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Does anyone else dislike Biden's name for his economic plan? (Original Post) lillypaddle Jul 2020 OP
I would prefer.. luvs2sing Jul 2020 #1
That works! lillypaddle Jul 2020 #3
We need to adopt this for the whole trump administration. badhair77 Jul 2020 #26
HE should just call the "Triple B 's for America " ace3csusm Jul 2020 #2
His economic plan could simply be "remove the fascist killer" Eliot Rosewater Jul 2020 #4
IT sounds a little clumsy to me, but that seems to be trendy. TreasonousBastard Jul 2020 #5
Personally I don't like it. dem4decades Jul 2020 #6
Meh, they said the same thing about 'Malarky' too. Budi Jul 2020 #7
Biden Builds America Back Better - is more understandable. empedocles Jul 2020 #13
It's a minor thing at the moment. The focus should be on the contents of the policy. Budi Jul 2020 #17
I had the same thought, don't care for the name...nt wcmagumba Jul 2020 #8
I like it a lot. It's catchy and descriptive. lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #9
+1 chowder66 Jul 2020 #21
+1000 Thekaspervote Jul 2020 #22
And that last name: Biden. Diden? Miden? Widen? marble falls Jul 2020 #10
got to do something with that! stillcool Jul 2020 #16
leave it alone.. agingdem Jul 2020 #11
trump broke it and now we must Build Back Better NightWatcher Jul 2020 #12
YES !!! I would like Biden to rename it "Put All MAGA Cultist In Jail Jan 20th" and let that be uponit7771 Jul 2020 #14
Sounds like an easy phrase to stumble over. jalan48 Jul 2020 #15
Too close to Mossfern Jul 2020 #18
Bummer. Dagstead Bumwood Jul 2020 #30
Alliteration sucks Awsi Dooger Jul 2020 #19
How do you feel about rhymes? lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #33
It's fine, it's easy to remember, it says what it is soothsayer Jul 2020 #20
Umhm. I wouldn't have been crazy about "new deal," Hortensis Jul 2020 #23
I mean no one would have liked FDR's new deal soothsayer Jul 2020 #25
Remember, millions were thrilled with the programs and Hortensis Jul 2020 #28
Nah, it's fine - short, catchy, to the point Fiendish Thingy Jul 2020 #24
Not my fave slogan of the past few cycles... Wounded Bear Jul 2020 #27
It's fine BannonsLiver Jul 2020 #29
I think it's fine StarfishSaver Jul 2020 #31
It doesn't have the word 'homeland' in it. It's fine. nt crickets Jul 2020 #32
I don't think it really matters. Most people don't really care about these things JI7 Jul 2020 #34
 

Budi

(15,325 posts)
7. Meh, they said the same thing about 'Malarky' too.
Tue Jul 28, 2020, 03:52 PM
Jul 2020

His policy proposals under Build Back Better are all that matters & he has left no one out.

I think he should have named it after himself, but that's not Joe's style.

Biden Builds America Back Better

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
13. Biden Builds America Back Better - is more understandable.
Tue Jul 28, 2020, 03:57 PM
Jul 2020

This is a general electorate election. Clarity helps.

 

Budi

(15,325 posts)
17. It's a minor thing at the moment. The focus should be on the contents of the policy.
Tue Jul 28, 2020, 04:05 PM
Jul 2020

He can call it whatever he wants.
I don't see the big deal.

The contents of this plan is well detailed, covers the smallest voices, & is exactly what America needs to buiild back a much better nation.

agingdem

(7,759 posts)
11. leave it alone..
Tue Jul 28, 2020, 03:56 PM
Jul 2020

the name is fine...as for melanomas Be Best crap...her husband is a congenital liar, a racist, a bigot, a sociopath, a sexual deviant, a sexual predator, a misogynist, a narcissist, a playground bully, infantile, ignorant ...so Be Best at what?...pick one

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
12. trump broke it and now we must Build Back Better
Tue Jul 28, 2020, 03:56 PM
Jul 2020

Sounds pretty good to me. It hits trump and lets everyone else know that we're going to spend on infrastructure. It plays on make it great again and keep it great. Its not great right now, so we must Build Back Better.

uponit7771

(90,225 posts)
14. YES !!! I would like Biden to rename it "Put All MAGA Cultist In Jail Jan 20th" and let that be
Tue Jul 28, 2020, 03:58 PM
Jul 2020

... the the motivation for a good economy.

 

Awsi Dooger

(14,565 posts)
19. Alliteration sucks
Tue Jul 28, 2020, 04:11 PM
Jul 2020

I have no idea how it became so popular, other than it's incredibly lazy.

This sounds like Chuck Schumer named it. In fact, I'd almost make that the favorite given Schumer's style and suggestions in prior cycles. He can't think of anything that isn't an overly complicated alliteration.

If I were in charge I would never hire someone who relied on alliterations. It would be the immediate litmus test.

If you have to succumb to that route make sure it is no more than two words.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
23. Umhm. I wouldn't have been crazy about "new deal,"
Tue Jul 28, 2020, 04:50 PM
Jul 2020

not elevated enough, but it turned out to really be a big, revolutionary-big

deal. And after that Truman's "Fair Deal" continuation. I like the aspirational call of Johnson's "Great Society" for his agenda to eventually eliminate poverty and racism better, though.

"Building Back Better" instead of Rebuilding Better almost doesn't make sense, as if they're going to add something later that'll make that "back" indispensible to the meme.

Itm, maybe they also see it quickly becoming BBB as shorthand for many projects, like CCC from the New Deal. That's the best guess I can come up with. Biden's BBB programs discussed 100 years from now the way FDR's are.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
28. Remember, millions were thrilled with the programs and
Tue Jul 28, 2020, 07:23 PM
Jul 2020

rewarded the New Dealers by keeping Democrats in control of the WH and both houses of congress for 12 years. AA and others joined to be part of it. I'd have been a passionate New Dealer myself. Just wish they'd come up with a name less card-gamey and more worthy of the great achievements.

Who knows? Maybe people will say that in future when they're reminded with some surprise what BBB stands for.

Fiendish Thingy

(15,369 posts)
24. Nah, it's fine - short, catchy, to the point
Tue Jul 28, 2020, 04:59 PM
Jul 2020

It acknowledges the mess we are in, and that we need to “build back better”.

I noticed that Trump seems to have reverted to his 2016 MAGA slogan, abandoning his original 2020 slogan of Keep America Great...

JI7

(89,182 posts)
34. I don't think it really matters. Most people don't really care about these things
Wed Jul 29, 2020, 08:20 AM
Jul 2020

We often put more focus on it than it deserves.

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