The president-elect’s economic team is filled with people who are familiar with the issues of unemployment and economic inequality.
IN RECOUNTING HER childhood, Neera Tanden likes to cite the role the government played in keeping her and her mother on track following the divorce of her parents at the age of 5.
“My father left for a time, and my mother had to be on welfare,” Tanden said during an address to the 2016 Democratic convention in Philadelphia. “She worked hard to support me and my brother. We used lunch vouchers at school and food stamps at the supermarket.”
“It wasn’t easy, but we eventually got back on our feet because of the investment Democrats have made in struggling families like mine,” she told delegates and party leaders in attendance. Continue reading.