Biden vs. Trump

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

Speaking of Reddit. /u/MaximumEffort433 lists how progressive Biden actually is now that he has secured the nomination, encouraging people to unite behind him.

https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comme ... e/fti2d9n/

[–]MaximumEffort433

[+1]Maryland 2032 points 25 days ago*2& 17 more

I wrote this up because it seems like a lot of people don't actually know what Biden is running on. Let me emphasize here that this is not a comprehensive or exhaustive list, Joe Biden has something like two hundred pages of policy proposals online, and I couldn't fit them all into one single reddit post, so if you don't see something you're looking for here you can either google it, or hit me up in a comment reply and I'll google it for you.

Legal reforms:

Decriminalization, rescheduling, and expungement of existing federal marijuana convictions.
End the federal crack and powder cocaine disparity.
End all incarceration for drug use alone and instead divert individuals to drug courts and treatment.
Environmental reforms:

Invest $400 billion in clean energy research and innovation.
Establish an enforcement mechanism to achieve net-zero emissions no later than 2050.
Require aggressive methane pollution limits for new and existing gas operations.
Require public companies to disclose climate risks and greenhouse gas emissions.
Invest in carbon capture sequestration technology.
Support research into new nuclear technology.
Empower communities to develop transportation solutions.
Invest in electric rail roads and mass transit.
Embrace the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol.
Demand a worldwide ban on fossil fuel subsidies.
Name and shame global climate outlaws.
Pursue a global moratorium on offshore drilling in the Arctic.
Hold polluters accountable.
Ensure access to safe drinking water for all communities.
Ensure that communities harmed by climate change and pollution are the first to benefit from the Clean Economy Revolution.
Invest in communities impacted by the climate transformation.
Double offshore wind energy by 2030.
Economic reforms:

$15/hr minimum wage.
Bankruptcy reform.
Paid family leave.
Paid sick leave.
Protect and expand union rights.
Repeal the $2.1tn Trump tax cuts.
Increase taxes by $1.4tn on top earners.
Hold corporations and executives responsible for interfering with unionization.
Aggressively pursue employers who violate labor laws.
Ensure federal dollars do not support employers who engage in union-busting.
Penalize companies that bargain in bad faith.
Make it easier for workers who choose to unionize to do so.
Ban state "right to work" laws.
Create a cabinet-level working group that will solely focus on promoting union organizing.
Ensure that workers can exercise their right to strike without fear of reprisal.
Empower the NLRB to fulfill its intended purpose of protecting workers.
Eliminate non-compete clauses and no-poaching agreements.
Put an end to unnecessary occupational licensing requirements.
Expand protections for undocumented immigrants who report labor violations.
Health care:

Medicare-like public option.
Allow Medicare to bargain for prescription drug prices.
Increase the value of tax credits to lower premiums and extend coverage.
Limiting launch prices for drugs that face no competition.
Limiting price increases for all brand, biotech, and abusively priced generic drugs.
Allow consumers to buy prescription drugs from other countries.
End pharmaceutical corporations’ tax break for advertisement spending.
Expanding access to contraception.
Protect and defend a woman's right to choose.
Restore federal funding for Planned Parenthood.
Doubling America's investment in community health centers.
Expand access to mental health care.
Infrastructure:

Invest in historically marginalized communities.
Encourage the adoption of electric vehicles.
Invest $10 billion into transit projects that serve high-poverty areas.
Increase funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers by $2.5 billion per year.
Invest $20 billion in rural broadband infrastructure.
Invest $100 billion to modernize schools.
Invest $10 billion in a new Cities Revitalization Fund.
Quadruple funding to provide small manufacturers with the technical expertise needed to compete in a global economy.
Electoral reform:

Independent, not partisan redistricting to address gerrymandering.
Introduce a constitutional amendment to eliminate private dollars from our federal elections.
Enact legislation to provide voluntary matching public funds for federal candidates recieving small donations.
Propose a law to strengthen our prohibitions on foreign nationals trying to influence federal, state, or local elections.
Work to enact legislation ensuring that SuperPACs are wholly independent of campaigns and political parties.
Increase transparency of election spending.
End dark money groups.
Ban corporate PAC contributions to candidates.
Prohibit lobbyist contributions to those who they lobby.
Reform funding for national party conventions.
Require that all candidates for federal office release tax returns dating back 10 years.
Prohibiting foreign governments’s use of lobbyists.
Ethics reforms:

Prevent the president or White House from improperly interfering in federal investigations and prosecutions.
Increase transparency in DOJ decision-making.
Empower agency watchdogs (Inspectors General) to combat unethical behavior.
Establish the Commission on Federal Ethics to more effectively enforce federal ethics law.
Prevent the president, other senior Executive Branch members, and Congresspersons from being influenced by personal financial holdings.
Policing reform:

