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I learned that we can have months long "early" voting, unverified mail in voting, and drive up ballot boxes and people will still complain about voter suppression.
Okay, so what positive changes has biden implemented to get this change you speak of started? What will this change away from "right wing" accomplish that benefits Americans? I don't see any left wing or socialist nations with a better standard of living that America.
in 1970 the chamber of commerce told businesses to send lobbyists to DC, they have swamped DC and probably are what people call the swamp...simply requiring the separations of banks back to pre-clinton days would certainly help...both party's are guilty
what has biden done? nothing thats made the news as far as i know, people are enraged with superficial
anger directed at minor things which media outlets direct..i would think the progressive wing would lead on this.....
i have a suspicion the market is an intermingled complete mess which is a gracious way of not blaming obama...the mess was way over the head of trump....
i would say almost all the discussions about "issues" on this forum mean nothing if our economic market goes belly-up...my hope is the progressives have studied the issue the same people that are called demons and insane by many posters
we have QE now which only drives the wealth gap as promises of higher worker pay were empty
europe has always had had a socialist party involved in their politics and added national and local laws to help individuals..
industrialized capitalism has created more prosperity than at any time in history...nobody calls for one or the other as republicans paint the issue just a few tweaks here and there
Well, the stock market is booming, or is that not a thing anymore? I seem to recall threads during the Trump administration rejoicing in the rising market.
The unemployment rate is down to 4.8 percent, or is that also not a thing anymore?
Yes, gas prices have gone up, but it has served to stimulate the oil industry in this country. The price will come back down, of course, in time. Even natural gas dipped significantly yesterday.
I like how President Biden has taken the novel coronavirus seriously. Yes, plenty of continuing deaths and hospitalizations, but mainly among those that refuse to protect themselves (not only Republicans, of course, but blacks and Hispanics).
The Child Tax Credit has helped to lift 3 million children out of poverty. Children are precious, right? Or is that no longer a thing.
I like that Mr. Biden was able to address the United Nations without being laughed at. I like that he is dedicated to preserving the NATO alliance (to the disappointment of Mr. Putin, whom fully backed Mr. Trump's call to perhaps leave NATO).
I liked how Mr. Biden extended an arms control treaty with Russia.
I like how he cancelled student debt for those with disabilities (although I have my limits on this issue).
I liked that we rejoined the Paris Accords.
Anyway, that is a short list.
I don’t particularly like most of these things but that’s a great list for a supporter.
Positives are we don’t have to hear the media being critical of our President anymore
We no longer have to hear about investigations into the President and his business dealings
You said to keep Trump out of this thread, but it's impossible because as someone that voted for Biden the only positive was getting rid of Trump. Biden has been a disaster.
So you had to know, based on his umpteen years in politics and his reputation for never getting anything right (much like John Kerry), that there was not going to be much good coming out of this administration. And yet you voted for him knowing that - just to get rid of Trump because you didn't like Trump's personality. Which is my point. Let's vote for the demented senior citizen who will not likely get anything right and NOT vote for the guy who, personality aside, was getting alot of good things accomplished.
I did not mean to derail by referring to DT, but this came up in a conversation I had with some conservatives the other day.
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Biden is starting to reverse the government land giveaways that Trump instituted. I am horrified that someone would allow mining, drilling, and other commercial use on our scarce national parkland as happened in the last administration. There is no more where that came from, and when we give it away, it's gone.
Biden's bills to help people are stuck in Congress, but when these pass there will be many things we can note as positives.
Is he going to reverse the "government land giveaways" all the way back through the Obama-Biden* administration, and farther?
I don’t particularly like most of these things but that’s a great list for a supporter.
I guess we close the thread now?
I think that low unemployment, a strong economy, safer children, and cleaner air/water are generally considered good things, but you don't have to agree.
I'm not going to say that Biden has changed the world in the last 9 months, but the biggest impact of his presidency has been the stability/comfort that has permeated the global arena. He is an experienced statesman with a long political career and contacts worldwide. The news cycle is dominated by actual news and policies (i.e., regular political bickering and posturing) as opposed to incoherent tweets and arrests of Trump associates.
Also, while I don't necessarily agree with all of the administration's funding plans/priorities, I do look forward to the higher tax rates on the especially wealthy and profitable corporate entities, and I hope (but am skeptical) that the wealth gap will shrink at least to previous levels (which were far from equitable but at least not as pronounced as they are now).
I have to say I doubt that. Have you got some links to back this up? If so I am open to reading them. I doubt Donald Trump vacationed or golfed any more than obama, and likely not as much. I also doubt one flight to and from a golf course even daily could affect airspace enough to run companies out of business. But, I am open to discuss it if you have some link showing Donald Trump's golfing outings to have run companies out of business.
You would have to look in the local paper for NNJ. Its 50 miles from wherever the president is.
Drones were another fun thing. Better drones would not even turn on when he was around. 50 miles out!
Biden is starting to reverse the government land giveaways that Trump instituted. I am horrified that someone would allow mining, drilling, and other commercial use on our scarce national parkland as happened in the last administration. There is no more where that came from, and when we give it away, it's gone.
The federal government owns the vast majority of lands in the western states and most of it would be in better hands of private parties.
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Biden's bills to help people are stuck in Congress, but when these pass there will be many things we can note as positives.
Right... like higher inflation.
Well if those bills are so needed why do democrats who are in control of both houses pass them?
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