President-elect Joe Biden is having none of it
While Donald Trump likes to take credit for the stock market throughout his presidency, he’s a lot quieter when it comes to jobs reports that are lower than expected – a trend that has become all too common during the COVID pandemic. It’s a failure of leadership even while the GOP is doing all in its power to avoid passing any kind of stimulus while making sure Democratic politicians take all the blame for it.
President-elect Biden is having none of it, of course. He called any efforts in the Senate to pass a $900 billion relief package, “just the start,” emphasizing that they will need to act again in January to provide relief to businesses affected by the pandemic and millions of Americans who could be facing eviction while states run out of money for testing supplies.
”To truly end this crisis, Congress will need to fund more testing as well as the equitable and free distribution of the vaccine,” he said. “We’ll need more economic relief as a bridge through 2021 until both the pandemic and economic crises are over.” When the crisis ebbs and a vaccine allows the country to slowly transition back to normal, Biden hopes to continue investing in clean energy as well as manufacturing and infrastructure with his plan to build back better – one that would create 18.6 million jobs, according to an analysis by Moody’s. Doing less, however, could have long-term economic damage. This is why it’s imperative that we wrest back control of the Senate from Mitch McConnell, whose only concern through all of this is holding onto power through 2024.
James Sullivan is the assistant editor of Brain World Magazine and an advocate of science-based policy making