Ending private prisons.
Investing $300 billion in community policing training.
Investing in public health and education.
Create a new $20 billion competitive grant program to spur states to shift from incarceration to prevention.
Expand federal funding for mental health and substance use disorder services and research.
Expand and use the power of the U.S. Justice Department to address systemic misconduct in police departments and prosecutors’ offices.
Invest in public defenders’ offices.
Eliminate mandatory minimums.
Eliminate the death penalty.
End cash bail.
Stop jailing people for being too poor to pay fines and fees.
Ensure humane prison conditions.
Invest $1 billion per year in juvenile justice reform.
Incentivize states to stop incarcerating kids.
Expand funding for after-school programs, community centers, and summer jobs.
Education:

Two years paid public universities and college or job training for those making less than $125k/year.
Create new a federal grant program.
Double the maximum value of Pell grants for low-income and middle-class individuals.
Make a $50 billion investment in workforce training.
More than halve payments on undergraduate federal student loans.
Stop for-profit education programs from profiteering off of students.
Crack down on private lenders profiteering off of students.
Allow individuals holding private loans to discharge them in bankruptcy.
$10,000 across the board federal student loan forgiveness.
Forgive all undergraduate federal student loan debt for borrowers who attended public colleges and universities, as well as historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and private minority-serving institutions (MSIs).
Immigration:

Repeal Trump era restrictions on immigration
Prioritize deporting threats over deporting hard working, upstanding members of the community.
End child separation and prolonged detention.
Reform the asylum system.
End public funding for the border wall.
Protect DACA recipients.
Hold ICE and CBP agents accountable for inhumane treatment.
Let me emphasize once again that this is not everything that Biden is running on, these are just some of the stand-out proposals that he's making. There's a ton more out there, I just haven't written it all up.

I hope you found this useful!

And please feel free to copy/paste anything you feel might be useful or pertinent to your discussions, 99% of this is taken right off his campaign page, so it's not like I own any of it.

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

So. When someone like DT posts his inane nonsense it should be noted he's never actually gone to Biden's page and taken a gander.

- Doc

[_DoubtingThomas]

Speaking of Reddit. /u/MaximumEffort433 lists how progressive Biden actually is now that he has secured the nomination, encouraging people to unite behind him.

Some anonymous guy on Reddit created a list. Are you serious? I need some references.

End child separation and prolonged detention.

But he has no problem putting children in cages.
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2 ... a-adminis/

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

Proof, yet again, loopy DT doesn’t read.

* clue for DT -> actually read the entire post

- Doc

[_DoubtingThomas]

Proof, yet again, loopy DT doesn’t read.

* clue for DT -> actually read the entire post

- Doc

I did, but it doesn't matter if the anonymous Reddit guy got it from the Biden campaign website, it is all cherry picked. What matters is Biden's voting record.

[_DoubtingThomas]

I hope you don't retire soon. Biden has a 40 year history of being open to cut Social Security.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nancyaltma ... 28dc45c277

[_honorentheos]

That's a troubling subject because the national debt is going to be a matter of serious debate for whomever wins the election. We are looking at a terrifying debt to GDP ratio and not talking about it.

Be prepared for everyone to be unhappy in 2022. It's possible it could be one of the most polarized elections in our history.

[_EAllusion]

The second Biden becomes President, if he does, Republicans will pretend to deeply care about the national debt again and a lot of media members will pretend to believe them. Biden has a very long history of being open to and favoring come SS cuts. Those two factors suggest is quite possible Biden might bargain some SS cuts for other policy priorities.

[_Jersey Girl]

Do you folks think there's any chance for a live remote streamed Trump vs Biden debate?

[_Gunnar]

Speaking of Reddit. /u/MaximumEffort433 lists how progressive Biden actually is now that he has secured the nomination, encouraging people to unite behind him.

https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comme ... e/fti2d9n/

[–]MaximumEffort433

[+1]Maryland 2032 points 25 days ago*2& 17 more

I wrote this up because it seems like a lot of people don't actually know what Biden is running on. Let me emphasize here that this is not a comprehensive or exhaustive list, Joe Biden has something like two hundred pages of policy proposals online, and I couldn't fit them all into one single reddit post, so if you don't see something you're looking for here you can either google it, or hit me up in a comment reply and I'll google it for you.

Thanks for all that and the link to it.
If that is really what Biden is for, and is willing to work to accomplish that, it gives me a whole new perspective on him, and boosts my support for him. Now, if we can just ensure his winning the election!