We are living through the single greatest reduction of malarkey in history
- passed the American Rescue Plan
- increased Child Tax Credit, Earned-Income Tax Credit, and Child and Dependent Care Tax Credits
- lowered health insurance premiums for lower- and middle-income families enrolled in health insurance marketplaces
- fixed the vaccine rollout and carried us to a post-covid-19 normalcy
- ordered an additional 200 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine.
- passed the bipartisan infrastructure bill (roads, rails, airports, broadband, clean drinking water, electric vehicles, port infrastructure)
- U.S. gross domestic product grew at 5.7 percent for the year, the strongest economic growth in 37 years
- passed the bipartisan CHIPS act to boost domestic semiconductor production, create jobs, boost supply chains, important both for economics and national security
- passed a modest, bipartisan gun reform law
- nominated an overwhelmingly popular and historically important judge to the SCOTUS and she was confirmed
- killed Ayman al-Zawahiri
- rebuilt NATO
- Signed ratification documents approving NATO membership for Finland and Sweden, strengthening the NATO alliance and reinforcing democracy in the face of Russian brutality against Ukraine.
- Kept job creation booming (unemployment is 3.5 percent.)
- passed the PACT Act, expanding access to health care and benefits related to toxic exposures for veterans and their survivors
- Respect for Marriage Act, which will codify same-sex marriage to take it out of the hands of Clarence Thomas, to the 1-yard line
- Passed the Inflation Reduction Act, which will control prescription drug costs, fix the ACA's subsidy cliff, and make healthcare more affordable for seniors, in addition to helping the environment (hardcore pro-clean green investment)
- Thanks to a Biden executive order, hearing aids become available over the counter without a prescription, lowering costs by up to $3,000 per pair for 30 million Americans.
- is l0 months into managing the most successful American response to a foreign policy crisis in (at least) two generations
- expanded and strengthened the Affordable Care Act
- Signed legislation to avoid a potentially catastrophic rail strike after brokering a deal approved by 8 of 12 railway unions, raising workers’ wages by 24%, increasing health care benefits, and preserving two-person crews.
- First Brandon ordered Mexico to pay for the wall, then he induced companies to bring the jobs back home (Mexico agreed to pay $1.5 billion to US to help US manage immigrants on southern border, US on pace to bring home record number of overseas jobs as American companies overseas shift their jobs and processes back to US)
- cancelled the construction of the Keystone XL
- made historic investments in Tribal Nation
- thrashing China
- Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity
- thrashing Cuban government
- thrashing Russian government
- exited Afghanistan because 90% of the people there rejected democracy
- acknowledged the Armenian Genocide
- stopped arms sales to Saudi Arabia and ened support for the Saudi-led bombing campaign in Yemen.
- pardoned all federal and D.C. simple marijuana possession offenses
- approved a near 99% student loan forgiveness program that will massively eliminate 99% of student loan debt
- Joe Biden is not in your face blubbering on every matter under the sun. You could, if you wanted, go weeks without seeing or hearing him
- policy is not being made by 1:00 a.m. tweet
- there are no scandals emanating from the executive branch.
- reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act
- vast student loan debt relief
- the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act
- Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act which reduces and prevent suicide, burnout, and mental and behavioral conditions among health care professionals
- rejoined the U.S. to the Paris Agreement
- wished everybody a quiet, peaceful Christmas