So, no jokes here. Has Biden actually done anything useful since 2020? His BBB went down the drain. He “exonerated” prisoners with weed charges that didn’t exonerate most people. He’s pushing for war with Russia and China. Like, has he done anything beneficial for people? He lowered the gas prices for like, what, 2 months? I’m supposed he’s gonna save us?
He pulled out of Afghanistan and almost entirely ended the use of drone strikes. His tax reform was a total joke, but at least it was baby steps in the right direction rather than the giant leap back that was the the TCJA. His NLRB threw out certain Amazon elections. His student loan cancellation policy is a total joke which appears like it will be struck down by the court, but my understanding is he changed the repayment scheme if you do the 10-year public service work repayment to be more generous or something.
So in terms of positives I guess there’s some stuff. The real advantage of course is he’s doing less bad stuff than a republican would do, not that he’s doing good stuff.
the changes to student loan payments have made it so that in income based repayment plans, the govt pays the interest. And people pay 5% of their income after someone makes a certain amount, I think currently it is 15%. Meaning someone who graduates and can't find work does not have interest fucking them over
The IRA bill has increased domestic production of things like solar panels and EVs. Some amount of money has gone to infrastructure but too much of that is going to highways and shit.
So, no jokes here. Has Biden actually done anything useful since 2020? His BBB went down the drain. He “exonerated” prisoners with weed charges that didn’t exonerate most people. He’s pushing for war with Russia and China. Like, has he done anything beneficial for people? He lowered the gas prices for like, what, 2 months? I’m supposed he’s gonna save us?
He pulled out of Afghanistan and almost entirely ended the use of drone strikes. His tax reform was a total joke, but at least it was baby steps in the right direction rather than the giant leap back that was the the TCJA. His NLRB threw out certain Amazon elections. His student loan cancellation policy is a total joke which appears like it will be struck down by the court, but my understanding is he changed the repayment scheme if you do the 10-year public service work repayment to be more generous or something.
So in terms of positives I guess there’s some stuff. The real advantage of course is he’s doing less bad stuff than a republican would do, not that he’s doing good stuff.
If loan forgiveness survives the chudges it’s a pretty big deal
Couldn't even muster up much of a fight for his student debt relief plan, which was paltry from the get go.
the changes to student loan payments have made it so that in income based repayment plans, the govt pays the interest. And people pay 5% of their income after someone makes a certain amount, I think currently it is 15%. Meaning someone who graduates and can't find work does not have interest fucking them over
The IRA bill has increased domestic production of things like solar panels and EVs. Some amount of money has gone to infrastructure but too much of that is going to highways and shit.