Alan Wu

Now that the Democratic Party controls the executive and legislative branches of government and has taken responsibility for handling the unprecedented dual economic and public health crises of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is no excuse for half measures. Leftists should take advantage of this precarious political moment and implement many social-democratic policies that would reduce the hardships Americans currently face. A federal jobs guarantee—where the government provides a job to every unemployed person seeking one—should be of the highest priority.