Commentary
The progressive mantra, as articulated by former Chicago mayor and Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, is, “You never want to let a serious crisis go to waste.” From the beginning, many such policymakers seized upon the COVID-19 pandemic crisis to implement new measures, mostly through “state of emergency” orders, which they could previously only dream about.
As the pandemic comes to an end, we see them racing to squeeze in a few last-minute priorities (like eliminating $500 billion in student debt). We also see them locking in measures supposedly put in place solely because of the pandemic, such as mail-in voting….