True but saying so would be labeled socialist (not incorrectly) or even Marxist and so anathematized.
We may not have reached the “freedom is slavery,” and “ignorance is strength” level of 1984 semantic perversion in this country but by christ we are getting close.
This needs to be said over and over and over.
The key words here are “freshman Dem”. MAGA Mike would accommodate this request from a Republican.
This time he and the MAGAts in the House would just destroy it without even a concept of a plan. Those tax cuts for the already fortunate need some spending offsets.
Somewhere around the collapse of reconstruction and the Hayes-Tilden compromise that threw the 1876 election to the GOP?
Good question.
In reflecting on your question, ther than Lincoln, when have they ever gotten it right? Eisenhower had some good points, TR possibly. Neither were disastrous, but hardly champions of social welfare.