Here’s the problem, is it him or his staff?
Neither, it’s the Fed.
That would be his staff.
They’re kind of a package deal, so does it matter?
Greatly. Reagan the last 4 years was run by his staff. Is Biden in the same boat?
Keeping things running, yup that’s what staff do
Yup but they run off the person at the head. Harris could be a replacement or open the DNC to show they are not the Republicans.
How is that a problem?
So a president that is visible gone is not a concern?
Visible gone?
Like a literally invisible person?
Yup, a ghost dad situation.
That turned out okay right?
So good they didn’t see him coming for 30 yrs.
Gas was lower for the ducks who care. I was saying where’s all the “I did that” stickers now
I thought the line that matters was stopping fascism. It’s their whole platform.
Judging from the last 4 years, I wouldn’t say it’s going well
and the slowest annual gain in prices since March 2021.
Its shit like this, dont tout this like a victory, i cant afford electricity right now
The recession started to emerge in 2019. You don’t turn a large ship around on a dime. There are more jobs, wages are up and inflation is down. What do you expect?
My wages havent been touched and inflation is staggeringly up.
Biden has also had 0 impact on that. The Fed is managing that because Congress doesn’t do anything but pass legislation for lobbyists and the Fed is also driving up unemployment as a result.
the president has the impact of the most powerful endorsement in the country. Technically, the president’s impact on legislation is just his ability to veto, but in practice both parties operate in tandem with the executive and legislative branches, the president is the figurehead of the party and the strategy has generally been to rally behind their campaign platform. With Biden we’ve had the inflation reduction act and the infrastructure bill. Obama famously drove the affordable care act, even though they personally didnt get to vote on it.
Boy wait until I tell you who the fed reports to
And civil rights.
Plus sustainable technology.
And critical infrastructure.
Also climate change.
Canceling student debt.
Oh, geez, that one is huge. Great point.
160 million in student debt cancelled.
160 million? Th… That’s it? I mean, that’s cool, it’s not nothing, but the top Google search stat shows that US citizens owe a collective 1.77 trillion in student debt.
He cancelled (1.6x10^8 / 1.77x10^12) 0.00009% of student debt. That’s like… A homeopathic cancellation.
160 billion, not million, coming up on 10% student debt cancellation so far.
Thanks for the clarification, that makes a rather meaningful difference.
It should also be remembered that he’s tried to cancel more than that, but the assholes on SCOTUS have ruled multiple times that he doesn’t have the authority.
Of course, that was also before they ruled the President is immune from any “official” acts, so who know what Biden might do before November.
Sure thing, that was my typing mistake earlier, thanks for bringing it up.
1 percent is a rounding error, but wiping away 10%, 160 billion, despite the conservatives stopping him from erasing 400 billion recently is pretty impressive.
Why wasn’t he able to cancel all of it again? There was some group blocking him…
List the best action he has taken for each of these.
There’s nothing wrong with wanting supporting evidence for claims, but when someone says something that’s very provable and common knowledge and you ask for proof - you become known as an idiot.
Civil rights - LGBTQ+ legal funding, protecting youth from conversion therapy, healthcare access, reversing Trump’s ban on trans military personnel, housing protections
Sustainable technology - “best” is hard among so many, probably the 65$ billion dollars inveatment for clean energy infrastructure in the US
Critical infrastructure - the largest investment in US infrastructure in US history, over a trillion dollars resulting in over 50000 new infrastructure projects.
Climate change - again, the “best” is tricky here…I guess either the hundreds of billions in green tech, clean energy, mass transit, rejoining climate accords, increasing regulations on polluters… You can choose any one of those.
Oh and taxing the wealthy. Biden succeeded in that too.
taxing the wealthy
^ That’s the one that triggered the media attack on him.
I agree that the timing is overly conspicuous
Healthcare - Biden limiting drug prices helps a ton of people. Also, trump pledged to get rid of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and replace it with nothing. So… not ruining everything is also good.
See that’s the thing, Biden would be a better president than trump if he literally pledged to do nothing. Trump has pledged to make things worse, mostly for his own benefit.
That’s your choice: a shit sandwich or… not eating a shit sandwich. Tough one, I know.
You are weirdly angry that Biden helped a lot of vulnerable people through drug pricing regulation.
That’s what I’m saying. You’re agreeing with me.
Some of Biden’s other first-term achievements(listed directly above) have been incredibly helpful to hundreds of millions of people.
Weird that not eating a shit sandwich is a difficult decision for you, but maybe it explains why you don’t understand the previous comment.
Biden isn’t a better president compared to dumps, he literally invested more in infrastructure and clean technology and climate change than any other president.
Biden has made and is still making huge strides in civil rights.
He’s taxing the wealthy.
He’s making a lot of progressive strides.
You even agree with that in the first sentence, what do you think you’re arguing about?
I like the trolls, they are funny.
I also accept that this is often sound, logical advice.
I like the trolls, they are funny.
