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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Clinton also has no policies save those whatever crowd she's in front of at the moment wants to hear.

This is the loopiest thing you have said in quite some time. Go nuts reading all of this, and thank me later.

eta: The bigger point is that unless the House and Senate flip, she has no chance of getting legislation passed, so it may not matter. Happily, Trump's implosion may give us a government prepared to do something.

eat: Krugman today:

I don’t know why so many pundits claim that Mrs. Clinton lacks a vision for America, when she has actually provided an unusual level of detail on her website and in speeches.

Broadly speaking, she would significantly strengthen the social safety net, especially for the very poor and children, with an emphasis on family-related issues like parental leave. Such programs would cost money, although not as much as critics claim; she proposes, credibly, to raise that money with higher taxes on top incomes, so that the overall effect would be to reduce inequality.

Democratic control of the House would also open the door for large-scale infrastructure investment. If that seems feasible, I know that many progressive economists — myself included — will urge Mrs. Clinton to go significantly bigger than she is currently proposing.

If all of this sounds to you like a second round of what President Obama did in 2009-2010, that’s because it is. And why not? Despite Republican obstruction, Mr. Obama has presided over a remarkable rise in the number of Americans with health insurance, a significant decline in poverty and the creation of more than 11 million private-sector jobs.