What Biden Has Done: Year Three

  • Got republicans to publicly take Social Security and Medicare cuts off the table
  • Reduced unemployment from 18 million when he took office, down to less than 2 million now
  • Banned Tik Tok on government sites
  • Vaccines for tetanus, whooping cough, and shingles (costing up to $200) are now free for seniors on Medicare
  • Requires utilities to remove perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl compounds (PFAS) from drinking water
  • Makes $450 million available for solar farms and other clean energy projects at current or former coal mines
  • 732-mile high-voltage transmission line across the Western U.S. that will help transport renewable energy
  • Directs federal agencies to find ways to make child care cheaper and more accessible
  • IRS answered 2.4 million more taxpayer calls for assistance due to new funding
  • $197 million for 100 communities across our nation to invest in wildfire resilience
  • Safeguard mature and old-growth forests on federal lands, in a science-based approach to reduce wildfire risk
  • Strengthen reforestation partnerships to support local economies and retain forest ecosystems and sustainable supplies of forest products for years to come
  • Combat global deforestation to deliver on key COP26 commitments
  • Comprehensive efforts to deploy nature-based solutions that reduce emissions and build resilience
  • Added threat of detention and kidnapping to risk factors of travel warnings
  • Increased consequences to terrorists who engage in the practice of kidnapping
  • Rail companies grant paid sick days after administration pressure in win for unions
  • $4 billion effort to electrify U.S. ports and cut emissions
  • Average job creation almost double any recent president
  • To date has forgiven $42 billion of student loan debt to borrowers of public service
  • Record 10.5 million new business applications were filed in first two years of Biden administration
  • Invests $11 billion for renewable energy in rural areas
  • US is now building factories at a wildly fast rate
  • Construction spending by US manufacturers more than doubled from last year
  • Offered billions of dollars in subsidies in the electric vehicles, semiconductor, and solar panels industries
  • Added 800,000 jobs in manufacturing in last two years to compete with countries such as China
  • Got Ticketmaster and Seat Geek to dump junk fees
  • The Inflation Reduction Act will provide one million solar and wind jobs by 2035
  • Doubled previous all-time high of new manufacturing construction
  • Continues negotiations and gets paid sick days for rail workers
  • Executive order to guarantee women access to contraception - (more will need to be done to make it permanent)
  • Eliminates US stockpile of chemical weapons
  • Largest offshore wind project in the US
  • Round 10 of student loan cancellation: $39 billion for over 800,00 borrowers
  • Gets big tech commitments to voluntary follow AI guidelines (Including Google, Meta, Microsoft and A- Stock Market gains in 2023 are the best in decades
  • Creates Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument - One million acres
  • Construction of manufacturing facilities in real terms (adjusted for inflation) has more than doubled since 2021
  • Launches “Saving on a Valuable Education” (SAVE): An income-driven repayment plan cutting borrowers’ payments in half, and some with no monthly bill
  • Creates bilateral collaboration helping Vietnam develop high tech in semiconductor production and artificial intelligence, countering Chinese efforts to do the same in the region
  • $800 Million to Strengthen Rural Infrastructure and Create Jobs
  • Round 11 of student debt forgiveness: 12,000 Wisconsinite Student Loans Forgiven
  • Siemens Kenosha factory to produce solar using tax incentives and will create a half million clean energy jobs
  • Suspends Trump-era authorization to ship natural gas by rail
  • Cancels oil and gas leases in Alaskan wildlife refuge that were allowed by Trump administration
  • Restores power of states and tribes to review projects to protect waterways
  • Creates 9-state offshore wind supply chain pact while funding $72m towards manufacturing
  • American Climate Corps launched
  • DOD to review DADT discharges
  • At-home COVID tests return
  • EPA announces $4.6B climate grants
  • TPS redesignated for Venezuela, protecting additional 450k migrants
  • $37M University of Phoenix debt forgiven
  • EO for East Palestine recovery
  • Prohibits Americans from investing in some Chinese companies
  • Directs Agencies to Account for Climate Change in Budgets
  • Creates new office of gun violence prevention
  • Commits $200 million to reintroduce salmon in Columbia River
  • $230 million for suicide prevention and behavioral are programs for at risk communities
  • Cuts funding to college programs leaving grads with unaffordable loans and/or low pay
  • All schools must provide prospective students with a framework outlining actual costs to get a degree and financial outcomes students can expect
  • Today’s announcement brings the total approved debt cancellation by the Biden-Harris Administration to $127 billion for nearly 3.6 million Americans.
  • Round 12 of student loan forgiveness of $5.2 billion bring total to $127 billion
  • Updated federal prevailing wage for first time in decades, raising wages by thousands of dollars
  • During very tense times, visits Israel and gets them allow humanitarian aid to Gaza
  • Creates the largest ever offshore windfarm of Virginia’s coast
  • Supports UAW strike resulting in a 30% increase of wages
  • October economics report shows stunning improvement
    • 34th consecutive month of job growth (150,000 jobs in October)
    • Longest stretch of unemployment below 4% since the 1960s
    • GDP surged this past quarter 5% (seasonally adjusted)
    • Federal Reserve announces interest rates are holding steady
    • Auto Strike over! Workers get substantial pay raises (30%)
  • Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence
  • Allocated $16.4B in new funding for Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor
  • Allocated $440M to install solar panels in Puerto Rico

ORIGINAL POST
Credit: /u/backpackwayne on Reddit.

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