need to be at least raised (I don’t expect much to be adopted) if the Democrats — after an interim Biden Presidency — expect to have any appeal or ammunition ready for the next period. The “left” of the party is pathetic at present, absorbed mostly by identity politics, and to grow and mature it needs to create a program that makes economic sense in this new age of Modern Monetary Theory state capitalism.
If the Democrats win a significant victory (hardly certain) they will preside over a major infrastructure job-creating program, but the country will remain deeply in debt and divided. Even if they manage to avoid an economic collapse, Democrats will need a real social democratic program including raising funds by taxing the great international corporations, speculative capital transactions, the 1% of the super-wealthy, etc. They will have to avoid wars, and show they are moving to meet the social needs of the working people!
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