Blue State Blues: Joe Biden Turns Out to Be the Socialist He Said He Wasn’tJoel B. Pollak 2 Apr 2021
Joe Biden claimed last fall that he was not the socialist that many conservatives, including myself, predicted he would be once in office.
“I beat the socialist,†he protested.
But those of us who were watching closely noticed that Biden had begun using the radical rhetoric of socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).
Long after securing his party’s nomination, Biden began talking about “revolutionary institutional changes,†“fundamentally transform[ing]†the country, and “systemic racism.â€
One theme that emerged was the idea that Biden would be the most “progressive†president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt, whose New Deal policies prolonged the Great Depression but also hooked Americans on Big Government.
Last April, Biden promised Sanders “one of the most progressive administrations since Roosevelt.†The next day, former President Barack Obama echoed that claim, calling Biden’s policies “the most progressive platform of any major party nominee in history.â€
It was never clear where “progressive†ended and “socialist†began.
The supposed difference between Biden and Sanders in the primary was that Biden did not support “Medicare for All,†citing the high cost. (“I want to know, how did they find $35 trillion?†he asked. “Is it going to significantly raise taxes on the middle class, which it will?â€)
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