Post #2832705
2026-05-13 20:01 UTC
@TheGreatLlama@kolektiva.social agree that that check was in the mail, but I think there was a time somewhere in the mid Biden era where a change in strategy could still have moved the needle.
They launched the inflation reduction act, which was really a beginning for a green new deal packed into a forward-looking bill. There was some notion that energy was important for the future and that America needed to be part of the trend to make that happen.
Then it kind of died, people wanted their pre-covid life back. And that really felt like the last nail to me. Then it didn't matter if Trump or Harris won. What people wanted wasn't a better 2030, they wanted 2017 back. 🤷🏻♂️
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@TheGreatLlama@kolektiva.social 2026-05-13 20:11
@gatesvp@mstdn.ca Maybe with a different president. Looking at his whole career, Biden was never going to be the guy to save the US from its worst impulses.
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@A_Minion@mastodon.social 2026-05-14 00:50
@gatesvp@mstdn.ca Biden/Harris were trying to rebuild the economy we had in the era WWII-1970's, without as many mistakes. Unions, Education are the first 2 pillars. The 5 bills passed would have done most of what people have been wanting. It's the first time since the GOP started this plan to take control of America that we really had a chance. What many don't understand is the Right is right because they are Right. It's been that was since FDR built a government that favored We The People. Peace