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this post was submitted on 20 Jan 2024
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There's not a lot he can do, there's no more institutional capacity for anything that can benefit average people. Unless it's military, the money has to "come from" somewhere. That could be "taxes" but we know how this works by now...
There is though, he didn't have to end the eviction moratorium or resume student loans, he could have ordered the military to provide abortions and housing, he could have ordered them to remove the child-drowning device from the Rio Grande.
The US president has tons of things he can unilaterally do.
just look at the Republican plan to obliterate trans rights if they take office again - they actually understand what it means to wield power