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Krugman writes: "Conservatives beware: If the main elements in Joe Biden's American Family Plan become law, they'll be very hard to repeal. Why? Because they'll deliver huge, indeed transformational benefits to millions."

Paul Krugman. (photo: MasterClass)
Paul Krugman. (photo: MasterClass)


Good Luck to Republicans if Biden's Family Plan Becomes Law

By Paul Krugman, The New York Times

01 May 21

 

onservatives beware: If the main elements in Joe Biden’s American Family Plan become law, they’ll be very hard to repeal. Why? Because they’ll deliver huge, indeed transformational benefits to millions.

I mean, just imagine trying to take away affordable child care, universal pre-K and paid leave for new parents once they’ve become part of the fabric of our society. You’d face a backlash far worse than the one that followed Republican attempts to eliminate protection for coverage of pre-existing health conditions in 2017. And that backlash quickly gave Democrats control of the House and set the stage for their current control of the Senate and White House as well.

So what’s the Republican counterargument? Well, much of the party appears uninterested in debating policy, preferring to lash out at imaginary plans to ban red meat or give immigrants Kamala Harris’s children’s book.

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