Opinion by E.J. Dionne Jr.: The first Memorial Day is surprisingly instructive on our current political climate.
Republicans were for racial progress, pushing Reconstruction in the South to democratize the region and guarantee full political rights for Black Americans. Formerly enslaved people were winning elections and enacting more egalitarian policies. Democrats were the party of the Confederate South, reaction and outright racism.As it happens, 1868 was also the year the 14th Amendment won ratification.
The “drastic expansion of U.S. debt,” Thomson added, “reflected democratic buy-in from millions of Americans in the Union cause, and ultimately a shift in war aims to emancipation of the enslaved.”in 2023 reflect a similar interaction of fiscal issues and questions of social and political equality . One of the thorniest issues in the negotiations between President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy involved so-called work requirements for the recipients of various public benefits.Because such requirements don’t get anyone a job and mostly create bureaucratic obstacles for working people entitled to benefits, Biden sought and won sharply narrower provisions affecting fewer programs and individuals while increasing help for veterans and the homeless.
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