PAUL KRUGMAN: Joe Biden is the big spender America wants

The state of U.S. politics is horrifying. A sustained campaign of lies on right-wing media--echoed by nearly half of the Republican senators--has convinced almost two-thirds of Republicans that the presidential election was somehow stolen. These lies set the stage for the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, but a great majority of Republican senators appear set to acquit Donald Trump for his undeniable role in promoting that attack. Yet President Joe Biden's plans to rescue the economy command overwhelming bipartisan support. My sense is that the remarkably strong public consensus in favor of Bidenomics has largely flown under the radar. To be sure, I'm not saying that the surprising unity among...