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发帖数: 1238 | 1 这你妈要活着那个平行世界里面才能写出这样的马屁雄文啊
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/18/opinion/biden-infrastructure-stimulus-
bill.html
Joe Biden came to the White House at a pivotal moment in American history.
We had become a country dividing into two nations, one highly educated and
affluent and the other left behind. The economic gaps further inflamed
cultural and social gaps, creating an atmosphere of intense polarization,
cultural hostility, alienation, bitterness and resentment.
As president, Biden had mostly economic levers to try to bridge this cold
civil war. He championed three gigantic pieces of legislation to create a
more equal, more just and more united society: the Covid stimulus bill, the
infrastructure bill and what became Build Back Better, to invest in human
infrastructure.
All of these bills were written to funnel money to the parts of the country
that were less educated, less affluent, left behind. Adam Hersh, a visiting
economist at the Economic Policy Institute, projects that more than 80
percent of the new jobs created by the infrastructure plan will not require
a college degree.
These gigantic proposals were bold endeavors. Some thought them too bold.
Economist Larry Summers thought the stimulus package, for example, was too
big. It could overstimulate the economy and lead to inflation.
Larry is one of the most intelligent people I’ve ever known and someone I
really admire. If I were an economist, I might have agreed with him. But I’
m a journalist with a sociological bent. For over a decade I have been
covering a country that was economically, socially and morally coming apart.
I figured one way to reverse that was to turbocharge the economy and create
white-hot labor markets that would lift wages at the bottom. If inflation
was a byproduct, so be it. The trade-off is worth it to prevent a national
rupture.
The Biden $1.9 trillion stimulus package passed and has been tremendously
successful. It heated the overall economy. The Conference Board projects
that real G.D.P. growth will be about 5 percent this quarter. The
unemployment rate is falling. Retail sales are surging. About two-thirds of
Americans feel their household’s financial situation is good.
But the best part is that the benefits are flowing to those down the
educational and income ladder. In just the first month of payments, the
expanded Child Tax Credit piece of the stimulus bill kept three million
American children out of poverty. Pay for hourly workers in the leisure and
hospitality sector jumped 13 percent in August compared with the previous
year. By June, there were more nonfarm job openings than there had been at
any time in American history. Workers have tremendous power these days.
The infrastructure bill Biden just signed will boost American productivity
for years to come. As Ellen Zentner of Morgan Stanley told The Economist
recently, it’s a rule of thumb that an extra $100 billion in annual
infrastructure spending could increase growth by roughly a tenth of a
percentage point — which is significant in an economy the size of ours.
Federal infrastructure spending will be almost as large a share of annual
GDP as the average level during Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal.
But Summers was right. The stimulus — along with all the supply chain and
labor shortage disruptions that are inevitable when coming out of a pandemic
— has boosted inflation. In addition, Americans are exhausted by a
pandemic that seems to never end.
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And they are taking it out on Democrats. A recent ABC News/Washington Post
poll revealed that voters now prefer Republican congressional candidates in
their own districts by 51 percent to 41 percent. That’s the largest G.O.P.
lead since this poll started asking the question, 40 years ago.
If presidencies were judged by short-term popularity, the Biden effort would
look pretty bad. But that’s a terrible measure. First-term presidents
almost always see their party get hammered in the midterm after their
inauguration. That’s especially true if the president achieved big things.
Michigan State political scientist Matt Grossmann looked at House popular
vote trends since 1953. Often when presidents succeeded in passing major
legislation — Republicans as well as Democrats — voters swung against the
president’s party. Look, just to take a recent example, at how Obamacare
preceded a Democratic shellacking in 2010. People distrust change. Success
mobilizes opposition. It’s often only in retrospect that these policies
become popular and even sacred.
Presidents are judged by history, not the distraction and exhaustion of the
moment. Did the person in the Oval Office address the core problem of the
moment? The Biden administration passes that test. Sure, there have been
failures — the shameful Afghanistan withdrawal, failing to renounce the
excesses of the cultural left. But this administration will be judged by
whether it reduced inequality, spread opportunity, created the material
basis for greater national unity.
It is doing that.
My fear is not that Democrats lose the midterms — it will have totally been
worth it. My fear is that Democrats in Congress will make fantastic
policies like the expanded Child Tax Credit temporary to make budget numbers
look good. If they do that the coming Republican majorities will simply let
these policies expire.
If that happens then all this will have been in vain. The Democrats will
have squandered what has truly been a set of historic accomplishments.
Voters may judge Democrats harshly next November, but if they act with
strength history will judge them well. | b*****l
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【在 d********r 的大作中提到】
: 这你妈要活着那个平行世界里面才能写出这样的马屁雄文啊
: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/18/opinion/biden-infrastructure-stimulus-
: bill.html
: Joe Biden came to the White House at a pivotal moment in American history.
