Wimpy in the White House

Published April 16, 2021 3:00am ET



The man in the Oval Office is like Wimpy, Popeye’s foil, who’d “gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.”

Joe Biden demands trillions of dollars of spending over the next eight years and promises America will pay for it over 15 years. It’s implausible because, like Wimpy, whose trick was to avoid showing up on Tuesday, Biden won’t be in the White House when the bills come due, and neither will our current congressional spendthrifts be on Capitol Hill.

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