I also accept that this is often sound, logical advice.
You’re agreeing with me.
You even agree with that in the first sentence, what do you think you’re arguing about?
So why do you think I’m arguing with you?
I don’t.
You’re agreeing with me that biden is a good president, but incorrect that he’s only a good precedent relative to Trump.
You’re very confused. Do you have any questions?
…but you said they’re arguing with you, which is why they asked why you think they’re arguing with you.
Lmao at being downvoted for asking for tangible examples. Platitudes doesn’t win elections, folks. See 2016.
If you’re curious about the downvotes, I would consider that it appears you thought you were “asking,” when what your comment does is issue a command. With no other context to understand from where you are coming.
Google exists.
As always, “economy” in a headline can be replaced with “rich people’s yacht money.”
“Listen, dipshit. I don’t care if you can’t afford groceries, I don’t care if you our landlord priced you out of your own home, and I certainly don’t give a fuck you can’t find a new job that pays enough to live. The economy is doing great, all the graphs the capitalists chose says so. Your lived experience is a lie. Shut up, don’t ask questions, and vote for me.”
Way to beat up that strawman!
I thought it was his team? Make your minds up. If it’s the team, get someone else to head it, because this is a fucking disaster
“Vote for administrations, not Biden! Btw this is all Biden’s doing, single handedly. Also Biden can’t do anything alone, he needs congress.”
By ‘economy’ they always mean how well the rich are doing. WE are struggling, and the constant gaslighting that everything is ok tells us our cries for help are going unheard.
I definitely am paying exceptional prices for toilet paper and groceries
Is there a Costco near you? Potato chips and deli meat (just random items I priced recently) are 1/3 the price of supermarket. Eggs and milk are about half. Gas at costco is 10% less than a gas station.
Biden has no power to set supermarket chains’ profit targets.
He has done nothing to directly impact the economy. We are in a money-printing generated gilded age where life is tolerable for most and better than ever for a few. As soon as something breaks, everyone below the top 10% will be thrown on the street into abject poverty and we are all just waiting around for that to happen.
Matters more in swing states
What does “the economy” mean again? Is that just referencing the stock market which most Americans don’t care about because they don’t own stocks or have 401ks?
I mean, has anyone seen the prices of shit lately? It’s pretty fuckin insane. I can’t even imagine how most people make it work with kids and whatnot. Then again, all my working class friends that don’t have 401ks don’t actually vote anyway so maybe they just know their audience
Most americans (61%) invest in the stock market.
Source?
https://news.gallup.com/poll/266807/percentage-americans-owns-stock.aspx
https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/stocks-americans-own-most-ever-9f6fd963
Do you have a source for your assertion?
Fair enough, I guess I didn’t account for the pandemic’s impact on stock ownership. I should’ve said almost most Americans don’t own stocks. I mean, your own sources show it was just about half of Americans for a while until recently.
Also, I hate considering 401ks as part of that since it’s not like people have a choice there. it’s just a cop out to sell out the nation to corporations via tax cuts and reduced regulations. My main premise is moreso that the economy is great if you’re a corporation or have a good job/are ready to retire
401ks are both voluntary and allow a selection of investments, so what do you mean “it’s not like people have a choice there”?
Pension funds are also mostly invested in stocks, so anyone with a pension also does better.
Like, you are saying the existence of people who are having it tough means the economy isn’t improving, and circumscribing anyone who may be doing better. Of course the economy is bad for people with the worst situations - that’s a tautology. The question is, is the wide middle doing better? Are fewer people in that situation?
I may get attacked here for posting some data since talking about inflation at all is such a hot button for many, but here goes.
Real wages (wages as expressed in 1982-1984 dollars, so controlled for inflation) are higher now than before the start of the pandemic. They aren’t quite as high as they briefly got in early 2021 when the government was propping up the economy with large amounts of money both to employers and directly to people, when people were initially holding on to money rather than spending causing prices to drop (things were closed, people couldn’t or didn’t want to travel and go out) and before the supply chain crisis among other things started causing inflation across the globe. The wage growth since the pandemic has been highest for low income and hourly workers, so higher income salary workers may not have seen as much. Some industries may not have done as well as others, for instance the high interest rates to help control inflation hit tech jobs particularly hard. And as always, these are averages across the largest economy in the world with over 300 million people, I’m not trying to assert conclusions about any one person’s financial situation.
January 2020 and January 2021 real wages https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/realer_02102021.htm
June 2023 and June 2024 real wages https://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.t01.htm
Wage growth vs inflation since March 2020: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1351276/wage-growth-vs-inflation-us/
Also for more full context keep in mind that real wages dropped some for decades before finally starting to recover in the 2000s. We’re only just starting to get back to real wages as they were in the 1970s.
Looking at the polls, it is too bad American voters are judging him based on vibes and not substance. But I’m sure if you just try talking to those vibes-based voters they will change their mind when presented with facts. /S
