The $3.5 Trillion Big Honker (Hint For Progressives: Focus on Student Debt, Not Whining)
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LONG TAKE
The $3.5 Trillion moment: As you are all keen observers and pay attention, you know that the Senate, having dispensed with what I call the “mini” infrastructure bill, is now going to embark on a party-line-only effort to pass a large amount of spending on infrastructure in the neighborhood of $3.5 Trillion (which we will call, for our purposes …