Politics Done Right

America chooses to have a system that sanctions poverty. COVID relief proves the converse is possible. Sen. Warren has options. Ask PDR anything. ‘Poverty Is a Policy Choice’: Study Projects Covid Aid Will Cut US Poverty Nearly in Half. “Eradicating poverty is not a utopian fantasy, it’s a policy option.” A detailed analysis of the impact of federal economic relief programs enacted throughout the course of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic projects that the government aid will cut the poverty rate nearly in half this year—further evidence, according to observers, that poverty in the U.S. is a deliberate “policy choice.” Given the absolute onslaught of news we’ve experienced in recent months (if not recent years), it can feel like the presidential debates for the 2020 election happened a lifetime ago. Many of us here at Daily Kos recall the countless times Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren campaigned to tax the ultra-wealthy and tried her best to break down complicated tax systems and structures for the ma