Joe Biden is the best president of my lifetime

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Anonymous wrote:My lifetime is marked by GOP Presidents who increased wealth disparity by pushing for tax cuts the country couldn’t afford and slashing domestic spending, and weak Democratic Presidents who were unable to reign in the mess their Republican counterparts caused.

The government is not supposed to be a transfer mechanism for wealth.

I understand the attitude changed to a sense of entitlement, but you really aren't owed.

JFK said it: "Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country". He, as a democrat, would not recognize the USA today.

The democrat party has become totally alien to that, and just expects handouts from others and keeps asking for more: free childcare, free healthcare, free universal basic income, free this, free that. Why should anyone bother working?

70% of the federal budget is transfer payments. It's time for that nonsense to end. You're getting more than ever from other people and yet, it's never enough for you.

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Anonymous wrote:Clinton was by far the best President of my lifetime. Biden has been surprisingly good though. What would push him over the top? If he would do more to influence “law and order” in urban areas, quite frankly. Sort of related, he needs to use the bully pulpit more to make irrelevant the progressive wing of the party.
He does this and he’s definitely the best president over my 50 years.

Clinton was fine but really disappointing he didn't achieve more with what he was given. He squandered a huge peace dividend after the fall of the Soviet Union. He implemented NAFTA (with no plan to address how it would decimate manufacturing jobs) and deregulated Wall Street (by repealing Glass Steagall) and allowed the dot.com bubble build - the first two of which contributed directly to the GFC as well as the populist surge we've seen in the last 15 years. He represented the worst aspects of meritocracy and the revolving door between industry and government -- smart people that thought they were too smart for main street and leveraged their influence and government positions to make money after office. He also was a centrist and contributed to the Republicans tacking right. That's not his fault but it's an indirect consequence of it.

Obama was not ready and relied way too much on the Clinton folks when he presided. He spent his political capital on the ACA rather than holding the banks accountable for the GFC and after two years, was in a holding pattern for the next six years. He got us out of the GFC and implemented the ACA but not much else. That's not his fault but it failed to recognize that you can't just implement policies and expect citizens to reward you for them. You have to sell those policies and make sure to claim credit with good messaging. Biden recognized this.

Biden has done more to implement direct policies to aid the working and middle class than any President in my lifetime. He implemented the Inflation Reduction Act and Chips Act designed to bring back manufacturing to this country, not to mention the largest Infrastructure Act in history. Is he perfect? No. But, GD, give the man credit for getting us out of the COVID slump and actually trying to make a difference. He's actively trying to help unions. He's about to reschedule marijuana. He also got us out of the quagmire that was Afghanistan and has not directly embroiled us in in Ukraine (the cost of turning a geopolitical adversary into an afterthought has been remarkably cheap and free of American lives lost). He also reaffirmed our ties to NATO. He's probably the best President on foreign policy since Reagan. And he's doing this all in the face of opposition that has gone completely off the rail to even aiding and abetting traitors.

pp. I agree a lot with your third paragraph. But I still wish he would do more to make cities safe again. There’s too much rot that progressives sweep under the rug because of their unproven theories. Biden needs to use his position as head of the government and the party to address this. Maybe I’m just old and wish for the moderate party I grew up with that embraces law and order-I genuinely see a societal breakdown occurring right now.

Biden has provided hundreds of millions of dollars specifically for police training and police/public safety jobs. How that is implemented happens at the local level. There is only so much a president can do.

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Anonymous wrote:My lifetime is marked by GOP Presidents who increased wealth disparity by pushing for tax cuts the country couldn’t afford and slashing domestic spending, and weak Democratic Presidents who were unable to reign in the mess their Republican counterparts caused.

The government is not supposed to be a transfer mechanism for wealth.

I understand the attitude changed to a sense of entitlement, but you really aren't owed.

JFK said it: "Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country". He, as a democrat, would not recognize the USA today.

The democrat party has become totally alien to that, and just expects handouts from others and keeps asking for more: free childcare, free healthcare, free universal basic income, free this, free that. Why should anyone bother working?

