Good Policy, Good Politics
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is known as the plan-wielding policy wonk of the progressive movement. But underlying those plans is a simple idea: We are the government.
“Government is the vehicle for letting us do together what none of us can do alone,” Sen. Warren tells co-hosts Felicia Wong and Michael Tomasky on the season finale of How to Save a Country. “We all contribute and it expands opportunity for all of us, and I feel like that's what's really been missing as we've become a post–New Deal nation.”
In this episode, Sen. Warren discusses how we can recapture that all-for-one ethos and build a stronger country: by investing in people and recognizing that democracy and freedom are inextricable.
Naturally, there’s plenty of policy to discuss as well. Sen. Warren talks with Wong and Tomasky about the big wins of the last two years—from the American Rescue Plan and Inflation Reduction Act to student debt cancellation—and how they shaped the midterms.
“Good policy is good politics. When you do things that people want and care about and that touch their lives, that's both.”
And later, Sen. Warren explains how her “personnel is policy” philosophy is reflected in antitrust and why abortion is a kitchen-table issue.
Hear more from Sen. Warren, and stay tuned in the coming weeks for bonus episodes of How to Save a Country.
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