▲ 857 ▼ ‘Stop the price-gouging’: Biden hits corporations over high consumer costs (www.cnbc.com) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 225 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] burntbutterbiscuits@sh.itjust.works -20 points 2 years ago (3 children) Poor Biden can’t do anything, he doesn’t have any power lol…. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] nutsack@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago ok. but this is factually correct permalink fedilink source parent [–] prole@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Do you know basic US Civics, or...? Biden has the bully pulpit (basically what he's doing here), and that's pretty much it. He can issue executive orders (and has in the past about this), but those are often complete bullshit that's unenforceable, and will be removed by the next person in the office. Take a look at Trump rolling back Obama's EPA purview over waterways in the US for a recent example that has left over 60% of our nation's waterways now unprotected. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] burntbutterbiscuits@sh.itjust.works -9 points 2 years ago (3 children) Biden is like dog shit on the bottom of FDR’s shoe. He is weak and pathetic and the only thing he cares about are his corporate donors permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] prole@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago Lol way to just talk past me. Did you even read the comment? permalink fedilink source parent [–] dilithium_dame@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago Yes, bring back the New Deal Democrats! Enough of Third Way neoliberalism. permalink fedilink source parent [–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago FDR sicced Federal agencies on a leftist to discredit him. Oh the irony. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ranvier@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 years ago Do you want a dictatorship or something? Congress writes laws, talk to your members of congress. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nutsack@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago ok. but this is factually correct permalink fedilink source parent
[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Do you know basic US Civics, or...? Biden has the bully pulpit (basically what he's doing here), and that's pretty much it. He can issue executive orders (and has in the past about this), but those are often complete bullshit that's unenforceable, and will be removed by the next person in the office. Take a look at Trump rolling back Obama's EPA purview over waterways in the US for a recent example that has left over 60% of our nation's waterways now unprotected. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] burntbutterbiscuits@sh.itjust.works -9 points 2 years ago (3 children) Biden is like dog shit on the bottom of FDR’s shoe. He is weak and pathetic and the only thing he cares about are his corporate donors permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] prole@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago Lol way to just talk past me. Did you even read the comment? permalink fedilink source parent [–] dilithium_dame@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago Yes, bring back the New Deal Democrats! Enough of Third Way neoliberalism. permalink fedilink source parent [–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago FDR sicced Federal agencies on a leftist to discredit him. Oh the irony. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] burntbutterbiscuits@sh.itjust.works -9 points 2 years ago (3 children) Biden is like dog shit on the bottom of FDR’s shoe. He is weak and pathetic and the only thing he cares about are his corporate donors permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] prole@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago Lol way to just talk past me. Did you even read the comment? permalink fedilink source parent [–] dilithium_dame@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago Yes, bring back the New Deal Democrats! Enough of Third Way neoliberalism. permalink fedilink source parent [–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago FDR sicced Federal agencies on a leftist to discredit him. Oh the irony. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago Lol way to just talk past me. Did you even read the comment? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dilithium_dame@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago Yes, bring back the New Deal Democrats! Enough of Third Way neoliberalism. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago FDR sicced Federal agencies on a leftist to discredit him. Oh the irony. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ranvier@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 years ago Do you want a dictatorship or something? Congress writes laws, talk to your members of congress. permalink fedilink source parent