70% of the federal budget is transfer payments. It's time for that nonsense to end. You're getting more than ever from other people and yet, it's never enough for you.

You’re 70% is bullshit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Joe isn't running again. He's physically and mentally unable to and he's going downhill fast. Take that to the bank.

You should concentrate on an alternative.

He is old. He isn't mentally unable. It is clear from his public remarks that he is totally lucid, or as lucid as he ever was. Just because Trump is a flailing idiot doesn't mean they all are.

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Anonymous wrote:My lifetime is marked by GOP Presidents who increased wealth disparity by pushing for tax cuts the country couldn’t afford and slashing domestic spending, and weak Democratic Presidents who were unable to reign in the mess their Republican counterparts caused.

The government is not supposed to be a transfer mechanism for wealth.

I understand the attitude changed to a sense of entitlement, but you really aren't owed.

JFK said it: "Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country". He, as a democrat, would not recognize the USA today.

The democrat party has become totally alien to that, and just expects handouts from others and keeps asking for more: free childcare, free healthcare, free universal basic income, free this, free that. Why should anyone bother working?

70% of the federal budget is transfer payments. It's time for that nonsense to end. You're getting more than ever from other people and yet, it's never enough for you.

Funny how you fail to acknowledge the wealth accumulation that happened during slavery that benefited many of the families that are the leisure class rich today, or the corporate hand outs, or the subsidies to farmers and other industries that are not the working poor. If you want to save money, start by taxing estates over 25 or 30 million, taxing income over a million, trust me, it won't curtail people's motivation to work hard and earn and save. Also, what do you expect those who you claim "expect handouts" to do when they are already working two jobs at minimum wage and can't keep their heads above water? What about those who are disability and can't work, many of whom are white, poor people who have diabetes and sit on their butts in Appalchia etc? We are supposed to be a wealthy country who take care of their poor and raise all boats, but if you want to consider people who are pulling themselves up by their bootstraps, then you also have to consider a lot of people were born on 3rd base as well.

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Anonymous wrote:My lifetime is marked by GOP Presidents who increased wealth disparity by pushing for tax cuts the country couldn’t afford and slashing domestic spending, and weak Democratic Presidents who were unable to reign in the mess their Republican counterparts caused.

The government is not supposed to be a transfer mechanism for wealth.

I understand the attitude changed to a sense of entitlement, but you really aren't owed.

JFK said it: "Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country". He, as a democrat, would not recognize the USA today.

The democrat party has become totally alien to that, and just expects handouts from others and keeps asking for more: free childcare, free healthcare, free universal basic income, free this, free that. Why should anyone bother working?

70% of the federal budget is transfer payments. It's time for that nonsense to end. You're getting more than ever from other people and yet, it's never enough for you.

Our society functions better when large swaths of people aren't living in utter destitution.

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Anonymous wrote:My lifetime is marked by GOP Presidents who increased wealth disparity by pushing for tax cuts the country couldn’t afford and slashing domestic spending, and weak Democratic Presidents who were unable to reign in the mess their Republican counterparts caused.

The government is not supposed to be a transfer mechanism for wealth.

I understand the attitude changed to a sense of entitlement, but you really aren't owed.

JFK said it: "Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country". He, as a democrat, would not recognize the USA today.

The democrat party has become totally alien to that, and just expects handouts from others and keeps asking for more: free childcare, free healthcare, free universal basic income, free this, free that. Why should anyone bother working?

70% of the federal budget is transfer payments. It's time for that nonsense to end. You're getting more than ever from other people and yet, it's never enough for you.

Funny how you fail to acknowledge the wealth accumulation that happened during slavery that benefited many of the families that are the leisure class rich today, or the corporate hand outs, or the subsidies to farmers and other industries that are not the working poor. If you want to save money, start by taxing estates over 25 or 30 million, taxing income over a million, trust me, it won't curtail people's motivation to work hard and earn and save. Also, what do you expect those who you claim "expect handouts" to do when they are already working two jobs at minimum wage and can't keep their heads above water? What about those who are disability and can't work, many of whom are white, poor people who have diabetes and sit on their butts in Appalchia etc? We are supposed to be a wealthy country who take care of their poor and raise all boats, but if you want to consider people who are pulling themselves up by their bootstraps, then you also have to consider a lot of people were born on 3rd base as well.

