“What we’re looking to do with all the tools we have is to catalyze building of this economy. If there are some assets that the federal government has that can help with that process, we’ll look at it as part of a comprehensive approach,” Carney said.
I think a lot of this goes back to the Clinton and Blair “third way” nonsense. They tried to thread the needle of convincing working people that they were on their side while also reassuring capital that their wealth hoarding would be allowed to continue. You can’t serve two masters but that doesn’t stop them trying and Starmer is currently doing very badly in part because of their prevaricating, he’s just not trustworthy.
Meanwhile electorates get more polarized as more and more people realize they’ve been hoodwinked and jump to very different conclusions - could it be that the wealthy are not willing to pay their fair share or could it all be the fault of some immigrants?