Paul Krugman: The ghost of sabotage future
When a Democrat is in the White House, Republicans try to sabotage the economy.
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Crucial aid to many unemployed Americans and businesses expired months ago, writes New York Times columnist Paul Krugman. But now some of that aid is back, for a while.
By Paul Krugman | The New York Times
| Dec. 22, 2020, 7:14 p.m.
The not-a-stimulus deal Congress reached over the weekend seriously, this is about disaster relief, not boosting the economy didn’t come a moment too soon. Actually, it came much too late: Crucial aid to many unemployed Americans and businesses expired months ago. But now some of that aid is back, for a while.
Organized Debtors Are Preparing to Strike If Biden Doesnât Cancel Student Debt
President- elect Joe Biden exits the Queen in Wilmington, Delaware, on December 9, 2020.
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Donald Trump has finally said that he will leave the White House, but troubles in the United States will be far from over when Joe Biden is sworn in as president on 20 January 2021. Facing a global economic crisis and with half a million deaths from Covid-19 projected by 1 April, Bidenâs administration will have to act quickly and decisively to provide relief to the American people.
President-elect Biden will be able to cancel nearly all student debt without congressional approval. If he refuses, organized debtors are preparing to strike.