Yves here. While voters should try to get politicians to live up to their campaign promises, Joe Biden has already made clear that his should be taken as nothing more than hot air. We took a quick pass at his electoral promise about what he’d do about Covid, which included substantial income support and rent relief, to his post victory massive retreat. “Build Back Better” is such lame phrasemaking that it signals that it was never meant to be taken seriously.
Nevertheless, Bill Lazonick, Philip Moss, and Joshua Weitx perform a useful service in demanding that Biden address income inequality and providing some ideas as to how to go about it.