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submitted 11 months ago by girlfreddy@sh.itjust.works to c/news@lemmy.world

"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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[-] Rusticus@lemmy.world 141 points 11 months ago

Stop complaining about how old he is and look at his actions.

Or maybe vote for Trump so we can have Walmart Hitler. SMH.

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 32 points 11 months ago

I'm still gonna complain about how old he is. But I'm also not voting for Trump

[-] aubertlone@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Great, I also complain about not having a better representative for the Democrats.

But I'm still going to vote for Biden

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[-] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

Or maybe vote for Trump so we can have Walmart Hitler. SMH.

"But sleepy Joe didn't make my life better, so I'm going to make everyone else's life (and mine) worse!"

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[-] franklin@lemmy.world 96 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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.

[-] SCB@lemmy.world 60 points 11 months ago

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

[-] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 11 points 11 months ago

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

[-] Aabbcc@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago

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

[-] meyotch@slrpnk.net 7 points 11 months ago

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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[-] thantik@lemmy.world 69 points 11 months ago

Unfortunately these were debts that already had the potential to be cancelled due to existing rules. Turns out, just nobody has been following the rules and actually cancelling those debts for all these decades.

[-] Lightborne@lemmy.world 59 points 11 months ago
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[-] magnetosphere@kbin.social 96 points 11 months ago

He already would have, if congress and SCOTUS weren’t fighting him every step of the way.

[-] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 61 points 11 months ago

Exactly this. I still have the letter I received that my debt would be forgiven, as well as the letter after the GOP challenges that said oops, not really.

[-] magnetosphere@kbin.social 11 points 11 months ago

Oof. Sorry to hear that.

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