That is, I know we're not going to see GND, fracking will remain, no M4A; but are there policies in their respective plans that have Biden promising anything good?

Anything promising (or at least different from Trump) about worker rights? Immigration? Police reform? Prison reform? Cannabis?

Thanks, I haven't been able to find the right resources to check.

  • AbolishBorders [any]
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    4 years ago

    Would argue that the two big ones are climate policy (not because Biden is good - but because small harm reduction might buy us a few years), and immigration policy. Trump would have most likely tried for another repeal of DACA (the Supreme Court case only said that Trump didn't follow procedure to remove DACA the first time) along with a repeal of Temporary Protected Status (refugees), while DHS will most likely pursue more strict policies against international students and tighten H1-B regulations to favor people from Western countries. Biden wins on that part by doing nothing. I do think that the possibility of the DREAM Act is highest in the next four years, though it has been 19 years of false hopes.

    Any immigration reform (for those outside the US) that happens will involve a large dose of sinophobia, and any DREAM act will involve a compromise with Republicans, most likely to give ICE lots of money. The 2017 version of the DREAM act was co-sponsored by five Republicans, but died in committee - it might have passed if we had a standard neoliberal ghoul for president.

    While there are some piecemeal reforms that Biden will support (15 dollar minimum wage), I'm not counting on those being enacted due to Republicans and centrist Democrats.