Gentlemen, You've certainly identified some positive things that the Biden Administration has done. Still I believe the bad outweighs the good, as you might expect from an anarcholibertarian like me.
The American Rescue plan has brought internet to where Farmstud lives. Maybe he does not appreciate internet, I bet other farmers in the farming community do.
Originally Posted by adav8s28
Adav8s28, The funding for expanded internet in the American Rescue Plan (ARP) may indeed have been worth the cost. But that was one of the worst pieces of legislation passed during our lifetimes IMHO. It added $1.9 trillion to the national debt and caused inflation and lower real (inflation adjusted) wages to hit the USA months earlier than other countries.
For the most part regarding China trade, Trump's tariffs still stand. One of the drivers of inflation. Those costs were just passed on to the consumer. Trump is now proposing a 60% tax on imports.
Capping drug prices like Insulin at $35 a month and total out of pocket at $2000 per year for seniors is a notable policy. Trump tried to do the $35 with an Executive order but that isn't as powerful. Biden got it through congress which is enforceable.
It takes years to realize any benefits or negatives to major policy changes. Usually into the next presidential term or after.
Reality is a President might sign the bills but it is a long process to get things through congress. Executive orders are limited in scope and are easier to overturn buy courts or congress...
Originally Posted by royamcr
Good post Royamcr. Not much to disagree with there. We still spend ridiculous amounts on health care with poor outcomes. Lower insulin prices are a comparative drop in the bucket but at least it's a start, and it's something the Republicans never got done. That was part of the Inflation Reduction Act though, which was mostly corporate welfare and subsidies for upper income Americans.
Yes, Trump looks to be worse for trade policy than Biden, if he follows through with his ridiculous new tariffs. And he was the one responsible for the ridiculous old ones.
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has a lot of good stuff going on. Rebuilding roads and bridges, climate change initiatives, modernize military infrastructure, creates up to 600,000 jobs.
Two strongest years of job growth in history.
More than 40 million borrowers stand to benefit from student debt relief.
Increased the maximum value of Pell Grants by $900.
Millions of Americans are saving $800 per year on health insurance coverage.
Originally Posted by royamcr
The federal government should indeed improve interstate infrastructure, like interstate highways and the air traffic control system. However, otherwise infrastructure construction is much better funded at and done by state and local governments. That's more efficient. I think much or most of the Infrastructure Bill should have been left up to the states and localities.
The main reason job growth was strong was because we were rebounding from the worst pandemic in over 100 years. The secondary reason is because Biden et al passed a lot of fiscal stimulus, which unfortunately will run the national debt up by trillions and which ignited inflation.
I don't know anything about the Pell Grants and savings on health insurance. But this sounds a bit like the insulin. We have tuition and medical costs that are out of control, and these are probably drops in the bucket or maybe even counterproductive.
Building semiconductors at home through the CHIPS Act. Reduces our dependence on foreign chip manufacturing, and creates jobs. Could say it also is good for National Security to have more chip manufacturing capability here.
Originally Posted by royamcr
More corporate welfare. I preferred Trump and the Republican's strategy, encouraging American industry by lowering the corporate income rate to levels comparable to our trading partners, and deregulating. That's better than playing favorites.
My guess is the below site may lean left and I admit I didn't read it all, but take it or leave it because it is what google gave me in my highly intense and highly stressful 15 seconds of research.
Anyway, it is silly to say the man has done nothing. Just because some things he has done may not have directly affected someone so one is unaware, does not mean it has not had a positive impact on millions of others.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazi...issed-00139046
Originally Posted by Lucas McCain
Your list consists of the good, the bad and the laughable. There are certainly some good things on the list that the Biden Administration accomplished. And some bad IMHO. The laughable - giving Biden credit for record USA oil and gas production.
LM, good link. Renewable energy is the number two source of electricity under Biden & Kamala. Perhaps electricity is not important to Farmstud. 
Originally Posted by adav8s28
That's partly because coal production has been on a long term decline of about 9% per year, driven as much by cheap, lower CO2 emitting gas fired power plants as renewables. I do not like Biden's approach to renewables, which consists of lots of corporate welfare and subsidies to upper income Americans to buy EV's and solar panels and the like. A reasonable carbon tax designed not to hurt our exports would make a lot more sense. The Democrats were within one vote, Joe Manchin's, of passing a carbon tax. But it was poorly designed, and would have cut back American production of oil, gas and coking coal and used imported fossil fuels to replace them.
Oh- and Brandon hasn't been indicted and screaming "witch-hunt" for 7 yrs straight like a fucking parrot with Tourrets.
Originally Posted by eyecu2
Yes, that's very true.
Nobody thinks that cleaner energy is going to be 100% replacing diesel or gas motors- but the options of making them part of the process and efficient should be a part of the solution as much as just burning oil and coal to drive the heartland. That's a no-brainer.
Originally Posted by eyecu2
Yeah, I agree, but apparently some in the Biden Administration do not. I hope Biden starts paying more attention to what your governor is telling him about energy. It would certainly boost his probability of winning Pennsylvania's electoral votes.
