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"Bidenomics" - Biden's vision for economic growth 'from the middle out and bottom up' aims to move beyond 'trickle down' economics (www.nbcnews.com)

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President Joe Biden will tout his economic agenda in remarks Wednesday as he campaigns for a second term amid low polling numbers on his job performance and the direction of the country.

The president’s plan, which the White House dubbed “Bidenomics,” aims to “move beyond” the “trickle down” economic theory that it says disproportionately benefits the wealthy and big corporations through tax cuts while reducing investment in priorities such as infrastructure and education, and failing to protect market competition.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Do you think rail gets built overnight? We won't see the effects of this funding for a decade or more. Walkability has to do with local zoning laws above all else. The federal government doesn't have the jurisdiction to force that into law, and it would be detrimental to blanket that across everywhere in the US. Walkability needs to be focused upon in cities, which is already happening.

I think you're quite biased here and you should really take a step back and look at the facts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm looking at rail infrastructure projects in other countries and they move quite quickly; not "decades". If you can fund road infrastructure, you can fund walkable infastructure. I don't think I'm being unreasonable. It's not like Biden is simply incapable of working with various state governments.

And if the federal government is unable to do anything we actually need, then why does it exist at all?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't think I'd be able to have a productive discussion with you about this subject.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Can you share what you think biden has done that's good, and why those things are good? If you think I'm being unfair, then perhaps explain why you like Biden?

I'm not an unreasonable person, I'm just not seeing any reason to like biden whatsoever, regardless of the scope of the position he has.