Meanwhile, the Biden administration’s three signature legislative achievements—the Infrastructure Act, the Inflation Reduction Act and the CHIPS Act—have stimulated public and private spending that disproportionately helps poorer states. About half of the new private investments announced since Biden took office in 2021, a total of $233 billion, are in counties won by Trump in 2020—even though these counties have lower than average populations and cumulatively produce only 28% of the nation’s GDP.
But that doesn’t mean white working-class voters like the ones in KY-5 are embracing Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. If Harris was to ask you what you’d like her to do, I asked Maynard, what would you tell her? “She should stick to policy that affects everyone, not get sidetracked on identity, and take seriously what it means to be poor,” he replied.
Thanks Bill. This is just an Amazon review which I include in my blurb for American Schism, in this case a recent one from this past June. I will make this clearer going forward. Thanks for the tip.
Please, please - "reviewed in the United States on June 27" - what in heavens does that mean? Is it a publication, in which it should be in italics or in Quotation Marks - or something to indicate where that came from.
I love David's work very much. But don't drop useful stuff. Bill
excellent article in the "wall street journal" over the weekend about how several biden programs have benefited solidly trump areas but have mostly gone unnoticed there https://www.wsj.com/politics/for-jd-vances-kentucky-politics-is-about-pride-and-jobs-a1496bb9
Here's an excerpt:
Meanwhile, the Biden administration’s three signature legislative achievements—the Infrastructure Act, the Inflation Reduction Act and the CHIPS Act—have stimulated public and private spending that disproportionately helps poorer states. About half of the new private investments announced since Biden took office in 2021, a total of $233 billion, are in counties won by Trump in 2020—even though these counties have lower than average populations and cumulatively produce only 28% of the nation’s GDP.
But that doesn’t mean white working-class voters like the ones in KY-5 are embracing Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. If Harris was to ask you what you’d like her to do, I asked Maynard, what would you tell her? “She should stick to policy that affects everyone, not get sidetracked on identity, and take seriously what it means to be poor,” he replied.
Thanks Bill. This is just an Amazon review which I include in my blurb for American Schism, in this case a recent one from this past June. I will make this clearer going forward. Thanks for the tip.
Please, please - "reviewed in the United States on June 27" - what in heavens does that mean? Is it a publication, in which it should be in italics or in Quotation Marks - or something to indicate where that came from.
I love David's work very much. But don't drop useful stuff. Bill