President Joe Biden will tout his economic agenda in remarks Wednesday as he campaigns for a second term amid low polling numbers on his job performance and the direction of the country.
The president’s plan, which the White House dubbed “Bidenomics,” aims to “move beyond” the “trickle down” economic theory that it says disproportionately benefits the wealthy and big corporations through tax cuts while reducing investment in priorities such as infrastructure and education, and failing to protect market competition.
Do you think rail gets built overnight? We won’t see the effects of this funding for a decade or more. Walkability has to do with local zoning laws above all else. The federal government doesn’t have the jurisdiction to force that into law, and it would be detrimental to blanket that across everywhere in the US. Walkability needs to be focused upon in cities, which is already happening.
I think you’re quite biased here and you should really take a step back and look at the facts.
I’m looking at rail infrastructure projects in other countries and they move quite quickly; not “decades”. If you can fund road infrastructure, you can fund walkable infastructure. I don’t think I’m being unreasonable. It’s not like Biden is simply incapable of working with various state governments.
And if the federal government is unable to do anything we actually need, then why does it exist at all?
I don’t think I’d be able to have a productive discussion with you about this subject.
Can you share what you think biden has done that’s good, and why those things are good? If you think I’m being unfair, then perhaps explain why you like Biden?
I’m not an unreasonable person, I’m just not seeing any reason to like biden whatsoever, regardless of the scope of the position he has.
I’m honestly a bit exhausted by the topic, and that’s the main reason I mentioned kinda stepping back from it. But, you want to know where I’m coming from, and I respect that, so I’ll give you a bit.
I’m very pleased with many of the things he has managed to do even while limited by a very partisan congress and supreme court. He’s gotten infrastructure funding, the “build back better” plan that got whittled down to the inflation reduction act, and pushing the envelope for student debt forgiveness. That last thing is a great example as to why he can’t do the things you’re referring to, because when he tries to do things using presidential power, there are thousands of vultures ready to swoop in and sue it out of existence.
The man’s not perfect, he’s not even great, but damn the bar has been so low for so long it’s refreshing to see someone who actually has shared goals with me in office. That’s really where I’m coming from. I also feel a lot safer as a trans person in this country with him at the helm than I would with any republican and a lot of other democrats!
I see. I have to say that student loan forgiveness hasn’t happened, I’m still in debt. Infrastructure hasn’t seemed to change at all really. And biden has been disastrous for trans rights, which are the worst they’ve ever been (and he hasn’t done a simple thing that’d improve the healthcare for many trans people: legalizing cyproterone acetate or even just vocally mentioning this issue).
We’ll agree to disagree I guess. None of the things you listed really makes me interested in seeing another biden term.