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President Biden, Pleading is Not Politics.
“Calling on congress” is not enough to get things passed.
I should begin by saying there are pieces of Biden’s recently proposed legislation that I wholeheartedly support, some of which I would even argue do not go far enough. For instance, given the resources this nation has there is no reason why Biden’s proposal for free community college should not be expanded to free college across the board for everyone who chooses to go. Still, when those of on this left bring this up, loyal Democratic voters tend to bring up the fact that in this political climate that’s just not realistic.
But then, shouldn’t we ask ourselves why that is?
Democrats have control of the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the White House, so why is it not realistic to expect a little more? Why, for instance, has Biden not used his executive authority to cancel student loan debt, or legalize marijuana and expunge the records of anyone who has been convicted of possession? Why haven’t Senate Democrats nuked the filibuster in order to get the policies through that Biden has put forward and claims to be in favor of? Why aren’t they using budget reconciliation as an option for the infrastructure bill since it directly impacts the budget? The list, of course, could go on and on of things that Democrats could…
