Why did Senator Warren have to jump on the media bandwagon, proclaiming how bad Democrats are going

[JohnSJ]

to do in the midterms unless they get a handle on inflation?

How exactly are we going to do that Senator Warren in six months with a 50-50 Senate, and two Democratic Senators who are not particularly accommodating?

The foundation of the crises we are going through now were planted by the four years of the trump administration, and republican control. The trade wars, chip shortages, high fuel prices which directly impact the price of everything from food to transportation, all contribute to inflation. What happened in Ukraine is directly because trump gave the green light to putin by his attempts to weaken NATO, and marginalize Ukraine.

[SunSeeker]

1. This isn't helping. nt

[Cha]

58. Exactly.. It most certainly is NOT.

💙💛

[Budi]

2. Good question. Thanks for asking

Waiting for an answer......
..............
....................?

[ripcord]

48. How dare she give her honest opinion nt

[Budi]

50. No one said that but you.

[ripcord]

52. Well a lot of people seem upset that she did

And when it comes to politics I am going to trust Senator Warren over a bunch of forum warriors.

[Demsrule86]

54. We have a midterm coming up that is the issue and no offense I don't think Sen.

Warren understands this.

[ripcord]

56. I think she understands it just fine

She is facing reality and trying to get people to act. Maybe we can't deal with inflation before the election but there are other things we can do and pass to mitigate the damage that is always done to the party in power during a bad economy. Sticking our heads in the sand and pretending it isn't a problem solves nothing.

[BlackSkimmer]

102. You don't think Senator Warren understands a midterm is coming up?

Do you actually believe this?

[betsuni]

105. Fundraising.

[Tickle]

3. because we need to get our heads out of the sand

inflation is a big deal and it effects everyone and we need to respond to it

[Budi]

6. No. 'Its The Democrats fault'.

Didn't you hear that part?
Its the centerpoint to all their campaign speaks.

I'm still waiting (6yrs now) for a comprehensive policy plan, with dollar figures, that will cover the healthcare for 300 million Americans under M4A.

Still waiting. Maybe they can provide that info before moving on to the inflation issue, the Defund the Police issue, & the Student Loan issue.

This is getting old.

[Doremus]

37. What's getting old is watching my party run aground while pollyannas

concoct every excuse they can think of to deflect any sort of criticism or accountability.

Without even looking it up, I'm gonna say the cost of M4A is less than the amount of taxes NOT paid by the billionaire class during the same timeframe. Prove me wrong.

BTW, when did it become a Democratic value to devalue meaningful social programs because the budget comes first. That's been a repuke hallmark since forever. When did it change ... or did it? Just curious because you're saying we couldn't possibly afford M4A.

[Budi]

51. Show us the M4A policy plan they've been selling for 6 years

Still waiting....

If we had believed in every campaign slogan spoken in the course of our US history , & never asked for proof of their words & promises, we'd never have gotten as far as we have.

WHERE's this Health Care Policy Plan that is spose to save 300 million people?

Before I give up what I have & sign on to another grand idea, it would be kinda helpful to know what I'm signing on to.
Ya think?

Where's the grand plan & the cost breakdown?

6 years later & still waiting.

[Doremus]

62. Okay, so according to you it's okay to promise

anything during the campaign with no need to actually deliver on it. Great, glad we've got that out there. smh

Where's the grand plan & the cost breakdown?

Hello? We're talking about DEMS here, not the non-existent repuke healthcare plan. Some days I wonder whether I'm at the right place.

[Budi]

67. Bwaaaaahaaaaha.. took a few hrs to twist it into That?!

Try again.
I never said anything like that. Your interpretation is solely your own
Bye.

[Budi]

69. No, we're talking about M4A.

Where's the plan that's been sold as the holy grail of health care for the last 6 years?
Where is it.
Still Waiting...

Please provide it.
Thanks...

[iemanja]

81. Biden promised to fix Obamacare

Nothing else. People dream up lots of "promises" that he never made.

[iemanja]

71. I don't think the party does that

but many DUers certainly do to the extent that anyone that doesn't go along with it is deemed the enemy.

The problem is inflation is very difficult to deal with, and it's not improved by social programs. It takes hard hitting fiscal policy, which isn't popular. We can see the reaction on Wall Street just because they think interest rates will rise, which is anti-inflation 101.

[brooklynite]

83. If Billionaire paid whatever their "fair share" was...

There wouldn’t be any stronger consensus to implement M4A

[ripcord]

49. You act like the voters are going to care who's fault it is

Most will vote their interests in the election, if the economy is not doing well in any fashion the party in power will suffer for it. I'm not saying it is fair but it is a fact.

[Budi]

72. So what's the plan to fix inflation? Besides yelling on TV

Anything proactive offered up?

[iemanja]

68. Inflation isn't a joke

and it doesn't matter that it's the Republicans fault. Voters will hold the party in power responsible. You can pretend otherwise all you want. It doesn't change the situation.

[Budi]

70. No one's pretending it's not.

[iemanja]

73. You are

You mocked the poster's concern that it's a real issue by comparing their post to a litany of progressive issues. You post was a complete non-sequitur.

This was the post you objected to:

because we need to get our heads out of the sand

inflation is a big deal and it effects everyone and we need to respond to it

[JohnSJ]

8. We don't have our heads in the sand. With a 50-50 Senate, and two Democrats not particularly

accommodating, there is not much that will be done legislatively in 6 months.

President Biden has opened up the oil reserves to a million barrels a day, but our supposed oil rich allies, and U.S. oil companies are not jumping on board to help out either, in spite of increasing charges for leases on unused wells.

