• Ann Archy@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Like these for example:

    * Lowest unemployment numbers since 1969, economy seeing strong growth in GTP, wages, stock market returns, household net worth
    * Expanded overtime guarantees for millions
    * Established the Office of Gun Violence Prevention awarding $286 million towards student mental health
    * Made transition to green electricity a priority and accelerating approval of renewable energy projects
    * Sealed nationwide Infrastructure deal for $1.2 trillion for roads, waterlines, broadband networks, airports, et c
    * Opened for over-the-counter birth control pill (in stores in 2024)
    * Issued a sweeping crackdown on junk fees and overdraft charges from banks
    * Effected anti-redlining frameworks preventing discriminatory mortgage lending
    * Forced Chinese companies to open their books
    * Issued the Inflation Reduction Act, authorizing funds to jump-start the transition of American agriculture toward less carbon-intensive practices
    * Helped broker a deal to save the Colorado River
    * Signed an executive order directing agencies across the government to promote competition and take on monopolies
    * Loosened federal restrictions on cannabis
    * Instituted penalties for college programs that trap students in debt
    * Enacted the CHIPS and Science Act, offering more than $50 billion to subsidize construction of new microchip facilities in the U.S
    * Aligned U.S trade policy with antitrust actions against big tech firms
    * Brokered a deal to halt conflict between Rwanda and Congo to stall impending Cobalt crisis
    * Released a new national cyber strategy, strengthening international cyber diplomacy, securing emerging critical technologies and taking more aggressive steps to disrupt hacking groups
    * Countering China with a new alliance between Japan and South Korea
    * Reinvigorating cancer research to lower death rates
    * Making medication more accessible through telemedicine initiative
    * Installed union-friendly allies on the NLRB board who have adopted positions that boost workers in confrontations with businesses
    * Issued a national radio frequency spectrum strategy to fix 5G chaos
    * Empowered federal agencies to monitor AI
    * Strengthening military ties to Asian allies
    * Creating a new agency to investigate cyberattacks
    * Forcing airlines to pay up when flights are delayed or canceled
    * Expansion of Benefits and Services for Toxic Exposed Veterans
    * Stood up against Russian aggression by direct support for Ukraine
    * Protected marriage rights for LGBTQ couples
    * Historic student debt relief for middle-, working-class families
    * Implemented aggressive climate and environmental justice agenda
    * ...
    

    Sources: https://www.vox.com/politics/24094752/biden-trump-strong-economy-2024-inflation https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/02/02/joe-biden-30-policy-things-you-might-have-missed-00139046 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_policy_of_the_Joe_Biden_administration#:~:text=His Inflation Reduction Act was enacted in August 2022.&text=Biden’s first year in office,the pandemic recession of 2020. https://www.whitehouse.gov/therecord/ https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2021/politics/biden-executive-orders/