if we had a thriving economy. this is the most anemic recovery in history, at least in recorded history, since we ve been following these things. and one of the reasons it is so anemic is that almost all of the economic gains have gone to the very top, while at the same time, we are cutting the social safety net so average people and working-class people and poor people don t have enough money to turn around and keep the economy going. is there a problem with when there is a certain line of progressive attack on places like walmart now, which ends up being about them using, essentially, the social safety net as a kind of back-door subsidy for low wages. and i m curious as someone who s been a strong advocate of things like the earned income tax credit and food stamps and a variety of programs that actually function as wage subsidies, they function as transfer programs for the working poor. is there something dangerous about the line of attack the progressives have been using to go
this is the most anemic recovery in history, at least in recorded history, since we ve been following these things. and one of the reasons it is so anemic is that almost all of the economic gains have gone to the very top, while at the same time, we are cutting the social safety net so average people and working-class people and poor people don t have enough money to turn around and keep the economy going. is there a problem with when there is a certain line of progressive attack on places like walmart now, which ends up being about them using, essentially, the social safety net as a kind of back-door subsidy for low wages. and i m curious as someone who s been a strong advocate of things like the earned income tax credit and food stamps and a variety of programs that actually function as wage subsidies, they function as transfer programs for the working poor. is there something dangerous about the line of attack the progressives have been using to go after walmart as essentially a
exactly. overall. that is, the better off in america would be even better off if we had a thriving economy. this is the most anemic recovery in history, at least in recorded history, since we ve been following these things. and one of the reasons it is so anemic is that almost all of the economic gains have gone to the very top, while at the same time, we are cutting the social safety net so average people and working-class people and poor people don t have enough money to turn around and keep the economy going. is there a problem with when there is a certain line of progressive attack on places like walmart now, which ends up being about them using, essentially, the social safety net as a kind of back-door subsidy for low wages. and i m curious as someone who s been a strong advocate of things like the earned income tax credit and food stamps and a variety of programs that actually function as wage subsidies, they function as transfer programs for the
worse than you were a few years ago. so i think in that context, the results probably make a lot of sense. so as we look at where the blame should go or at least what the temperature is for that, the poll found out that while democrats do a better job of looking out for the middle class, republicans do a better job dealing with the economy. 33 to 29%. so what do republicans have that the democrats don t? perception being reality and all? perception being reality, what the republicans have had on this issue over the last few years is very important. it s called aobstructionism. that is the president has numerous times proposed measures that would help improve the job market. infrastructure investment, jobs measures, wage subsidies. now, we can have good arguments about whether those would work or not but my research, pretty extensive in this field, suggests that at times like this they do help a lot. but the congress, the republican congress in particular, has blocked him every step
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