The only reason oil futures are dropping now is because of China's lockdowns, not because of any help from oil executives, on Saudi Arabia.

[Hoyt]

22. Nah. Was told right here it's temporary, transitory, a hoax, greedinflation, etc.

[uponit7771]

28. The majority is green inflation, but the message should have been. It was going to be worse than it

... so people could expect it and not under promise and under deliver

[Hoyt]

46. Don't think it's majorly greed, but lots of folks claim it is.

[uponit7771]

65. It is, the claim comes from 70 yr high on corp profit *MARGINS*(link)

https://www.businessinsider.com/companies-pocket-largest-profits-in-70-years-amid-inflation-complaints-2021-12

[uponit7771]

27. Of course it is, the point of the OP is not to blame Democrats and to place blame where it belongs

... corporate greed and Republican mismanagement of the economy.

Warren is correct in messaging but the messaging should have been how bad inflation was going to be then under promise and over deliver

[BeyondGeography]

4. Ban price gouging, strengthen anti-trust laws, help the FTC enforce existing laws

All good advice if you ask me. Pointing the finger at Trump, not so much.

A lot of politics is “where is the urgency”? If you can’t answer that you’re giving people an excuse to vote against you or just stay home.

[JohnSJ]

9. How long do you think it will take to prove price gouging? If the past is any prediction of the

future, it never worked well before, and oil is the poster child example for that

[BeyondGeography]

14. Government can influence behavior just by acting

Call for hearings, make noise about specific sectors, start investigations, watch the rate of inflation magically ease.

[JohnSJ]

15. That has all been done before. It took months of hearings, and nothing was accomplished. They

could not prove wide spread price gouging

[BeyondGeography]

18. I've been gouged and so have you

We need to find a way to put pelts on the wall or we will lose. It’s that simple.

[JohnSJ]

20. Prove it. It isn't that simple

[BeyondGeography]

25. Here is the proof

https://fortune.com/2022/03/31/us-companies-record-profits-2021-price-hikes-inflation/

Maybe get a price gouging law on the books? I don’t know, I just shop here.

When voters hear about another year of record profits before November, who do you think will pay at the polls?

[JohnSJ]

31. Record profits aren't proof of gouging BG. If it even gets that far with hearings and

investigations as you suggest, I think it won't go anywhere like it has in the past.

If for nothing else, it will take too long before the midterms.

Oil is going down the last several days because of lock downs in China, and futures are speculating demand will decrease. That is supply and demand

Sorry I am so cynical about this, and I certainly will be pleasantly surprised if proven wrong.

[BeyondGeography]

35. Getting back to why did Warren say what she said

This is why. So we could rattle each other’s cages and maybe get somewhere.

You asked a fair question in the OP and you’ve gotten many fair answers.

The President and his team are grown-ups; there are manageable reasons why his numbers are unfairly low. Once people get over their feelings about Warren, at least part of them will realize it was good that she spoke up.

[JohnSJ]

38. I think she is stating the obvious, in regard to what the problem is. I think the administration

is more than aware of the challenges

[Igirl]

86. Fix the supply chain. There is your answer.

Hire. Find people. Fix the supply chain.
It’s simple economics in a lot of this why the corporations can price gouge. They are simply raising the price until the demand drops to the available inventory. There are not enough goods being delivered consistently to cover all of the demand.

I’m sick of the Trump excuse and so are my friends. We don’t make enough money to get by in hyper inflation. We need to own this and fix it!

[Budi]

16. Or start writing some bills to address the matter.

They ALL have that power. They could be using it rather than hair on fire shouting 'Democrats Do Something!'

Waiting.....

[JohnSJ]

32. In six months before the midterms? Not only do we have the public insurrection hearings in May, but

I think the Congress people will focus their attention on campaining for the midterms.

[Budi]

39. Right. So why'd they all wait till there was no time left to do something ?

...someone should ask then.

[uponit7771]

29. Does it matter, the performative aspects of it would mean more than twiddling thumbs?

[Doremus]

5. Because Dems aren't above reproach, they can improve, and there's still time to fix it.

The "pretend everything's fine and find a plausible excuse after we lose" approach accomplishes nothing.

A simple pen stroke would fulfill the student debt promise and potentially re-energize young voters, for example. Instead, the news is filled with how we're giving billions to the world's richest man. C'mon, some of this is self-inflicted for crissakes.

[Budi]

12. A pen stroke will not 'fix' student loans.

Biden cannot usurp the Congressional Powers. That is the power of the purse.
There are currently bills waiting for cosponsors that address this issue. Congress passes the bill to the Dept of Ed to makes the changes. THEN Biden signs it.

Stop repeating false info.
Not everything can be done by Ex Order. There are checks & balances & there is a process.
If so, we wouldn't have a Democracy would we. We'd have an authoritarian rule.

Every politician promoting this falshood damn well knows how that process works.

Ask them.

[Doremus]

19. I'd rather ask who allowed it to be a centerpoint of his

campaign platform and whether he/she/they knew it was not within his own powers to change.

If they knew the odds were against changing it, why did they promise it?



Edit: And rather than ordering me to stop repeating something you don't like to hear, perhaps you should expend the same amount of energy into offering your advice to the PTB who actually can affect the media narrative.

[Budi]

40. No you ask them next time it shows up on your feed.

I can't do everything for everybody.
Thanks.

[Doremus]

42. Sure thing.

In the meantime you'll continue to drag on the people wishing to enact positive change.

Sounds productive.


