Be Warned: Biden Aims to Outshine Obama as a Progressive Reformer

As a likely one-term POTUS, he is aiming for ‘greatness’ — fast. And the country may pay the price.

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President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the Department of Labor’s March jobs report from the State Dining Room at the White House, April 2, 2021.

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In looking at the nearly $5 trillion in proposed spending in the Biden budget, people are wondering, “What happened to the Joe Biden who ran for president by citing his 36-year record as a moderate dealmaker in the Senate?”

The answer is that, at age 78, he has bought into the belief that he has only a little time to become a transformational president and leave a legacy of “greatness.” In Washington speak, that means adding to the size of government and ridding oneself of any notion you can spend too much money.

John Fund

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John Fund

John Fund is National Review’s national-affairs reporter.

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