On 1/18/21 7:49 AM, John Reimann wrote:
"Many socialists were expecting more “austerity” – economic attacks on workers - from Biden from day one. Partly for that reason, they are not coming to grips with his Covid Relief Plan proposal." Here is a summary of the main proposals and an explanation of why: https://oaklandsocialist.com/2021/01/18/bidens-covid-relief-plan-a-temporary-pause-in-neoliberal-austerity/ <https://oaklandsocialist.com/2021/01/18/bidens-covid-relief-plan-a-temporary-pause-in-neoliberal-austerity/>
The real test will be whether or not Biden can bring the pandemic to an end. With evidence that the more infectious strain of COVID-19 has already appeared, it will not be easy. Today's NYT describes how things got so fucked up under Trump:
The path to beating the coronavirus was clear, but Kelley Vollmar had never felt so helpless.
As the top health official in Missouri’s Jefferson County, Ms. Vollmar knew a mandate requiring people to wear masks could help save lives. She pressed the governor’s office to issue a statewide order, and hospital leaders were making a similar push. Even the White House, at a time when President Trump was sometimes mocking people who wore masks, was privately urging the Republican governor to impose a mandate.
Still, Gov. Mike Parson resisted, and in the suburbs of St. Louis, Ms. Vollmar found herself under attack. A member of the county health board called her a liar. The sheriff announced that he would not enforce a local mandate. After anti-mask activists posted her address online, Ms. Vollmar installed a security system at her home.
Unless the federal government takes control of the apparatus nationwide, scumbags like Mike Parson will challenge Biden. Does he have the resolve to act as ruthlessly as FDR? That's open to question. Keep in mind that the invasion of the Capitol was motivated to a large degree by the belief that COVID-19 was harmless. These petty-bourgeois QAnon types are over-represented in the food and beverage sector, after all.
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