By the way, it didn't pass unnoticed that you had no response to my question. Who decided to promise debt forgiveness and put it in the platform? You seem like a person with the answers, let's hear some.

[Budi]

45. They are not being truthful. And they know it.

[Budi]

47. What? Nothing here in this long list of accomplishments worth noting to the Media?

1.9T American Rescue Plan
$1400 stimulus checks for adults, children, and adult dependents
1 year child tax credit expansion – $3600 0-5, $3000 6-17, removed income reqs and made fully refundable
One year EITC expansion
$350 billion state and local aid
$130 billion for schools for safe reopening
$40 billion for higher ed, half of which must go to student aid
Extended $300 supplemental UI through September 2021
Expanded eligibility for extended UI to cover new categories
Made $10,200 in UI from 2020 tax free
$1B for Head Start
$24B Childcare stabilization fund
$15B in low-income childcare grants
One Year Child and Dependent Care credit expansion
$46.5B in housing assistance, inc:
$21.5B rental assistance
$10B homeowner relief
$5B for Sec 8 vouchers
$5B to fight homelessness
$5B for utilities assistance
Extended Eviction moratorium through Aug 2021 (SC struck down)
2 year ACA tax credit expansion and ending of subsidy cliff – expanded coverage to millions and cut costs for millions more
100% COBRA subsidy through Sept 30th, 2021
6 month special enrollment period from Feb-Aug 2021
Required insurers to cover PrEP, an HIV prevention drug, including all clinical visits relating to it
Extended open enrollment from 45 to 76 days
New year round special enrollment period for low income enrollees
Restored Navigator program to assist with ACA sign up
Removed separate billing requirement for ACA abortion coverage
Eliminated regulation that allows states to privatize their exchanges
Eliminated all Medicaid work requirements
Permanently removed restriction on access to abortion pills by mail
Signed the Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act to fund increased ALS research and expedite access to experimental treatments
Rescinded Mexico City Policy (global gag rule) which barred international non-profits from receiving US funding if they provided abortion counseling or referrals
Allowed states to extend coverage through Medicaid and CHIP to post-partum women for 1 year (up from 60 days)
42 Lifetime Federal judges confirmed – most in 40 years
13 Circuit Court judges
29 District Court judges
Named first openly LBGTQ woman to sit on an appeals court, first Muslim American federal judge, and record number of black women and public defenders
$1.2T infrastructure law, including $550B in new funding $
110B for roads and bridges •$66B for passenger and freight rail
$39B for public transit, plus $30.5B in public transit funds from ARP
$65B for grid expansion to build out grid for clean energy transmission
$50B for climate resiliency
$21 for environmental remediation, incl. superfund cleanup and capping orphan wells
$7.5B for electric buses
$7.5B for electric charging stations
$55B for water and wastewater, including lead pipe removal
$65B for Affordable Broadband
$25B for airports, plus $8B from ARP
$17B for ports and waterways
$1B in reconnecting communities
Rejoined the Paris Climate Accords 50% emission reduction goal (2005 levels) by 2030
EO instructing all federal agencies to implement climate change prevention measures
Ordered 100% carbon free electricity federal procurement by 2030
100% zero emission light vehicle procurement by 2027, all vehicles by 2035
Net Zero federal building portfolio by 2045, 50% reduction by 2032
Net Zero federal procurement no later than 2050
Net zero emissions from federal operations by 2050, 65% reduction by 2030
Finalized rule slashing the use of hydrofluorocarbons by 85% by 2036 – will slow temp rise by 0.5°C on it’s own.
Set new fuel efficiency standards for cars and light trucks, raising the requirement for 2026 from 43mpg to 55mpg.
Protected Tongass National Forest, one of the world’s largest carbon sinks, from development, mining, and logging
Revoked Keystone XL permit
Used the CRA to reverse the Trump administration Methane rule, restoring stronger Obama era standards.
EPA proposed new methane rule stricter than Obama rule, would reduce 41 million tons of methane emissions by 2035
Partnered with the EU to create the Global Methane Pledge, which over 100 countries have signed, to reduce methane emissions by 30% by 2030 from 2020 levels
US-EU trade deal to reward clean steel and aluminum and penalize dirty production
Ended US funding for new coal and fossil fuel projects overseas, and prioritized funding towards clean energy projects
G7 partnership for “Build Back Better World” – to fund $100s of billions in climate friendly infrastructure in developing countries
Restoring California’s ability to set stricter climate requirements
Signed EO on Climate Related Financial Risk that instructs rule making agencies to take climate change related risk into consideration when writing rules and regulations.
$100M for environmental justice initiatives
$1.1B for Everglades restoration
$100M for environmental justice initiatives
$1.1B for Everglades restoration
30 GW Offshore Wind Plan, incl:
Largest ever offshore wind lease sale in NY and NJ
Offshore wind lease sale in California
Expedited reviews of Offshore Wind Projects
$3B in DOE loans for offshore wind projects
$230M in port infrastructure for Offshore wind
Solar plan to reduce cost of solar by more than 50% by 2030 including $128M in funding to lower costs and improve performance of solar technology
Multi-agency partnership to expedite clean energy projects on federal land
Instructed Dept of Energy to strengthen appliance efficiency rules
Finalized rule to prevent cheating on efficiency standards
Finalized rule to expedite appliance efficiency standards
Repealed Federal Architecture EO that made sustainable federal buildings harder to build
Reversed size cuts and restored protections to Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monuments
Restoring NEPA regulations to take into account climate change and environmental impacts in federal permitting
Extended public health emergency through at least April 15, 2022
$50B in funding for FEMA for COVID Disaster Relief including vaccine funding
Set 100% FEMA reimbursement to states for COVID costs, retroactively to start of pandemic
$47.8B for testing
$1.75B for COVID genome sequencing
$8.5B to CDC for vaccines
$7.6B to state and local health depts
$7.6B to community health centers
$6B to Indian Health Services
$17B to the VA, including $1B to forgive veteran medical debt
$3B to address mental health and substance abuse
Over 500 million vaccine shots administered in a year
Established 90,000 free vaccination sites
Raised federal reimbursement from $23 to $40 per shot for vaccine sites
6000 troops deployed for initial vaccination
Cash incentives, free rides, and free childcare for initial vaccination drive
400 million vaccines donated internationally, 1.2 billion committed
$2B contribution to COVAX for global vaccinations
Funded expansion of vaccine manufacturing in India and South Africa
Implemented vaccine mandate for federal employees, contractors, and employees at healthcare providers that receive Medicare/Medicaid funding.
•Implemented vaccine/test mandate for large businesses (SC struck down)
Invoked DPA for testing, vaccine, PPE manufacturing
Federal mask mandate for federal buildings, federal employees, and public transportation
Implemented test requirement for international travel
Implemented joint FDA-NIH expedited process to approve at home tests more quickly
Over 20,000 free federal testing sites
8 at home tests per month required to be reimbursed by insurance
1B at home tests available for free by mail
