Janet Yellen tweeted a pledge on Monday to “restore the American dream.”
Joe Biden officially tapped Yellen on Monday to serve as his Treasury Secretary but word that she was Biden’s pick for the job was reported last week. She was appointed by Barack Obama as chair of the Federal Reserve, a position she held until 2018.
This was the first tweet she had ever sent out.
We face great challenges as a country right now. To recover, we must restore the American dream—a society where each person can rise to their potential and dream even bigger for their children.
As Treasury Secretary, I will work every day towards rebuilding that dream for all.
— Janet Yellen (@JanetYellen) November 30, 2020
The language of the tweet implies far more traditional economic goals than some of the radical elements of the Democrat left would like Biden to pursue. This is not a call for a Great Reset or a socialist agenda. Instead, Yellen called for “rebuilding” and restoring the American dream—words with an almost Trumpian tone to them.
Her statement of the goal of social policy—”a society where each person can rise to their potential and dream even bigger for their children”—also falls squarely within the American traditions of meritocracy and passing on prosperity to future generations.
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