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Originally Posted by The Soup Nazi

it's the slimmest majority possible and it'll have to work turbocharged for two years if we want things to get done.

back to normal subjects: i don't know that this is true.

this slim majority isn't a mandate for heavily progressive policies. those right now would only bring a backlash comparable to the one that gave birth to the tea party--and that was merely about romney/nixoncare!

not that the wingnuts aren't already activated, but biden won with the help of republicans, and should look for workable compromise if he wants to continue controlling congress.

i think an infrastructure plan would be a better and more targeted way to stimulate the economy than the current fed manipulations, and it's something that most would agree on, provided enough pork goes to each state.

then there'd be some adjustment on taxes (match capital gains with income bracket?), new regulation (especially tech), a new supreme to replace breyer, and a bit of horse trading on climate. criminal justice reform. obamacare tweaks towards universal coverage/public option.

foreing policy and rebuilding alliances will be crucial, with an eye towards climate as part of global security

maybe i'm getting old but i'll take a return to normality and some repair to the damage done these 4 years over pie in the sky promises, no matter how urgent they appear. e.g. climate can be worked on without a promise of federal jobs for all.