I'm not sure this is the political loser Charlie and most of the Bulwark writers think it is. Yes, the crazy wing of the GOP will cry elitism and class warfare, conveniently forgetting the PPP loan forgiveness debacle that is a whole hell of a lot more money. What's left of the fiscal conservative crowd will have the same arguments about…
I'm not sure this is the political loser Charlie and most of the Bulwark writers think it is. Yes, the crazy wing of the GOP will cry elitism and class warfare, conveniently forgetting the PPP loan forgiveness debacle that is a whole hell of a lot more money. What's left of the fiscal conservative crowd will have the same arguments about bailouts, responsibility, etc. Bottom line, it is targeted to the people that really need the relief (and I'd have targeted it further-- increasing threshold to say $100K). My biggest criticism is that it does nothing to address the bigger issue, which is higher education cost. In the end, it probably does get the Dem coalition another reason to go vote-- but I think it's way overshadowed by Dobbs and other threats to democracy.
I'm not sure this is the political loser Charlie and most of the Bulwark writers think it is. Yes, the crazy wing of the GOP will cry elitism and class warfare, conveniently forgetting the PPP loan forgiveness debacle that is a whole hell of a lot more money. What's left of the fiscal conservative crowd will have the same arguments about bailouts, responsibility, etc. Bottom line, it is targeted to the people that really need the relief (and I'd have targeted it further-- increasing threshold to say $100K). My biggest criticism is that it does nothing to address the bigger issue, which is higher education cost. In the end, it probably does get the Dem coalition another reason to go vote-- but I think it's way overshadowed by Dobbs and other threats to democracy.