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No, Biden Isn’t a New FDR, And This Isn’t a New Deal 

Americans Need Perspective On How Transformational Socioeconomic Change Really Needs to Be

umair
Apr 20, 2021
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There’s a myth taking hold in America: Biden is a new FDR, and his proposals are a new New Deal. The Biden team, of course, is all too happy to let this myth circulate — and pundits, needing a fresh narrative after the disaster of the Trump years, are all too happy to spread it. The fact, though, is that it’s not true.

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