I'm tired of you griping about the poor. You live in perpetual victimhood. That's on you.

"In his January 1964 State of the Union address, President Lyndon Johnson proclaimed, “This administration today, here and now, declares unconditional war on poverty in America.” In the 50 years since that time, U.S. taxpayers have spent over $22 trillion on anti-poverty programs. Adjusted for inflation, this spending (which does not include Social Security or Medicare) is three times the cost of all U.S. military wars since the American Revolution. Yet progress against poverty, as measured by the U.S. Census Bureau, has been minimal, and in terms of President Johnson’s main goal of reducing the “causes” rather than the mere “consequences” of poverty, the War on Poverty has failed completely. In fact, a significant portion of the population is now less capable of self-sufficiency than it was when the War on Poverty began. " - Heritage.org

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Anonymous wrote:Joe isn't running again. He's physically and mentally unable to and he's going downhill fast. Take that to the bank.

You should concentrate on an alternative.

This.

Republicans keep saying this with no evidence. It doesn’t speak well of you that you accept, without question, whatever certain people tell you.

[Anonymous]

The Biden administration has gotten me in shape. Before Biden I used to struggle to carry $100 worth of groceries. After 2 years I have lost 35 lbs., and can now carry $200 of groceries in 1 arm.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Joe isn't running again. He's physically and mentally unable to and he's going downhill fast. Take that to the bank.

You should concentrate on an alternative.

This.

Republicans keep saying this with no evidence. It doesn’t speak well of you that you accept, without question, whatever certain people tell you.

"No evidence"?? You can't be serious. Nice gaslighting, as usual.
NP

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Anonymous wrote:Reagan was so loved by hispanic immigrants that babies were named after him.

Biden though? puhleeeze

I’ve never met a Hispanic named Ronald or Reagan for that matter.

Fascinating. My kids have had Hispanic classmates named Reagan. I didn’t know there was a connection with the former president. I figured there was some other meaning behind the name. (Didn’t study Spanish, French or any more common foreign language.)

And Cristiano Ronaldo (born 1985) was actually named after Reagan. Who knew...

Dems love to argue and they lack logic in everything. I really don't see how they stay married to one another. It's like talking to Elle woods. Ronaldo is Brazilian. Latinos abroad aren't the same as Latino immigrants who aren't the same as Latino Americans who have been here for decades. There's a difference.

That would be a surprise to him. He's Portugese.

I meant this Ronaldo whose actually LATINO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronaldo_(Brazilian_footballer)

Why the heck are you mentioning a NON LATINO?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My lifetime is marked by GOP Presidents who increased wealth disparity by pushing for tax cuts the country couldn’t afford and slashing domestic spending, and weak Democratic Presidents who were unable to reign in the mess their Republican counterparts caused.

The government is not supposed to be a transfer mechanism for wealth.

I understand the attitude changed to a sense of entitlement, but you really aren't owed.

JFK said it: "Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country". He, as a democrat, would not recognize the USA today.

The democrat party has become totally alien to that, and just expects handouts from others and keeps asking for more: free childcare, free healthcare, free universal basic income, free this, free that. Why should anyone bother working?

70% of the federal budget is transfer payments. It's time for that nonsense to end. You're getting more than ever from other people and yet, it's never enough for you.

Yet, that's precisely what GOP Presidents going back to Reagan have used it for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s been a great few years for myself, family and friends. The job market was so good from late 2021 to early 2023. Almost all of my friends switched jobs for more $$ during that time, some like me did twice. It was really a historic opportunity to get your income up, the last time it was like that was the .com bubble when I was just starting out (good memories). My salary is up 90% since 2021! All my friends have done really well, job hopping was key to 30%+ raises for all of them.

