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Which president pushed for the infrastructure bill that serves the public, including the poor by increasing mass transportation? Biden.
Will it take decades? Yes, but it would not have happened under Trump.
Which president got drug prices capped? Biden.
Which president got the ACA passed giving poor people health care? Obama.
Which president sent poor people that joined the military to get through college into pointless wars? Bush.
Which president gambled with Ukraine's security risking WW3 and a draft of poor people? Trump.
Which president killed net neutrality risking ISP price gouging on popular services? Trump.
Which president killed abortion and attempted to get contraception off the ACA? Trump.
Which candidate is working on universal pre-K so families that can't afford childcare don't have to have one parent stay at home? Harris.
Which party wants to empower charter schools to take money originally targeted towards public schools which will keep poorer folks disadvantaged? Republicans.
Most people aren't actually at the minimum wage anyways, they're somewhere between minimum wage and a comfortable wage. It'll never be what folks want it to be. The best way to improve quality of life for poor folks IMO is to cut stupid crap that gets in their way of getting a better education, better housing, and keeps them poor with junk fees like overdraft fees.
Oh, btw, Harris is working on junk fees https://www.fidelity.com/news/article/top-news/202410100607RTRSNEWSCOMBINED_KBN3BG0MD-OUSBS_1
I honestly don't know if there's any convincing you, but if there's any part of you I'm resonating with you should SERIOUSLY reconsider your position that it doesn't matter. It may very well be the difference between poor people living an okay life and fighting on the front lines. Maybe even you personally, we are in a very dangerous point in history.
The whole Regan "are you better off than you were 4 years ago?" measure is some serious "do you feel better 4 minutes after maxing your credit cards on a sports car" logic. Long term effects are what matter, not whether a candidate increases or decreases your salary in the next year.