Democrats are rattled and dismayed by recent polls showing Cheeto Jesus beating Joe Biden in a head to head matchup in 2024. Unfortunately, they have good reasons to be nervous. The biggest single issue voters tell pollsters they are concerned about is the economy. People just don't believe the economic statistics generated by the government and private economists saying things are better today than they were at the height of the tRump administration
Part of people's dissatisfaction is Democrats showed people the government could make people's lives better with program's like the Child Care tax credit. This program had an immediate good effect on parents' lives. Money may not solve every problem, but relieving parents of the expense of day care solved a lot of them. The strategic error was to not make the program permanent (thank you, Joe Manchin). It is like Lucy and the football. Instead of giving us the message that government can help people live better, the good program was snatched away just as it was starting to make a difference.
There is no way Republicans will cooperate with Democrats to enact more social safety net legislation. Biden will have to use executive orders to help people between now and next November or we are in for the ultimate fiasco of another tRump interregnum.
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