50M at home tests available free at community health centers
25M high quality reusable masks for low-income residents in early 2021
400M free N95 masks at pharmacies and health centers
Military medical teams deployed to help overburdened hospitals
Rejoined the WHO
Ended the ban on trans soldiers in the military
Reversed Trump admin limits on Bostock ruling and fully enforced it
Prohibited discrimination against LGBTQ patients in healthcare
Prohibited discrimination against LGBTQ families in housing under the Fair Housing Act
Prohibited discrimination against LGBTQ people in the financial system to access loans or credit
Justice Department declared that Title IX prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in education.
Revoked ban on Federal Diversity Training
Instructed the VA to review its policies to remove barriers to care for trans veterans
First Senate confirmed LGBTQ Cabinet Secretary
First trans person confirmed by the Senate
Extended birthright citizenship to children of same sex couples born abroad
State Department allows X gender marker on passport for non-binary Americans
Banned new contracts with private prisons for criminal prisons
Justice Department reestablished the use of consent degrees with police departments
Pattern and Practice investigation into Phoenix, Louisville, and Minneapolis
Banned chokeholds and limited no-knock raids among federal law enforcement
Initiative to ban modern day redlining
Doubled DOJ Civil Rights Division staff
Increase percentage of federal contract for small disadvantaged businesses from 5% to 15% ($100B in additional contracts over 5 years)
Sued TX and GA over voting laws. Sued TX over abortion law. Sued GA over prison abuse.
Signed law making Juneteenth a federal holiday
Signed EO to use the federal government to improve voting access through federal programs and departments.
Signed COVID-19 Hate Crime Act, which made more resources available to support the reporting of hate crimes
Signed EO for diversity in the federal workplace
Increased federal employment opportunities for previously incarcerated persons
Banned ghost guns
New regulations on pistol-stabilizing braces
First annual gun trafficking report in 20 years
New zero tolerance policy for gun dealers who willfully violate the law
Signed COPS act, ensuring confidentiality for peer counseling for police officers
Signed Protecting America’s First Responders Act, expediting benefits for officers disabled in the line of duty
Signed bill making it a crime to harm US law enforcement overseas
Student loan freeze through April 30th, 2022
Changed criteria so an additional 1.14M borrowers qualified for the loan pause (retroactively forgave interest and penalties)
Forgiven $11.5B in student loans for disabled students, students who were defrauded, and PSLF
Fixed PSLF so that it is much easier for previous payments to apply.
Determined that the paused months will apply to PSLF
Student loan debt forgiveness is tax free through 2025
Ended Border Wall emergency and cancelled all new border wall construction and contracts
Repealed Trump’s Muslim Ban
Set FY 2022 refugee cap to 125,000, the highest in almost 30 years
Prohibiting ICE from conducting workplace raids
Family reunification taskforce to reunite separated families. Reunited over 100+ families and gave them status to stay in US
Granted or extended TPS for Haitians, Venezuelans, Syrians, and Liberians
Lifted moratorium on green cards and immigrant visas
Ended use of public charge rule to deny green cards
Loosened the criteria to qualify for asylum
Changed ICE enforcement priorities
Reinitiated the CAM Refugee program for Northern Triangle minors to apply for asylum from their home countries
$1B+ in public aid and private investment for addressing the root causes of migration
Ended family detention of immigrants and moved towards other monitoring
HHS prohibited working with ICE on enforcement for sponsors of unaccompanied minors
Got rid of harder citizenship test
Allowed certain visas to be obtained without an in person consulate interview
Rescinded “metering” policy that limited migrants at ports of entry
Ended the War in Afghanistan
First time in 20 years US not involved in a war
Ended support for Saudi offensive operations in Yemen
Airstrikes down 54% in 2021 from 2020.
Issued policy restricting drone strikes outside of warzones
Restored $235M in aid to Palestinians
AUKUS defense pact with Australia and UK
New rules to counter extremism within the military
Signed law funding capitol police and Afghan Refugees
EO on competitiveness to write consumer friendly rules, such as right to repair
EO on improving government experience, incl
Social Security benefits will be able to be claimed online
Passports can be renewed online
Makes it easier for low-income families to apply for benefits
Increase telehealth options
WIC recipients can use benefits online
$7.25B in additional PPP funds
Signed PPP extension law to extend the program for 2 months
Changed criteria to make it easier for small and minority businesses to qualify for PPP loans
$29 Restaurant Recovery Fund to recover lost revenue
$1.25B Shuttered Venue fund
$10.4B for agriculture
30 year bailout of multiemployer pension funds that protects millions of pensions through 2051.
Pro-labor majority appointed to NLRB
Established task force to promote unionization
Restored collective bargaining right for federal employees
Negotiated deal for West Coast Ports to run 24/7 to ease supply chain
Signed EO to secure and strengthen supply chains
Investing $1B in small food processors to combat meat prices
Extended 15% SNAP benefit increase through Sept 30, 2021
Made 12 million previously ineligible beneficiaries eligible for the increase
Public health emergency helps keep benefits in place
Largest permanent increase in SNAP benefit history, raising permanent benefits by 27% ($20B per year)
Made school lunches free through for all through the 2021-2022 school year
Extended the Pandemic EBT program
Largest ever summer food program in 2021 provided 34 million students with $375 for meals over the summer.
Restarted the FHA-HFA risk sharing program to finance affordable housing development
Raised Fannie/Freddie’s Low-Income Housing Tax Credit from $1B to $1.7B a year to invest in affordable housing
$383M CMF grant program for affordable housing production
Prioritizing owner-occupants and non-profits as purchasers of FHA-insured and Distressed HUD properties, rather than large investors
Paid a 10% retention incentive to permanent federal firefighters and a $1000 bonus to seasonal firefighters
Transitioned hundreds of federal firefighters from part time to full time and hired hundreds more
$28.6B in supplemental disaster relief approved for natural disasters
$8.7B in funding to increase lending to minority communities
Released $1.3B in Puerto Rico disaster aid previously held up by Trump admin and removed restrictions on $8.2B housing disaster aid
Forgave $371M in community disaster loans in PR
Released $912M in previously withheld education aid to PR
Permanently made all families in PR eligible for the CTC (previously only families with 3 or more children were)
Provided permanent funding to quadruple the size of PRs local earned income tax credit
Permanent $3B per year boost to funding for PR’s Medicaid program
Raised the minimum wage to $15 an hour for federal contractor, eliminated the minimum wage exception for certain contractor positions, and ended the tipped contractor wage.
Ordered the minimum wage for federal employees to be raised to $15 an hour
Medicaid drug rebate change to discourage excessive price increases and save Gov $23.5B
Incentives for states to expand Medicaid
Finalized the rule that bans surprise medical bills for out of network medical services
Instituted a moratorium on the federal death penalty...
And more ...

