Former President Barack Obama described the coronavirus pandemic as “a teachable moment” for Americans who appeared hesitant about the government spending trillions.
“A part of what happens as a result of the pandemic is there’s a teachable moment about, maybe this whole deficit hawk thing of the federal government, just being nervous about our debt 30 years from now, while millions of people are suffering — maybe that’s not a smart way to think about our economics,” Obama said in an interview with New York Times columnist Ezra Klein.
The former president expressed…
