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Trump may have lost but don’t bet Democrats can fix the economy (www.theguardian.com)
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Still, having come to power promising to restore affordability, the new crop of Democrats are soon to discover that there is not much they can do over the next couple of years to alleviate angry voters’ stress over pricey gas and groceries, exorbitant mortgages and unaffordable healthcare.

Democrats would do well to recall that the affordability strains that helped deliver them to power are not dissimilar to those that delivered the presidency to Trump two years ago. And they could again quickly become their enemy.

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Any systemic solution will take years. What Democrats can do is provide direct assistance to the tens of millions of people who have been put at risk of dying from lack of food or medical care. It is going to be messy and expensive, but saving lives has to come first.

Fortunately, there's plenty of money to pay for it all. We just need to quit fighting wars and spend all of that money on helping people instead of killing them. We can also use the money that is going to ICE and Homeland Security, once they have been shut down.

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