This is just Biden & his DEMOCRAT's 1st year accomplishments.
It doesn't include Ukraine, Supreme Court, nore his recent nomination of ambassador to Ukraine, Bridget Brink, currently the U.S. ambassador to Slovakia, since "The U.S. has not had a Senate-confirmed ambassador to Ukraine since then-President Donald Trump fired Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch in 2019.

Perhaps there is something in this long list that is commendable. Biden & his DEMOCRATS, his Cabinet, his Admin have done nothing noteworthy?
How many legislative bills have those rushing to condemn Biden & the DEMOCRATS on the Media Shows written & gotten to His desk for signature? How much of what they've demanded of Biden & The DEMOCRATS, have they also used their own legislative powers to secure?
What is thei own legislative record?

https://whatbidenhasdone.wordpress.com/2022/01/20/year-one-what-biden-has-done-mega-thread/

[sheshe2]

60. Excellent post, Budi.

TY.

[Cha]

61. Jon Cooper's list of PJB's Accomplishments.. so Far!

Link to tweet

💙💛

s/1484936125017853952

[Doremus]

63. The question remains

Who decided to make the debt forgiveness promise knowing they wouldn't be able to deliver on it?

Who?
Why?

A couple more questions while I'm at it. Didn't they think people might expect them to deliver as promised? What did they think the response would be when they couldn't/wouldn't fulfill it? Lots more questions but that'll do for now.

A great C&P btw, thanks.

[lapucelle]

84. What promise are you talking about?

Here's the education policy page from Candidate Biden's campaign website.
https://joebiden.com/beyondhs/

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Since taking office, President Biden has cancelled $17,000,000,000 in student loan debt.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackfriedman/2022/04/23/biden-has-canceled-17-billion-of-student-loans/?sh=235e15f133ef

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/27/politics/biden-student-loan-debt-17-billion/index.html

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In April of 2020, Candidate Biden called on CONGRESS to cancel $10,000 of student loan debt.

Congress has moved to help with the CARES Act, but they must do more.[...]It will have to extend unemployment benefits, and provide further direct cash relief, and take care of the people left out of the CARES Act, through an immediate cancellation of a minimum of $10,000 of student debt per person, as proposed by Senator Warren.

medium.com/JoeBiden/joe-biden-outlines-new-steps-to-ease-economic-burden-on-working-people-e3e121037322

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Biden's position that CONGRESS should act to forgive $10,000 immediately was reiterated through his press secretary in February 2021.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki reiterated Biden's past support for $10,000 of student debt relief per borrower through legislation, but cast doubt on whether he would take executive action to do so if Congress doesn't send him a bill.

"Debt relief is of course an important priority for the president," Psaki said, adding that Biden extended a Trump-imposed pause on federally held student loan payments and interest accrual through September hours after his inauguration.

