Mapping 46 - what should/will Biden do?

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[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

Biden should make sure that the chicken sauce shortage in Oklahoma ends!

"Chick-fil-A has a sauce shortage. And you want to know why? Because of Joe Biden's radical liberal policies". - says Kevin Stitt, governor of Oklahoma. Finally somebody who really listens to the worries of the hard working Americans!

"Joe Biden's policies have REAL WORLD CONSEQUENCES that he doesn't seem tuned to. He's more concerned about appeasing the woke liberals with his out of touch, radical, socialist agenda."

Poor Oklahoma, running out of chicken sauce due to Biden... question is why does Mr. Stitt not end the shortage on his own?

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt Blames Biden for Chick-Fil-A Sauce Shortage

The governor's re-election campaign asked supporters to donate to "make sure Chick-fil-A never has another sauce shortage."

www.newsweek.com

 

[Aeon Jiminy]

Coming out of a Global Pandemic is no time to address Health Care. Child Care while you continue to work for $7.25 per hour is infrastructure., not dying of a preventable illness while you work isn't. If you're going to lie with campaign promises, it's good to make it a whopper. Back to brunch.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

Coming out of a Global Pandemic is no time to address Health Care. Child Care while you continue to work for $7.25 per hour is infrastructure., not dying of a preventable illness while you work isn't. If you're going to lie with campaign promises, it's good to make it a whopper. Back to brunch.

Patience is not a virtue for you, is it.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Coming out of a Global Pandemic is no time to address Health Care. Child Care while you continue to work for $7.25 per hour is infrastructure., not dying of a preventable illness while you work isn't. If you're going to lie with campaign promises, it's good to make it a whopper. Back to brunch.

 

[Romana]

Heavy Metal meets Game of Thrones. That is the Iron Throne they've put him on?

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Heavy Metal meets Game of Thrones. That is the Iron Throne they've put him on?

Made of guns rather than swords, but yes, it's the Iron Throne.

 

[WolfEyes]

So China wants people to believe Biden is going to bring about the Zombie Apocalypse? Cool! Too bad I got burned out on zombie movies and tv series decadeS ago so I doubt I'll ever see this one.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Evernote link because paywall

 

[Free]

Screw the Republicans.

 

[Cristalle]

Patience is not a virtue for you, is it.

When do you think is a reasonable time to wait? Because at this rate, Democrats are basically saying not in this lifetime.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

When do you think is a reasonable time to wait? Because at this rate, Democrats are basically saying not in this lifetime.

Can we unfuck the country from the last four years of Trump and get a better hold on the Senate first? With what we have going on right now, if we introduce it now, it's going to get shut right down, and then it'll likely never see the light of day again in our lifetimes.

It's one thing that really bothers me about some progressives - they're not very patient, and that's why we can't have nice things.

 

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[Innula Zenovka]

When do you think is a reasonable time to wait? Because at this rate, Democrats are basically saying not in this lifetime.

Presumably one of Biden's concerns is that his legislation actually gets past the Senate, where I understand the Republicans are not being as helpful and bipartisan as one might like.

What do you suggest he does about the practical difficulty of getting the plan into law?

 

[Veritable Quandry]

Including things in the budget that require significant changes to the US code is not a good way to legislate, and will only get removed to comply with reconciliation procedures needed to move the bill with only 51 votes in the Senate.

Because Biden is not doing everything he promised at once does not mean he is abandoning the issues not yet in pending legislation.

 

[Cristalle]

Can we unfuck the country from the last four years of Trump and get a better hold on the Senate first? With what we have going on right now, if we introduce it now, it's going to get shut right down, and then it'll likely never see the light of day again in our lifetimes.

It's one thing that really bothers me about some progressives - they're not very patient, and that's why we can't have nice things.

Thanks for not answering the question.

You can't unfuck the country if you don't actually DO anything for the country. He doesn't have 4 years to act. Campaign season for the House and Senate begins in a couple of months. Lose either one next year, as is likely at this rate, and we will stay fucked. Running on no achievement is the way to lose. It's not lack of patience why we can't have nice things.

 

[Cristalle]

Presumably one of Biden's concerns is that his legislation actually gets past the Senate, where I understand the Republicans are not being as helpful and bipartisan as one might like.

What do you suggest he does about the practical difficulty of getting the plan into law?

Lean on the Senators who are out of line and threaten to cut off their money and support their primary challengers. He is more popular than they are, and if he does not remotely try to live up to his campaign promises, the House and the Senate will be gone in 22, and nothing really will get done.

 

[Cristalle]

Including things in the budget that require significant changes to the US code is not a good way to legislate, and will only get removed to comply with reconciliation procedures needed to move the bill with only 51 votes in the Senate.

Because Biden is not doing everything he promised at once does not mean he is abandoning the issues not yet in pending legislation.

You act like he has four years to get things done. He doesn't.

 

[Grandma Bates]

Lean on the Senators who are out of line and threaten to cut off their money and support their primary challengers. He is more popular than they are, and if he does not remotely try to live up to his campaign promises, the House and the Senate will be gone in 22, and nothing really will get done.

President Biden is not going to do any of this. He has gone much further on many progressive issues than I thought he would, but he is a moderate on many issues and is conservative on many economic issues. No President is going to do anything like what I believe needs to be done to address the shocking inequities in the US economy. Any change will have to be driven by the electorate, and expecting the political class to make changes will not result in any changes. I have no idea why anyone would expect any President to be able to create a fundamental shift in the system. Pressure on politicians that results from broad based local support from an active community is far more important than waiting on the President to change everything. These are not problems because of the President. These are problems that are the result of a system designed to resist positive change.