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There are a couple repeats but otherwise this list is solid.
#politics #biden #policies
Feb 17, 2022 9:15 PM
canigifinpaint
117759
1650
87
There are a couple repeats but otherwise this list is solid.
#politics #biden #policies
PDXDragon
Is that all? Trump gave his rich friends a fat tax cut.
FisheswithDynamite
BuT iNfLaTiOn!!
mrsyetigoosecreature
But apart from all that...What have the Romans ever done for us?
sharksandturtles
Ohhh this is why they hate him
Dolenmorgul
now show the post it with Trump's accomplishments
Pentjotal
https://projects.thestar.com/donald-trump-fact-check/
AbrasiveExfoliant
Yeah but what about her emails?
Holinyx05
He's not even tweeting anything at 2:00am! How can we trust this guy?!?!
diabloturbo
Now to a comparison next to cheese puff..
pengul
Dont forget to intimidate germany for their own pipline with russia.
SomeUser2
Now do trump. Just for fun
DoomRandom
"But mah gas prices!"
CptnVentris
procrastinatingagain
Best of all, he beat trump.
good2go4ne1
I love using "trump lost get over it" to salty Republicans
arthurvanhoudt
That was a prerequisite for this!
DrugsRBadMmkuy
Howdoyoulikedemapples
wibbIywobbIytimeywimey
Ikusame
I see a lot of band aids and not much long term commitments. So basic political bullshit.
OctopusGrift
The fun part of being a technocratic neoliberal is that you can pretend to do a lot while not fundamentally changing things.
eratosthenesearth
That guy who talks super fast should record it and post it.
Nexus159
Does anyone have a version for this but for "Trump wasn't that bad!"? Keeping a mental list of every abhorrent thing he's done is exhausting
TongueTiedLabourerfromtheLandoftheLittlePeople
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-complete-listing-atrocities-1-1-056
Nexus159
Damn, I've seen this before too, thanks for bringing it back into my life! I'm bookmarking it now lol.
llKaydenll
Fucking legalize cannabis already sheesh! The war on that drug has sailed, sank, and sits in privatized bs prisons.
Holinyx05
Most of the things on that list would piss off Republicans anyway. "money for clean energy!? what a communist!!"
BESTtaylorINAUSTRALIA
Does the Right just look at this as? LOOK AT ALL THE TAX MONEY THEYRE WASTING! YEAH ( I knew the answer) they do, coz they're tightarses
MrRauchPotato
Citation needed though. If we're going to do this to the right we gotta do it to the left as well.
londonosierra2000
But still he alone can't restore America's credibility after Trump made it an unreliable partner. Trump really fncked up the USA.
ReginaKasteen
"Brought peace?" "Oh, peace... shut up!"
SirLantsBojangles
I don't see "taxed the shit out of the rich" or "cancelled student loans" on here. Shoulda been Bernie.
morelikeconsham
"Taxed the shit out of the rich" is exclusively a congressional power. Take that up with manchin and sinema, not biden.
rouzuki
Even if Bernie did win, the president doesn't instantly get everything they want, so neither of those would have been guaranteed, sadly.
AsABiologistWhoIsNotFunAtParties
Student debt can be cancelled by a zero-effort executive order, existing law enables that and Biden has already used it to cancel debt (1)
AsABiologistWhoIsNotFunAtParties
2)for a handful of disabled people and people who were unable to finish degree due to university scam or failing. Sadly he hasn't been able
AsABiologistWhoIsNotFunAtParties
3/3)to find a spare 10 minutes to sign the one cancelling $10k in debt for all students, as he promised he would.
Jewdakris
But where's my legal weed, I don't care if I get student loan forgiveness, but like marijuana removed from the schedule list already
PimpinKen
That's never going to happen with biden
Jewdakris
It was actually proposed in the Senate, by a republican. I mean I think we've reached peak bipartisanship on an issue
AsABiologistWhoIsNotFunAtParties
A few people here and there will support it but too much big pharma money going into both parties for it to happen.