"[Biden] already took a step through an executive action on the first day and he would look to Congress to take the next steps," Psaki added.

https://thehill.com/policy/finance/537345-schumer-warren-introduce-bill-calling-on-biden-to-wipe-out-student-loan-debt

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Meanwhile, there are 9 student debt relief bills that have been introduced in the House this session, many without a single co-sponsor. No legislator has stepped up to write a Senate version of any one of these bills, or indeed one their own, including Senator Warren.

H.R.4797 - Student Loan Relief Act
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4797?s=1&r=7

H.R.2034 - Income-Driven Student Loan Forgiveness Act
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2034

H.R.5523 - Pay Down, Upskill Act of 2021
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5523/text

H.R.6708 - Student Loan Relief Act
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6708?r=1&s=3

H.R.4725 - No Student Loan Interest Act
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4725/cosponsors

H.R.4724 - Strengthening Loan Forgiveness for Public Servants Act
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4724?r=42&s=1

H.R.4723 - Fairness in Forgiveness Act of 2021
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4723

H.R.4726 - Student Loan Interest Deduction Act of 2021
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4726

H.R.4727 - STEM K to Career Act
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4727

[iemanja]

90. And they ignore this

So they can keep repeating false claims.

[Budi]

119. Thank you.

[JohnSJ]

116. +++

[iemanja]

78. He didn't promise to cancel all student loans

In his campaign he said up to $10k, not all loans. https://money.com/biden-student-loan-forgiveness-promise/ I know you all desperately want the doctors and hedge fund managers to have their loans paid for by tax payers who never had the privilege of graduate degrees (which is what the majority of outstanding student loans funded), but it's not a popular or morally just position. It's redistributing wealth upward.

[lapucelle]

85. Candidate Biden actually said Congress should act immediately to cancel $10,000 of all student loans

Congress has moved to help with the CARES Act, but they must do more.[...]It will have to extend unemployment benefits, and provide further direct cash relief, and take care of the people left out of the CARES Act, through an immediate cancellation of a minimum of $10,000 of student debt per person, as proposed by Senator Warren.

medium.com/JoeBiden/joe-biden-outlines-new-steps-to-ease-economic-burden-on-working-people-e3e121037322

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Biden's position that CONGRESS should act to forgive $10,000 immediately was reiterated through his press secretary in February 2021.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki reiterated Biden's past support for $10,000 of student debt relief per borrower through legislation, but cast doubt on whether he would take executive action to do so if Congress doesn't send him a bill.

"Debt relief is of course an important priority for the president," Psaki said, adding that Biden extended a Trump-imposed pause on federally held student loan payments and interest accrual through September hours after his inauguration.

"[Biden] already took a step through an executive action on the first day and he would look to Congress to take the next steps," Psaki added.

https://thehill.com/policy/finance/537345-schumer-warren-introduce-bill-calling-on-biden-to-wipe-out-student-loan-debt

[iemanja]

89. which is not at all what his detractors claim

[lapucelle]

94. H.R.4797 - the Student Loan Relief Act would forgive up to $50,000 in federal student loans

for any and all federal borrowers. It was introduced in July 2021. It doesn't have a single co-sponsor in the House and no one has stepped up to write a Senate version of the bill.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4797/all-actions-without-amendments

[betsuni]

96. +1

[fescuerescue]

107. I bet if Biden picked up the phone and called *ANY* Democratic House or Senate Member

and asksed them "hey...would you mind co-sponsoring this really important Bill, that I want to eventually sign".

That they would be honored to do so.

It's just weird how the Internet knows about this Bill, but no one in Congress knows about it.

[betsuni]

115. Biden's phone calls to Democrats are detailed in Woodward and Costa's "Peril."

There were many calls, much pressure. Bully pulpit. It's not magic.

[lapucelle]

122. Members of Congress (at least in the House) should know about the bill.

It's not President Biden's job to inform members of the House when bills have been introduced. It's a representative's job to know the business of the legislative body of which they are members.

[fescuerescue]

128. Influence is the most important power he has

I know it's not in his job description to inform members of pending bills.

But influencing the passage of bills that are very important to the President certainly is.

[fescuerescue]

106. Why on Earth would no one cossponsor it?

Why are individual members fighting each other to be the first to co-sponsor this?

Why are they pretending it doesn't exist?

I would think that if Biden picks up and the phone and asks "would you do me a favor and co-sponsor this bill", Congressmembers would falling over themselves to do so.

I just don't get it.

[Budi]

117. Well apparantly its more useful to some Congress people to use it as a campaign wedge than to...

...than to CoSponsor a bill.

If they were REALLY interested in doing the work as legislators, they'd be doing what we pay them to do.


But its BIDEN's Fault?
NO its the fault of the Congress people who find it more useful as a campaign issue & of course the endless Fundraising $$$$.

Ask them why they haven't written, nor cosponsored the bills currently written rather than wait for Biden to tell them how to do their fking job.
Get back to us with their word salad answer.
Thanks
Waiting....

[betsuni]

124. +1

[Pantagruel]

7. Dems talking down chances

might charge up the GOTV momentum and get the GOP to relax a bit.
Beginning to think it's deliberate ? Macron faced similar issues and pulled off a big win in France. Wannabe fascisti scare people to vote.

[JohnSJ]

11. An interesting speculation.

[Kid Berwyn]

10. Actually, she said Dems must take action on inflation to win in November.

Context:

Warren, warning that Democrats could lose control over both the House and the Senate, said the party must push through legislation to tamp down soaring prices. She said reminding voters of Democratic accomplishments over the past two years won’t be enough.

