Biden calls for broad new social programs, higher taxes on corporations and the wealthy

After Jessie finishes talking about the evils of socialism as he collects his food stamps and unemployment benefits.

It's half that, it's half the idea that they're giving it to the coloreds and it's not fair that anyone might get something that they're not getting.

Like, handouts and welfare etc are good as long as they're getting it, and other tribes aren't. If the Others get it instead, then it's the worst thing ever.

Like when Floridians complain about the federal government sending disaster relief to other states.

Companies have been allowed to treat pay as a business expense. Executive pay is pay, so they treat it as a cost of doing business.

It really shouldn't.

What they should do is reduce taxes on bonuses for middle and lower classes. The C-suits don't need the tax break.

Because neoliberals have built managed democracies in every wealthy country the world over, ensuring that every election is between a blue neoliberal and a red neoliberal.

He's already proposed limits and caps to politician trading then everyone fought back against the Stock Act so he kicked it to Congress.

https://campaignlegal.org/update/biden-should-keep-campaign-promise-reigniting-stock-act-reform-congress

He stopped his own from doing it though since he was able to do that.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-27/biden-campaign-bans-staff-from-trading-stocks-without-approval

Have fun pulling any random possible complaint out every time a Democrat doing something good doesn't turn our country into a fascist theocratic hellhole though lmfao.

Ok. The alternative is to vote for the former president that actually implemented a massive tax cut for the rich. So clearly, it matters who you pick.

Also, Biden has managed to pardon a shit ton in student loans because he could bypass congress. So clearly, it's not just paying lip service, but actually walking the walk when it's available to him.

Vote in a Dem majority in both houses (with a margin so DINOs cant block them), and we can actually get something done.

Are you enjoying the traitors tax hikes on working people? Guess what that evil piece of shit did at the same time? Cut taxes on corporations immensely and permanently, whilst making the small tax cuts for individuals purposefully expire.

There's clearly one party who at least attempts to help the working class while the hilariously evil and overtly corrupt party does everything in their power to hurt us.

Too bad he won't do anything.

What, exactly, is within his sole power to do?

The answer is: Nothing. The president (or even the executive branch) has no power over tax laws whatsoever. That's 100% Congress. The president can only sign into law or veto what Congress sends them. Aside from Executive Orders (which are still subject to judicial review), all the president can do is call for things.

And he is only calling for it now because it wouldn't have made sense to do it any earlier. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (better known as the Trump Tax Cuts for the Wealthy), became effective in 2018 and is the law until 2025 when they're due to be renewed or replaced. Biden took office in 2021 and the current year is 2024.

instead of ranting about "illegals"

The "ranting about illegals" statement is completley disingenuous and quite literally spreading right-wing propaganda.

From the official transcript of the damn speech (or rant as you're calling it):

REPRESENTATIVE GREENE: What about Laken Riley?
(Cross-talk.)
AUDIENCE: Booo —
REPRESENTATIVE GREENE: Say her name!
THE PRESIDENT: (The President holds up a pin reading “Say Her Name, Laken Riley.”) Lanken — Lanken (Laken) Riley, an innocent young woman who was killed.
REPRESENTATIVE GREENE: By an illegal!
THE PRESIDENT: By an illegal. That’s right. But how many of thousands of people are being killed by legals?

That's it. That's the "rant". Basically trapped into responding to Empty G's heckling, fell into it, and now it's a right-wing talking point.

Here's the full transcript if you don't trust my copy/paste skills: https://www.whitehouse.gov/state-of-the-union-2024/

"Don't ever try to do anything positive because it might not work out" is a terrible attitude.

Defeatism!

Yeah, that fucking clown of a politician trying to create policies that would only benefit his voters (well and everyone else, but clearly he doesn't care about those people). If this passed, and thankfully it won't because the Republicans in congress will be sure to protect the public, then it might actually get him reelected because people might think that he was good for the majority of Americans. That would be so awful.

Because nowhere else in the world matters, right? There are no horrors happening anywhere else so the American election should depend solely on what's happening in Gaza? Personally, I would love to see Bibi out of power and the Palestinian people freed from tyranny, but opposing Biden's reelection will have absolutely no positive impact on the likelihood of that happening. In fact, if Trump gets in he has said he'll support Israel's campaign in Gaza. Undermining Biden will not get you what you want. Trump and a Republican congress would help Israel wipe out the Palestinian people completely.

Now, if you really want to help make the world a better place, start opposing Republican candidates at every level and start supporting progressive candidates who will work to change the whole world instead of just the tiny portion of it that worries you most right now.

This is so typical of lemmy lately. Just people yelling at clouds.

I love how politicians become "very nice" and "active" when it's elections time 😂 Like, my brother, you've been in this spot for 4 years, why are you just calling for these fucking obvious things? Also, yes, mother fucker, stop the fucking genocide first before anything.