The plan, due out Friday, will increase the share of the economy taken up by government spending to nearly 25 percent, according to a report in The New York Times, the highest sustained level of government spending since World War II, when it spiked to 40 percent.
In the decades since, it has largely hovered between 15 and 22 percent, with exceptions around major economic catastrophes.
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The blueprint is the latest sign of how far the pendulum has swung from the Reagan Revolution, which framed government as an impediment to growth and opportunity.
Biden, a self-described moderate, is not only arguing that the government has a role to play in an emergency, but that it should have a sustained role in building infrastructure, reducing inequality and more forcefully supporting families and the poor.
Praising the crimes of Stalinism: The DSA and the assassination of Leon Trotsky
During the past week, numerous prominent leaders of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) have posted tweets celebrating the 1940 assassination of Leon Trotsky and portraying the murderer, the Stalinist GPU agent Ramon Mercader, as a hero.
Many of the tweets by DSA leaders are illustrated with photos and memes of an alpenstock, the weapon used by Mercader to murder Trotsky. Nickan Fayyazi, a member of the National Coordinating Committee of the Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA), presents one such photo with the caption “this might come in handy today.”
Ricky Schroder Slammed for Harassing Costco Employee Over Mask Mandate
On 5/17/21 at 4:31 AM EDT
Schroder best-known for starring in 1979 drama film
The Champ and 1980s sitcom
Silver Spoons has achieved notoriety in recent years due to his right-wing politics. Last year, it was revealed he helped bail out Kyle Rittenhouse, 18, who is charged with two counts of murder in connection to shootings at a Black Lives Matter protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin last August.
In an Instagram video posted on Saturday, Schroder chastised a front-line worker for enforcing company mask policies.
Never forget that “Ricky” Schroder helped post bail for Kyle Rittenhouse the 17-year-old who murdered two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Now this.
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