Large corporations have been “price gouging” amid the inflationary pressures, and the Federal Trade Commission should be authorized to investigate and prosecute, she said. President Joe Biden should cancel some student debt, and Congress and other senior government officials should be barred from owning or trading individual stocks, she said.

Source: https://bangordailynews.com/2022/04/25/national-politics/elizabeth-warren-warns-democrats-risk-losing-power-without-inflation-action/

[JohnSJ]

13. Are Manchin and Sinema really going to join in on that? and just how are you going to prove price

gouging?

Oil is controlled by the futures market, and supply and demand

[Budi]

24. Considering the enormous power she has as a Senior Senator,

..there certainly are proactive steps right there within our legislative body to take to make such requests happen.

It's on our Senior pols to move this forward.
So stop talking to the media & laying fault on the 'Democrats', which she is one of.

She knows how the process works.

[uponit7771]

30. +1, on this account she is 100% correct Even if some of it is performative

[treestar]

112. Why doesn't she say republicans

Should also vote for it? Or they will lose ?

[allegorical oracle]

17. Following four years of lies, denials, and Dem-blaming, the Dems seem determined to be the

truthful transparent party. It seems, often, to go above and beyond what's necessary. More fearsome is what seems to be constant forecasts of the midterm losses of Dem seats. If that prophecy proves wrong, the Rs are absolutely not going to believe their loss was legit. And that spells buckets more audits and lawsuits with TFG screaming, "See? See?" at every rally.

[spanone]

23. I'm glad she called Meadows a 'Liar and a traitor'.

About time someone did.

[JohnSJ]

26. No one should have an issue with that, unfortunately, that seems to have now taken a back seat, and

the "Democrats are going to do badly in the midterms", is now replaced it

[Budi]

34. Others have said as much.

Biden, 12/2021
President Biden said Wednesday that he believed former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows is “worthy” of being held in contempt by Congress.

Speaking to reporters briefly before leaving for a trip to Kentucky, Biden said he hadn’t read all the texts that Meadows turned over to the Jan. 6 committee but added “it seemed to me he is worthy of being held in contempt.”

[Fiendish Thingy]

33. There are things the Dems can do despite GOP and Manchin/Sinema obstruction

1. Biden can issue an EO cancelling all federal student debt
2. Congress can force another vote on raising minimum wage- put the GOP (and Curtsey Kirsten) on record again as opposing the wage hike.
3. Congress can force a vote on raising taxes on American oligarchs like Musk and Bezos- again putting GOP and Sinema on record. Same thing for corporate windfall profits.
4. Dems should be outspoken in support of the Fed hiking rates as fast as possible to reach traditional norms (5-8%, higher if inflation isn’t tamed)

[Budi]

36. HE Cannot issue an Ex order cancelling all fed student debt.

That is the power of congress, they have the power of the purse, Not Biden.
Thrre are currently about 9 bills in congress written to address the issue. They need cosponsors & debate before going on to the Dept of Education where the actual power lies if change is to be made. THEN it goes to Biden for his sig.

You've been lied to if you believe Biden has the power to usurp Congressional powers.

Ask the pols pushing this false message to explain how that process works.
Because they aren't being truthful.


This is how they really sound:

"inflation is out of control, immigration is a huge problem, the president has dismal job approval ratings, and he and his party are in serious trouble.
What I just described was the view of Macron in France. He just won a landslide victory."

[Fiendish Thingy]

43. Biden ABSOLUTELY has the authority to cancel student debt, via regulatory changes

He’s already done it with smoothing the process for those who work in public service.

He can do it for everyone else using a regulatory change called “settlement and compromise”:

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/22152601/biden-student-loan-debt-cancellation

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/23/expert-floats-way-for-biden-to-cancel-student-debt-without-congress.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackfriedman/2022/03/25/3-ways-biden-could-cancel-student-loans/?sh=1f8dc458e965

BTW, You’re calling Sanders, Warren and AOC, some of the biggest proponents of student debt forgiveness via executive action, liars.

[Budi]

44. No he can not just wave his pen and its gone.

Its has to go thru Congress & the Dept of Ed to do what thet are asking.

Biden will not usurp the powers of Congress.
Which is the power of the purse.

Cancel student debt by Ex Order.
Thats what they are demanding.
He can & has done a lot but he cannot just Ex Order it gone.

[Demsrule86]

55. It will go to court and we will lose.

[ripcord]

57. The President should sign an executive order forgiving all student loans in October

Let the republicans take it to court, there is nothing concrete that can be done about it before election one way or the other. Make the republicans stand against this issue and force them to litigate it all the way to SCOTUS, this sort of thing worked for Trump for 4 years, it is time to make it work for us.

[Demsrule86]

59. I am not sure I even believe all student debt should be paid off. I don't

believe Biden should do it by executive order.

[iemanja]

79. Why should he?

Other than the people with graduate degrees, which is who holds by far the greatest share of student loan debt, want those with far less privilege to pay off their loans? In other words, they want a redistribution of wealth upward. That is precisely what you are advocating.

[Fiendish Thingy]

76. So Warren, Sanders and AOC are liars?

Why would they make shit up if it was impossible for Biden to deliver?

[brooklynite]

109. Perhaps Warren, Sanders and AOC aren't experts in the subject area?

[Fiendish Thingy]

127. Warren is an expert for sure.

The others are smart enough not to shoot their mouths off and make up shit that is easily proved false, so…

The poster who claimed Biden doesn’t have the authority might be the one who is wrong.

[iemanja]

74. That certainly won't help inflation

[Fiendish Thingy]

77. It will put more money in millions of people's pockets, which eases the impact of inflation

The Fed will do the heavy lifting on inflation.

