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January 23rd, 2021: President Biden has signed into law the COVID-19 Works Progress Act as the first act of his presidency. It was passed easily in the democrat
by hprotagonist 7y ago
January 23rd, 2021: President Biden has signed into law the COVID-19 Works Progress Act as the first act of his presidency. It was passed easily in the democratically controlled house and senate the day following his inauguration.
Calling for an immediate federal hiring surge at all levels of the newly implemented public health services, President Biden said “This act will restore salaries, dignity, and comprehensive health coverage with sick leave to our nation’s brave citizens who have by no fault of their own been left out to dry during the initial response to the pandemic. Employing many of the currently unemployed to operate our fast turnaround testing clinics and disease screening centers will drive our economy and our continued fight against this disease.”
- phillnom 7y agoWhere has Joe Biden been this past week? Bernie Sanders got people to donate over 2 million dollars for coronavirus charities. Joe Biden hasn't show himself to be presidential during this pandemic in the least.
- nate_meurer 7y agoHe seems to be lying low right now. I'm not sure that's a bad idea. The crisis is young. Anything a politician says at this stage is likely to be proved wrong or at least not entirely right. Biden might not want to utter prescriptions that may be used against him later on.
- lonelappde 7y agoFor better or for worse, he's been winning primaries in the past week. There are 1700 Dem delegates remaining. Sanders needs 1000 to win. Biden needs 700. Sanders isn't going to be President.
- Natsu 7y agoThe sad thing is that you're right--he's focused on winning the nomination. The bad thing is that the fact that he's this useless does not bode well for any of us.
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- andrekandre 7y agoplease correct me if i am wrong, but i haven’t seen any evidence that joe biden would do such a thing he’s been pretty against medicare for all on grounds it “costs too much” just as one example, and just recently called for companies to stop stock buy-backs during covid-19 [0] but nothing like that ↑ afaik... [0] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-20/biden-calls-on-ceos-to-refrain-from-stock-buybacks-for-this-year https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-20/biden-cal...
- hprotagonist 7y agohttps://joebiden.com/healthcare/ https://joebiden.com/healthcare/ “ Giving Americans a new choice, a public health insurance option like Medicare. If your insurance company isn’t doing right by you, you should have another, better choice.” https://joebiden.com/covid19/ https://joebiden.com/covid19/ “ A decisive economic response that starts with emergency paid leave for all those affected by the outbreak and gives all necessary help to workers, families, and small businesses that are hit hard by this crisis. Make no mistake: this will require an immediate set of ambitious and progressive economic measures, and further decisive action to address the larger macro-economic shock from this outbreak. Biden believes we must spend whatever it takes, without delay, to meet public health needs and deal with the mounting economic consequences.”
- andrekandre 7y agothanks for the links! that most appreciated, and a little encouraging (as much as a campaign page can be i suppose, caveat emptor and all that)
- Twixes 7y agoHe's for some public option, but nothing mandatory. Generally nothing that would hurt big business too much, although he has shifted a bit to the left in recent years (and even weeks) as the Democratic Party has been doing so (Bernie's influence being significant also now).