Time to fight back: five leading thinkers on what Democrats should do post-midterms
Summary
In this Guardian opinion series, contributors propose actions they want Democrats to take if they gain control of Congress after the midterms. Their suggestions include curbing concentrated wealth, investigating alleged abuses by Trump administration officials, restoring health care funding and restricting stock trading by federal officials.Key Facts
- Robert Reich calls for a wealth tax on multimillionaires and billionaires, campaign finance changes, stronger labor protections and tougher anti-monopoly laws.
- Wajahat Ali urges Democrats to investigate figures including Elon Musk, Pete Hegseth, Jared Kushner, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Stephen Miller.
- Ali also calls for ending trade wars and the war in Iran, restoring Affordable Care Act subsidies and reversing Medicaid cuts.
- Katie Phang recommends congressional investigations into lawyers and prosecutors she says advanced Trump’s efforts to intimidate political opponents.
- Phang says Attorney General Todd Blanche should be investigated first and calls for public hearings in the 120th Congress.
- The article argues that Democrats should make corruption a priority when they take control of Congress in January.
- The article proposes banning the president and members of Congress from trading individual stocks and claims Trump has made more than 25,000 such trades since returning to the White House.
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