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It's about who the hell we are as a country: The Democrats go alone on stimulus
Bo and Ben discuss the issues of the week. Biden’s proposed 1.9 trillion- dollar stimulus. Biden is clearly going big, having learned from the Obama stimulus debates. Republicans countered with a much more moderate 618 billion-dollar proposal, but Democrats seem intent on their larger, more generous bill. Bo and Ben largely agree that going big has real political downsides and would like Biden to compromise now and go big later on an infrastructure bill.
Biden also signed three more EOs on immigration. These three appear relatively insignificant, but might have larger effects down the road; they are also all part of a clear immigration-friendly agenda, which will almost certainly result in more legal and illegal immigrants. Unsurprisingly, Bo, the resident restrictionist, is not a fan. The performative populists suffered a few setbacks this week. Liz Cheney kept her leadership position by overwhelming vote. And many condemned Marjorie Taylor Greene’s conspiracism. But they remain a force on the Right that will likely not disappear soon.
Then Bo and Ben and discuss Avik Roy’s piece in the National Review, “Restoring the Conservative Conscience.” They agree that it lays out a positive, hopeful vision, but is too similar to the Reagan-conservativism that largely failed in the early 2000s. What is needed is a kind of fusionism that is more sympathetic to the concerns of preservationists, contends Bo. Ben and Bo agree that Roy's vision ignores the salient problems of the the day, such as rising inequality and the decline of social capital and civic engagement.
Liz Cheney survives: https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/02/liz-cheney-wins-big-matt-gaetz-hardest-hit/
Biden Executive Orders: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/us/politics/biden-immigration-executive-orders-trump.html
Larry Summers on the stimulus: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/04/larry-summers-biden-covid-stimulus/
Avik Roy’s piece: https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2021/02/08/restoring-the-conservative-conscience/
Bo’s piece on conservatism: https://quillette.com/2021/01/25/a-return-to-tradition-creating-a-post-trump-conservatism/
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Bo and Ben discuss the issues of the week. Biden’s proposed 1.9 trillion- dollar stimulus. Biden is clearly going big, having learned from the Obama stimulus debates. Republicans countered with a much more moderate 618 billion-dollar proposal, but Democrats seem intent on their larger, more generous bill. Bo and Ben largely agree that going big has real political downsides and would like Biden to compromise now and go big later on an infrastructure bill.
Biden also signed three more EOs on immigration. These three appear relatively insignificant, but might have larger effects down the road; they are also all part of a clear immigration-friendly agenda, which will almost certainly result in more legal and illegal immigrants. Unsurprisingly, Bo, the resident restrictionist, is not a fan. The performative populists suffered a few setbacks this week. Liz Cheney kept her leadership position by overwhelming vote. And many condemned Marjorie Taylor Greene’s conspiracism. But they remain a force on the Right that will likely not disappear soon.
Then Bo and Ben and discuss Avik Roy’s piece in the National Review, “Restoring the Conservative Conscience.” They agree that it lays out a positive, hopeful vision, but is too similar to the Reagan-conservativism that largely failed in the early 2000s. What is needed is a kind of fusionism that is more sympathetic to the concerns of preservationists, contends Bo. Ben and Bo agree that Roy's vision ignores the salient problems of the the day, such as rising inequality and the decline of social capital and civic engagement.
Liz Cheney survives: https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/02/liz-cheney-wins-big-matt-gaetz-hardest-hit/
Biden Executive Orders: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/us/politics/biden-immigration-executive-orders-trump.html
Larry Summers on the stimulus: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/04/larry-summers-biden-covid-stimulus/
Avik Roy’s piece: https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2021/02/08/restoring-the-conservative-conscience/
Bo’s piece on conservatism: https://quillette.com/2021/01/25/a-return-to-tradition-creating-a-post-trump-conservatism/