Opinion | What Biden Can Do Right Now to Build a More Equitable Economy

'Strong jobs numbers are not enough. The president should keep pushing a bold legislative agenda while deploying every executive tool at his disposal to achieve a more equitable economy.'

We can thank Covid relief legislation, including the $1.8 trillion American Rescue Plan of 2021, for the speed of the jobs recovery.tweeted,"but we're on track to recover from this recession eight years faster than we recovered from the Great Recession, because of our policy response."

He has already used this authority to raise the minimum wage for federal contract workers to $15 an hour. Nearly Biden could also use his executive powers to cancel student debts held by the federal government, a move that would help all those suffering under this financial burden while making a significant step forward in narrowing the racial wealth divide.

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