5 Thinkers Urge Democrats to Target Wealth, Corruption and Trump-Era Lawyers After Midterm Win
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Updated · The Guardian · Nov 9
5 Thinkers Urge Democrats to Target Wealth, Corruption and Trump-Era Lawyers After Midterm Win
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Nov 9
Summary
Five progressive commentators laid out a post-midterm agenda for Democrats, centering on wealth taxes, anti-monopoly action, labor-law changes and investigations into corruption and Trump-era conduct.
Robert Reich called for breaking up concentrated economic power with taxes on multimillionaires and billionaires, campaign-finance curbs, stronger union protections and tougher antitrust enforcement, especially in tech.
Katie Phang, Wajahat Ali and Judd Legum pushed for aggressive oversight in the 120th Congress, including probes of Todd Blanche, Alina Habba, Jeanine Pirro and Jared Kushner, plus a ban on stock trading by lawmakers and presidents.
Ali also urged Democrats to reverse $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts, restore Affordable Care Act subsidies, end trade wars and the Iran war, and confront what he described as the lingering Maga and Confederate legacy.
Charles Blow argued the victory was not a blank check: Democrats won no filibuster-proof or veto-proof majority, so expectations should match the limits of their congressional power.