Swindle65
Cool, but I still want my student loan forgiveness.
boondoggle2025
M4A
chbarts
You sound a bit Russian, there.
gonergoner22
Lol that will never happen. He made sure of that. Biden serves the wealthy as all presidents do and your debt is their wealth and power.
cdchunt25
Most of this list is giving out more loans and covering insurance companies...
chbarts
You really can't see beyond your own issues.
ironman3010
We'll need Bernie for that. Unless..."Hey AOC! Wanna throw your hat in the ring in '24?" ?
p0ck3ts4nd
I want AOC more than Bernie at this point. She's ruthless and those fogies are intimidated by scary women. That's my girl, my vote
gracefalls
Yea right. If she ever won the presidency, I'd eat my shorts. With sriracha. Which I hate.
JazzyGaming2222
She isn't old enough yet
The701
She turns 35 in October 2024. My understanding is that the age-35 limit applies only to *holding* the office, not running for it.
giraffytaffy
I was just looking all of this up and I think she'd be okay turning 35 the month before election day.
chbarts
How much has Bernie done so far?
supraman2turbo
Democratic party currently would never let AOC near the presidency. She wants to actually do something
borkmeister
You mean Democratic primary voters?
supraman2turbo
No. The actual party leaders.
borkmeister
Ah, that conspiracy.
BlacknCrimsonRose
AOC is likely to get the Sanders treatment if she runs in '24.
Timetoupdatemyusername
But please don't worship him like the Magats worship Trump.
JohnWickdidnothingwrong
What we love about him is that he isn't trump. Opinions vary on everything else.
VagisilToothpaste
Trust me, nobody does. That's not how that party rolls. He's not a charismatic blowhole, and the dem citizens aren't eager cultists.
prettybigguy
"changed ICE's priorities" to what?
AsABiologistWhoIsNotFunAtParties
They give the kids a lollipop now with their cage assignment.
Ikusame
Yeah its a nice misdirection given he's doubling down on racist border policy.
BootsNCatsNBootsNCatsN
"Yeah but what else?!"
480blackbear
Please don't do anymore, your already tanking our country, take a break
Ryebread91
Built us roads?
gonergoner22
Hardly any of this makes life better for the average citizen.
LibertysWitch
Still that is a good question, not in the sense to discredit what has been shown here, but to keep a closer eye on what has not
TheWombatStrikesAgain
Not being an international embarassment?
DemonFluffer1000
sausagesandwich
Why can’t he override the abortion laws?
AnythingMuchShorter
Not an all powerful dictator. He can't just make congress and the supreme court do something. As much as the last guy thought he could.
AnythingMuchShorter
Executive Orders are mainly to direct federal workers on how to enforce existing laws, sometimes they use them in odd ways.
sausagesandwich
That makes sense. I often can’t wrap my head around my own country’s politics let alone American, which is even more complicated!
T3NM1DG3TS
Ok, but seriously, we’re not doing nearly enough to address climate change, which is the greatest existential threat humanity has ever 1/?
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T3NM1DG3TS
Well yeah, they’re liberals, they’re not even center, they’re center-right. That doesn’t mean I can’t criticize them for inaction in the 1/?
T3NM1DG3TS
Face of theocratic fascists while making every attempt possible to hamstring and obstruct even milquetoast social democrats 2/2
T3NM1DG3TS
Faced, our infrastructure is crumbling, universal healthcare was dropped, he’s still killed absurd numbers of civilians with drone 2/?
T3NM1DG3TS
Strikes and sanctions, we’ve seen little to nothing addressing police violence, voter suppression, or the unjust Supreme Court majority 3/?
T3NM1DG3TS
Wealth disparity is insanely high, federal minimum wage increase was dropped, student debt forgiveness was dropped, no vaccine mandate 4/?
T3NM1DG3TS
Little to nothing to address the housing bubble or insane housing prices, no legislation to address skyrocketing food prices, the 5/?
inboxmefoxes
He can do all he wants, doesn't mean he hasn't failed to decrease military spending or do anything about student loans or minimum wage.