[Budi]

80. So nothing for the people who paid off their loans?

What message does that send?

So maybe means test those recipients or require a type of public service as payback for the forgiveness.

I'm not so interested on being taxed to pay off my neighbor's dentist's student loans when he's charging her $40, 000 for dental implants & he's living large, golfing, sailboat, & fine dining & a big house in an exclusive gated estate community. He may be eyeballs deep in debt, but its not my wish to be taxed to pay off his SL's.
Nope.

Means test all of them.

[Fiendish Thingy]

92. That's a Republican talking point, and is likely the reason Biden is hesitant to move on it

It’s a pretty selfish and short sighted position, since forgiving the loans would boost the economy for everyone, and the tax implications are not that cut and dry.

[Budi]

93. No its not a Republican talking point. It is a consideration because we've been told to buy into

..a campaign slogan. No questions asked.

I can think of a whole lot of citizens in this country who have need, who I never object to my taxes helping them out.
My neighbor's dentist is not the picture of serious need.
He can pay his own student loans.

[AntivaxHunters]

101. Education is a human right

Student loans are exploitation of young people. PERIOD.
Student loans don't exist in most countries where EDU is often free or greatly subsidized by the gov't.
Student loans are the largest drag on the economy.
Good, you were able to pay yours off, and what year was this? Many can't pay theirs off & your take lacks not only class consciousness entirely but also compassion & empathy for those who are poor & working class too. Your position is draped in privilege and the highest carrier of student loans are black women. Keep the Karen from the 'burbs talking point out of a real discussion of something which impacts 10s of millions of people. Plain & simple; Biden gets rid of student loans you'll NEVER see another Republican POTUS again.
You want to win? That's how you do it. You don't fuck around with people's lives who can't even afford to buy a home because they carry student loan debt they'll NEVER pay off in their lifetimes. JFC my dude...

[betsuni]

103. This is not Democrats fault.

[Budi]

114. And all of this is Biden's faullt?

Not Congress, not the DE, nope. No one in Congress has the power to Write A Bill??


Thanks for nothing.

[Demsrule86]

53. None of this is possible and this nonsense will cost us the midterm. It is Sen.

Warren's job to legisate- not President Biden's.

[Fiendish Thingy]

75. It's all possible. Nt

[Autumn]

64. Because she is a Democratic Senater and IMO that's part of her job. She's extremly smart and has a

damn good grasp on economics.

[lapucelle]

95. Senator Warren forgot to mention S.3802 - Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act during her TV appearances

and Sean Patrick Maloney's House version of the same bill (H.R.7103 - Stop Profiting Off Putin’s War H.R.7103) which doesn't have a single co-sponsor.

Senator Warren was all over the TV on Sunday, and she didn't mention those bills even once.

She talked about the FTC needing to conduct investigations, President Biden needing to sign executive orders, and "Democrats needing to do something", but Senator Warren never once told viewers about the Democratic bills introduced last month to address rising gas processes and rein in corporate greed.

Odd that.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3802
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7061/related-bills

[betsuni]

97. +1

[lapucelle]

99. Perhaps the next time Senator Warren is all over the TV on the Sunday shows

she should talk about the Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act and the identical House version the Stop Profiting Off Putin’s War Act.

Maybe she can encourage her colleagues in the House to co-sponsor it,

push for fast tracking the legislation, and then

make Republicans who vote against lower gas prices own that vote in November.

Sounds like a plan.

[betsuni]

100. Yes, "I've got a plan for that." She's got the bully pulpit. Use it, see if it works.

[Autumn]

104. Maybe she thinks eventual excise taxes on barrels of oil given to the tax payer on their tax

returns in a year or two won't do enough to ease the current inflation that is stretching their budget.

[treestar]

111. Her job is to help republicans

Her Congress. Alrighty

[Autumn]

113. If you want to call a Dem suggesting that Dems do something to help out

people who are struggling with inflation to be helping republicans well... Alrighty. Go for it.

[treestar]

129. Republicans won't help

She cannot campaign on that?

All she has to do is say Republicans won’t let us help.

And what about all the help Biden and the send already dishes out ?

[betsuni]

66. K&R

[brooklynite]

82. Better to ignore the reality so political activists feel better?

[LudwigPastorius]

87. Voters don't care what/who is causing it.

If you are in office and inflation is the highest it's been in 40 years, you are holding the bag, whether it's your fault or not.

[leftstreet]

91. +1

[budkin]

88. Because we're going to be decimated otherwise

Seriously.

[Raine]

98. "Forewarned is forearmed" 🤔 nt

[brooklynite]

108. Perhaps because they'll do badly in the midterms if they don't get a handle on inflation?

[treestar]

110. I don't understand why any democrats do this

How do they think it will turn out?

[JohnSJ]

118. In my view, the problem is with only 6 months until the midterms, this could possibly demoralize

some not to vote, because they might rationalize it won't matter.

[Budi]

120. And THAT is the point.

Well, that & the enormous fundraising haul.
$$$$

"You don't even have to vote"...she said

[JohnSJ]

121. Yes. Some arguing to inform us that inflation is a problem and what we are up against, as though we

aren’t already aware what the issues are, and ignoring what the Biden administration is and has been doing to try and address the issue

[Budi]

123. Yup. Can't imagine HOW inflation got so out of control!

Sure glad someone's finally informing the President.
🙄

[JohnSJ]

125. LOL

[Budi]

126. Its an election year.

The campaigning never really ends.

Nor the repeated slogans & calls for 'Send Money Now. We're fighting for YOU!"