Opinion: In Joe Biden’s massive relief bill are echoes of Richard Nixon’s plan to attack poverty and hunger

Shhsh. Don’t tell Joe Biden, but he is the modern incarnation of Richard M. Nixon.

Not with Watergate. Not with his 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, he 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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