# Joe Biden Is a Transformational President

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## Metadata
- Author: [[David Brooks]]
- Full Title: Joe Biden Is a Transformational President
- Category: #articles
- URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/11/opinion/biden-covid-relief-bill.html

## Highlights
- Somehow low-key Joe Biden gets yawns when he promotes progressive policies that would generate howls if promoted by a President Sanders or a President Warren.
- This is not socialism. This is not the federal government taking control of the commanding heights of the economy. This is not a bunch of programs to restrain corporate power. Americans’ trust in government is still low. This is the Transfer State: government redistributing massive amounts of money by cutting checks to people, and having faith that they spend it in the right ways.
- borrowing is free, spending