Shhhh. Don’t tell Joe Biden, but he is the modern incarnation of Richard M. Nixon.
Not with Watergate. Not with Nixon’s heritage as a cold warrior. Not with his instinct for scheming against his enemies.
But with his $1.9 trillion coronavirus-relief bill, Biden is taking a page from Nixon’s approach to fighting poverty. And at the same time, Biden inadvertently is taking aim at nearly a century of Democratic dogma on social-welfare programs.More than 50 years ago, Nixon — employing the Benjamin Disraeli approach of using liberal means to achieve conservative goals — startled Washington with his guaranteed-income plan, which passed […]
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