Sqeezytzatziki
It's ONLY been a YEAR !! Give him a chance.
ZombieBiteZ
Or legalize the weed
morelikeconsham
Congress literally gave him more money than he asked for - not sure what you want from him at that point.
hoozyerdatty
right...because he simply hasn't found that magic one-touch button that fixes all of that shit
inboxmefoxes
Dems ignore the biggest single issue voters at their collective peril, that's all I'm saying here.
hoozyerdatty
well...you're not wrong on that
thereitis101
Congress dictates spending and budget. He signs it into law.
inboxmefoxes
The idea that the President has no influence on major issues that Congress will tackle is laughable.
thereitis101
That’s not what I said in any way.
inboxmefoxes
Reducing his position to 'he signs it into law' implies a powerlessness that the leader of the party isn't actually saddled with, though.
thereitis101
Is that why so many laws have been passed that he was guiding? He can’t just say I want this and get it. Influence yes since he signs it.
JiffyGee
Look the man can’t do everything. He hasn’t fixed climate change or rid the country of Nazi’s either.
inboxmefoxes
My point is that by not tackling some of the biggest single issue problems - yes, such as climate change - it's going to cause problems.
JiffyGee
What about past presidents. They didn’t fix those either. I don’t see you complaining about them?
inboxmefoxes
I am saying this because people don't understand how important the 'single-issue voter' is.
TrashPacker
Say it all you want, he doesn’t have the authority to decrease the budget, thats Congress. He just signs it.
AsABiologistWhoIsNotFunAtParties
So stop signing them. Although both parties are so complicit in sucking Lockheed Martin's dick they'd probably override his veto.
TrashPacker
Then the government shuts down and they never works out for anyone. Not feasible either
inboxmefoxes
Yeah, and the Dems controlled Congress. They failed - the party - and it is definately part his job to convince the party to do things.
TrashPacker
Blaming it on one party or the other is pointless. They both increase it.
timmaybanks
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States what years was it going down and which up and who was president.
Ricobe9
Many single issue voters don't follow politics that much, aside from the occasional political drama. They don't get how much is actually
inboxmefoxes
That doesn't really change anything about what I said though; the voters that care about these things so much make up a HUGE block.
Ricobe9
My point was more that information and education can help move people away from the single voter issue
inboxmefoxes
There's always going to be single issue voters though - the GOP really does understand this too.
Ricobe9
Done on a regular basis. And tbf most media aren't good at telling it either. So they stick to certain issues that feels easier to follow
inboxmefoxes
And these three things account for a LOT OF SINGLE-ISSUE VOTERS.
diesel01
The two big dangers in 22 & 24 are the GOP election reforms & the progressives who decide not to bother because their issue(s) aren’t fixed
drowscion
I’m pretty much a climate change single issue voter at this point, as good as some of what he’s done has been
IDontSpeakInternet
Canadian here. Same. I wish I had the liberty of voting for anything else but I'll settle for that.
Rhythmaster
Yeah same, it's kinda the most important issue... I wish there was a party to vote for that wasnt infected with coal, oil and gas shills...
Ricobe9
He's already done a bunch of good things regarding climate change. Hopefully a lot more will be passed on the following years
inboxmefoxes
'Slow and steady' is how we got where we are. Empty gestures and carbon credits.
MeSoErnie
Except they don't... Theyve done the political calculus. They know none of those things matter as much as other things they have prioritized
inboxmefoxes
Is this the same political calculus that has lost them so many electrons? That lost to trump in the first place?
inboxmefoxes
Forgive me if my faith in the 'political calculus' of the Dems is dumpster-barrel low. They lost to fucking Trump lol
Rhythmaster
They prioritized a bunch of stuff that was then blocked from passing by the GOP and Manchin... priorities mean nothing if you can't do em.
MeSoErnie
True, but they didn't even try with some things. There's only so much time one can devote to politic-ing and sometimes it's futile