Analysis: Biden's speech offers dose of left-leaning populism
WASHINGTON – After four years of conservative populism focused on cultural grievances, President Joe Biden's first speech to a joint session of Congress delivered a dose of left-leaning economic populism on Wednesday, redoubling his wager that Democrats can build a lasting majority by using the power of government to deliver tangible benefits to working- and middle-class voters.
Instead of former President Donald Trump's denunciations of out-of-touch elites selling out American interests to foreigners, Biden demanded that the rich pay more taxes and proposed to use that money to provide benefits to families.
"It's time for corporate America and the wealthiest 1% of Americans to just begin to pay their fair share — just
