Erik McGregor It’s been four months since the onslaught of the coronavirus pandemic first highlighted the failures of capitalism and the incompetence of the United States government. There was an opportunity for our country to become less horrible — to finally deal with some of our institutional failings . This, of course, did not happen.
Congress did not rise to the occasion, providing or even seriously considering necessary, transformational policies like universal basic income (UBI), universal health care, rent suspension , or debt forgiveness . Instead, they gave us crumbs through a one-time payment of $1,200 and $600 extra in […]
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