Joe Biden's pledges to 'change the system' echo Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren and reflect a new American reality.
With the world turned upside down by the novel coronavirus, Joe Biden has refashioned his presidential campaign to shift from an emphasis on steadiness and stability to the promise of big, bold change.
In the coming weeks, Biden said, he will lay out his plan for the"right kind of economic recovery," which campaign aides say will include boosting the so-called"caring economy" of child care, nursing and healthcare aides; pouring major investments into public health infrastructure; expanding the domestic production of critical medical and protective equipment; and ushering in a new era of corporate responsibility for the private sector, which, Biden pointedly notes, has been...
A recent poll from Navigator Research, a progressive group that does daily coronavirus-related surveys, found that 50% of Americans said the federal government should be doing more to improve the economy. A late April poll by the liberal Groundwork Collaborative found roughly 70% of respondents backed “major, sweeping action” by the government to address the pandemic’s economic impact.
Advisors to the former vice president said Biden first began thinking of how the virus would require a more sweeping policy approach in March, soon after stay-at-home orders went into effect across the country. In response to the coronavirus, Biden has so far called for canceling at least $10,000 of student loan debt per person during the crisis and increasing Social Security payments by $200 per month — notions that were originally promoted by Massachusetts Sen. Warren.
Still, some on the left say they'll need to see more. Ben Tulchin, a top advisor in Sanders’ two presidential campaigns, said Biden's hints of a New Deal-style presidency are"encouraging" but incomplete.
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