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288 | Michael Tomasky: Why Progressive, Middle-Out Economics Will Succeed Neoliberalism

The Realignment

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Trump's a Rebuttal to the Neoliberal Era

It took 10 years almost exactly for Obamacare to become a solidified aspect of the political structure. Donald Trump except for trade and except for certain aspects of his rhetoric is a conventional neoliberal I mean he cut taxes for rich people they cut taxes for corporations, infrastructure week became a joke also his education policies. public education is a very very important part of neo-libertarianism but there was never a bigger education privatizer as president than Donald Trump ever with Betsy DeVos.

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