: We had become a country dividing into two nations, one highly educated and
: affluent and the other left behind. The economic gaps further inflamed
: cultural and social gaps, creating an atmosphere of intense polarization,
: cultural hostility, alienation, bitterness and resentment.
: As president, Biden had mostly economic levers to try to bridge this cold
: civil war. He championed three gigantic pieces of legislation to create a
| d********r
发帖数: 1238 | 3 再看回复 美帝网评员的风采牛不牛逼？各位五毛回去好好学习一下
1. 怎么样有么有堪比唐宗宋祖的风采 哈哈 老美的网评员真是牛逼
Sir,
I have read your every word in these pages for years. Unlike some of your
brothers, you have evolved. You have become a true independent, able to see
and judge each thing, or person, on its merits.
I completely agree with this. I knew from the beginning that Joe Biden
was the only person capable of leading us ALL out of the Trump morass. He is
being judged way too harshly, especially by those who acquiesced to the
Trump Circus.
History will be very kind to President Biden. Much like FDR.
Thank you, and again I’m extending a personal invitation to join
the Democratic Party. It’s never too late, until it IS.
2. 你妈的 牛屎自己的poll 都说jb爷不行了 网评员没看吗？
Such a difficult environment/time to be the leader of America. From the
COVID-19 pandemic, to gerrymandering, to the main opposition being
controlled by the GOP and leadership of the Trump Republicans. Difficult to
say the least. Given the circumstances most of the population should be
thankful that Joe Biden is President.
3。连阿富汗撤军都能舔 都你妈待了20年了 把人和设备都撤完了再走不行吗？哈哈 网
评员太牛逼了 怎么都能舔
Great article!
There is one point in which I disagree with Mr Brooks and that is ending the
Afghan war,
I think the US had a very successful exit. I dare anybody to give me
examples of a better end.
I mean World War II ended due to an Atomic Bomb and D-Day - how many good
people died durind those events? They were tragic yet successful in ending a
horrific war. Wars by definition are tragic and unpredictable.
The Biden administration got over 150000 people in less than 3 weeks (in
cooperation with other countries) and he did it with less than 5000 troops.
They were superb!
Yes, the Taliban was left in charge but did anyone really expected any other
outcome ? Trump knew that a year earlier so much so that he had invited
them to Camp David (even thou he canceled later ) .
So stop trying to blame Pres Biden where no other outcome was possible…
4. 舔的太赤裸裸了 不及格 哈哈
Credit where credit is due. I have never admired Brooks' history or opinions
, but this essay is right on.
Credit where credit is due. Biden is everything we could hope for at this
time, and will be judged in the future to have been better for the country
than his critics, both on the right and left. That is, of course if there is
someone left to write an objective history. Biden's critics could prevent
that from happening. Careful, everyone.
5. 真的没有看自己左派的poll吗 这角度也太奇特了
This column makes me feel that maybe there is a silent majority or maybe a
silent large minority of Republicans who believe in reality and who are
willing to give credit to someone not of their team. But the polls say
otherwise. The country Brooks describes has a lot of voters wanting to
destroy it, and openly declaring that the purpose of voting for trump is to
hurt others and blow up the establishment. But Republicans destroy labor
power and help us ruin the planet. Biden is trying to fix the establishment.
I’m not sure he can, with antiquated Democrats like Manchin and not enough
progressives in congress. Many of us feel that Biden is our last chance.
After Biden, and even after this year of his term, the planet will burn and
the country will fall into even more inequality, since the Republicans are
the party of the rich, the party of oil, coal, and gas.
6. 就这几招啊 我原来非常反jb爷 现在jb爷太牛逼了 这个网评员彻底服了 哈哈
I was very anti Biden originally, but as I’ve seen him make big moves my
confidence in him has increased.
The withdrawal from Afghanistan is actually what changed my mind about Biden
. I really don’t care that the exit was messy. The war was much messier and
very costly to the US. Withdrawing was a difficult call, and one that the
media doesn’t seem to appreciate, but it was the right decision for America.
The press focussed on the drama of the withdrawal, but only after ignoring
20 years of war that killed a quarter million people. | d********r
发帖数: 1238 | 4 就这几招啊：我原来非常反jb爷。现在jb爷太牛逼了 我彻底服了。这种小学生一样的
写法真的有人信？
I was very anti Biden originally, but as I’ve seen him make big moves my
confidence in him has increased.
jb爷堪比FDR 和中国的某个主席堪比唐宗宋祖是不是一样？真有人傻到这种程度？
History will be very kind to President Biden. Much like FDR. | w**********r
发帖数: 128 | 5 前一阵还有一篇雄文夸亨特拜登是伟大的艺术家。也是牛屎 | b*********3
发帖数: 1709 | 6 白等烂也烂不过床铺吧，chinese virus？ | l**********0
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