My expenses have barely increased. Mortgage is locked at a low rate, house price shot up after covid. My stocks have been great, Net worth is way up. I’m a big Ukraine supporter, so very pleased with Biden’s support there. My best friend works in the semi conductor industry, the CHIPS act has been huge for him. He consults says he’s never been so busy even after he increased his rates. My social circle is just killing it in their careers, good times under Biden. Even my factory worker fav cousin went from$25/hr to $38/hr, which for him was life changing. Good times, and Biden’s economic has definitely worked for us!

And this is how we know your post is sarcasm. Good post, though, you got a few people with it:
“A year after President Joe Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act into law, the U.S. semiconductor industry is still waiting on the windfall.

“We will start to give out the money later this year,” said Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo.””

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/09/chips-act-semiconductor-makers-wait-for-checks-one-year-on.html

[Anonymous]

Anyone who witnessed the horrendous withdrawal from Afghanistan and the continued disaster at our southern border cannot, in good faith, make this claim. Up until Biden, Jimmy Carter was the worst president of my lifetime. Biden has taken that title now.
Food prices are higher than they have been - ever - and mortgage loans have nearly tripled since he has been in office. His out of control spending caused that. And, we have cities with crime rates that are creeping higher each day.
Along with being the worst president performance-wise, he is also the most divisive president we have ever had.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My lifetime is marked by GOP Presidents who increased wealth disparity by pushing for tax cuts the country couldn’t afford and slashing domestic spending, and weak Democratic Presidents who were unable to reign in the mess their Republican counterparts caused.

The government is not supposed to be a transfer mechanism for wealth.

I understand the attitude changed to a sense of entitlement, but you really aren't owed.

JFK said it: "Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country". He, as a democrat, would not recognize the USA today.

The democrat party has become totally alien to that, and just expects handouts from others and keeps asking for more: free childcare, free healthcare, free universal basic income, free this, free that. Why should anyone bother working?

70% of the federal budget is transfer payments. It's time for that nonsense to end. You're getting more than ever from other people and yet, it's never enough for you.

Funny how you fail to acknowledge the wealth accumulation that happened during slavery that benefited many of the families that are the leisure class rich today, or the corporate hand outs, or the subsidies to farmers and other industries that are not the working poor. If you want to save money, start by taxing estates over 25 or 30 million, taxing income over a million, trust me, it won't curtail people's motivation to work hard and earn and save. Also, what do you expect those who you claim "expect handouts" to do when they are already working two jobs at minimum wage and can't keep their heads above water? What about those who are disability and can't work, many of whom are white, poor people who have diabetes and sit on their butts in Appalchia etc? We are supposed to be a wealthy country who take care of their poor and raise all boats, but if you want to consider people who are pulling themselves up by their bootstraps, then you also have to consider a lot of people were born on 3rd base as well.

I'm tired of you griping about the poor. You live in perpetual victimhood. That's on you.

"In his January 1964 State of the Union address, President Lyndon Johnson proclaimed, “This administration today, here and now, declares unconditional war on poverty in America.” In the 50 years since that time, U.S. taxpayers have spent over $22 trillion on anti-poverty programs. Adjusted for inflation, this spending (which does not include Social Security or Medicare) is three times the cost of all U.S. military wars since the American Revolution. Yet progress against poverty, as measured by the U.S. Census Bureau, has been minimal, and in terms of President Johnson’s main goal of reducing the “causes” rather than the mere “consequences” of poverty, the War on Poverty has failed completely. In fact, a significant portion of the population is now less capable of self-sufficiency than it was when the War on Poverty began. " - Heritage.org

It isn't about personal victimhood, would you rather people are simply starving in the streets, that people just die because? And again, you fail to recognize people like Peter Theil, Marck Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are not self made billionaires. They all started life on 3rd base. They should have generations of progency set for life because of luck of the draw?

There are millions of Americans who grow up, save money, live a good life, worked hard and have a few hundred thousand or million to pass on, that is great and should be encouraged. But at what point is the amount of money a next generation needs to have a good start in life? 10 million? 50 milli0on? 5 billion? Some of that money should be taxed, because it is the conditions in the US that facilitated these people to make their billions, and the country should be paid back for some of that infrastructure, education or market conditions that enabled it.