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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