“This brings the total debt cancellation my administration has approved to $132 billion for over 3.6 million Americans through various actions,” Biden said in a statement.

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    Biden has been doing a lot of good work. I wasn’t a fan when he ordered the rail workers back to work but since then be has increased the cost of carbon in negotiations, canceled the debt he was able to without the Senate and proposed relaxing drug restrictions on cannabis.

    He isn’t perfect but it’s more good news than I got through 2016-2020 and he’s doing it while getting stonewalled on every decision by a Republican controlled Congress.

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      Also he kept fighting for the rail workers and got them sick time, just off camera.

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        Honestly I think that pisses the Privs off more because it objectively proved that there’s options to get what’s needed done aside from setting everything on fire and starting over

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          The rail workers got less than they wanted, and their goals were very reasonable

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          All parts played a role. It influences negotiations significantly when there’s a party in the corner idly flicking a lighter. Because of the implication

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        that doesn’t come close to what the workers are owed, it wasn’t the biden administration’s place to insert itself im negotiations that NEEDED to result in a strike, for the good of the whole fucking country…

        no, he sold out the rail workers and all they got was a fraction of the demands they they need met.

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          it wasn’t the biden administration’s place to insert itself im negotiations that NEEDED to result in a strike,

          It is literally a responsibility of Congress to manage, by law. Biden helping is just him doing people a solid. Congress made the choice and you can’t starve cities.

          no, he sold out the rail workers and all they got was a fraction of the demands they they need met.

          Whoever told you this lied to you.

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      well said. I’m sick to death of seeing excuses for fucking over rail workers, so it’s refreshing to read a take that actually acknowledges it.

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      Could it be better? Yes.

      Could it be worse? EASILY AND THANK GOD IT ISN’T

      I’m not Biden’s biggest fan, but the US has a shit political game that must be played for any meaningful progress to us, the citizens.

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      Ok now compare Bidens performance to a better democratic candidate instead of trump

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          “no one in the world can do what Biden can do”

          -Very smart people

          "id like to see them but I won’t google it

          -also very smart people

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            No, I’m not saying that at all. That’s not how hypotheticals work. If their hypothesis is that a better democratic candidate exists, then that candidate must be a better candidate than Biden. I do agree that your idea of an imaginary candidate is, indeed, stupid.

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            Hypothetically speaking, yes, of course! Real candidates that are better than Biden are ALSO better than Biden! We should actualize one or a few!

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              Realistically speaking real and better candidates are real and better

              What part of confusing to you

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                Confusing to me? I’m not the one who made the impossibly vague claim. For that, you must seek answers within.