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[–] [email protected] 122 points 7 months ago (2 children)

If the only thing Biden ever does is keep Trump from office it will be a net win.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The IRA and the CHIPS Act were pretty legit - granted, I think trump might've passed some version of the CHIPS act as well. Seems like a no-brainer, imo, but the one that did it gets the credit!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

The IRA even addresses the corporate tax loopholes in a clever way. There's a minimum tax that they still have to pay even if their normal tax burden comes out to $0. I think it's like 15%.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

What do you mean by IRA like I know Biden is of Irish descent and I would whole heartedly support an American backed IRA but I doubt thats what happened.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago

The Inflation Reduction Act- link to one page summary

Inflation reduction act

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's the "Inflation Reduction Act"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

AKA The Build Back Better bill minus everything progressives and leftists fought for.

Huge win if you're a moderate or a liberal. Yet another slap in the face if you're slightly left of either.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

? There are no "means". all you can do is vote, and then something is going to happen depending on who wins. It's not "do bad thing to get good result", it's "do neutral thing to get less bad result" or "do nothing to get shite result".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Is voting not a means to elect Joe Biden to prevent Trump?

I don’t think the Palestinians suffering a genocide will see the “means” of voting for Biden as #neutral. This is the disconnect, many of us are selfishly more concerned about our menial lives than we are for people across the world; when the reality is we are no more important than they are. Either we’re all humans, or none of us are.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Palestinians are going dislike Trump a whole lot more.