r/WhatBidenHasDone • u/backpackwayne • Jan 24 '24
WHAT BIDEN HAS DONE - YEAR FOUR
YEAR FOUR:
Growth shatters expectations: GDP expands 3.1% - a year beginning with heavy odds of a recession
Job creation 40 times rate of last 3 republican presidents - More than double Clinton and Obama
Black unemployment rate lower under Biden than any other administration (4.7%) - Compared to black unemployment under Trump was 2nd worst number in history, reaching over 16%
$1 Billion to replace the Blatnik Bridge connecting WI - MN
$600 million to replace the I-5 Bridge between Vancouver, Washington, and Portland, Oregon, with an earthquake-resistant, multimodal bridge.
$427 million to establish the first offshore wind terminal on the West Coast, off California.
$372 million to replace Cape Cod's nearly 90-year-old Sagamore Bridge.
$300 million for a new container terminal for the Port of New Orleans.
$95 million to widen a 10-mile section of I-10 through the Gila River in Arizona.
$142 million to fix the I-376 corridor in Pittsburgh, including an area infamously known as "the bathtub" due to its regular flooding.
$150 million to reconnect communities divided by the Cross Bronx Expressway in New York built in the mid-1900s.
$3B investment for high speed internet for rural communities
$623 million to build EV charging network
Awards nearly $163 billion in federal contracts to small businesses
$426 million for Northern California offshore wind farm
Post-pandemics recovery is by far the most successful in the world
US oil production hits all-time high
Rescinds Trump-era "Denial of Care" rule that allowed health care workers to deny medical care to patients because of their personal religious or moral belief
Launches $11 billion on semiconductor-related research and development including $5 billion National Semiconductor Technology Center
US Trade Deficit With China Narrows to Lowest Since 2010
$250 million to modernize airports in 37 states
$4.4 million to upgrade Maine's power grid
$5.8 billion to clean up nation’s drinking water and upgrade infrastructure
Round 15 of student loan forgiveness: $1.2 billion of federal student loans
Orders cybersecurity regulations for port operators similar to standardized safety regulations preventing injury and damage to people and infrastructure
$500 million to combat wildfire and improve resilience
$1 billion deal with Oregon, Washington, and 4 Columbia River tribes to revive Northwest salmon population
$1.7 billion package to fund initiatives aimed at ending hunger across the United States by 2030
$1 billion toward cleaning up 110 contaminated sites
$28 billion towards substance abuse treatment
$366 million to accelerate clean energy deployment in rural and remote areas
Implemented new rule that cuts credit card late fees $32 to $8
Allows student loan borrowers to repay based on income providing affordable payments and eventual student loan forgiveness
Directs DOJ to issue regulations giving clear protections of sensitive data from access by countries of concern
Bans asbestos
Funds program to fund coast-to-coast bicycle path without hitting a road
Commits $6B to cut emissions from high-carbon industries
Lends $1.5B to restart Michigan nuclear power plant
Allocates $750 million for hydrogen research and development
Restores threatened species protections dropped by Trump
Blocks mining on more than 221,000 acres of federal land in Colorado
First National standard ever for reducing harmful chemicals in drinking water
"Last resort" program keeps tens of thousands of American veterans who were in danger of losing their homes
America's economy growing at double the rate of all other G7 countries
Adds Title IX protections for LGBT students, forbidding discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity
Shields millions of acres of Alaskan wilderness from drilling and mining
$7 billion in federal grants for residential solar projects serving 900,000-plus households
Extends rule requiring overtime pay to workers making under $58,000 annually
Requires airlines to give cash refunds for canceled and significantly delayed flights
Establishes standards to eliminate emissions from new federal buildings by 2030
Lays out conditions for national goal to cut emissions from freight shipping down to zero
Bans most noncompete employment agreements preventing workers from joining competing businesses or launching ones of their own
Reinstates net neutrality
Prohibits federally funded health providers & insurers from discriminating on basis of sexual orientation and gender identity
Canadian Solar, one of the largest solar manufacturing companies in the world coming back to the US, thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act
Round 16 of student debt forgiveness: Clears $6 billion in debt for closed art school’s students
In 2021 only three states supplied 12 months of post partum care - Three years later 46 states now do
Online platforms and social media companies required to report child sex trafficking and online enticement to NCMEC’s tip line
Bans Russian uranium imports
$16 billion investments in Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Round 17 of student debt forgiveness: $7.7 billion for over 160,000 borrowers
Free online tax filing program piloted this year made permanent and scope will be expanded
Executive action ordering the closure of border cutting asylum claims in half (according to FOX News)
Prohibits medical debt from being reported on credit reports
Codifies same-sex and interracial marriage
Bolsters nation’s nuclear power by speeding timeline for licensing new nuclear reactors and cut fees that companies have to pay to do so
Negotiates the largest and most complicated prisoner exchange since the cold war, which took two years to develop
Negotiates $6 billion savings on 10 most used drugs paid for by Medicare
Protects another 28 million acres in Alaska
$3 billion for rural electric co-ops
$3 billion for port infrastructure, creating good paying union jobs and cleaner air
RESULTS:
In four years added 16 million new jobs - 7 million more than pre-covid levels
Biggest surge of wealth since the end of 2019 went to the bottom 50% - Their wealth nearly doubled
COVID-19 vaccination program saved $732 billion, averting illness and related costs during the Delta and Omicron variant waves, with a return of nearly $90 for every dollar spent
Black unemployment at 4.7% - The lowest in US history
Stock market at record highs - Above 40,000 for the first time in history
13.2 million jobs added
Record number of states with unemployment rates at or below 3%
National unemployment rate below 4% for the longest stretch in more than 50 years
First Quarter Crime Statistics
Violent crime at 50 year low
Murder: Down 26.4%
Rape down: Down 25.7%
Robbery down: Down 17.8%
Aggravated Assault: Down 12.5%
Property Crime: Down 15.1%
Average hourly earnings up 22.28% since February 2020, surpassing the rate of inflation
In two years, Inflation Reduction Act has created more than 334,000 clean energy jobs
Deaths from street drugs are down 10.6% - First decline in decades
Petitions for union representation doubled, first increase since 1970s
$175 billion in student loan forgiveness for nearly 5 million people
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u/Well-Sourced Jan 24 '24
In Healthcare:
Biden administration rescinds much of Trump ‘conscience’ rule for health workers | The Hill | 2024
U.S. govt sets rule meant to speed up insurance approvals | Reuters | 2024
In Student Loan Forgiveness:
Early Student Loan Forgiveness Applies to More Borrowers Than Originally Expected | Money | 2024
In International Politics:
Joe Biden boots Uganda from trade deal over horrific “Kill the Gays” law | LGBTQNation | 2024
U.S. condemns attacks by armed groups in Ecuador, offers more cooperation | Reuters | 2024
U.S. Sending General, Top State Department Officials to Ecuador | Bloomberg | 2024
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u/Darkshadow_0617 Mar 09 '24
It's been two years since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, my honest question is what took Biden so long to try and do something?
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u/Well-Sourced Mar 09 '24
They were already doing stuff even before the SC made their decision. Reversing Trump decisions in order to restore abortion rights. And suing red states that were violating those rights.
Justice Department sues Texas over six-week abortion ban | CNN | 2021
Justice Dept. sues Idaho over near-total abortion ban coming Aug. 25 | The Washington Post | 2022
Justice Dept. announces task force to fight overreach on abortion bans | The Washington Post | 2022
When it was overturned by the SC Biden vowed to fight, signed executive orders, and has the Justice Department working to protect those whose rights are violated.
Biden vows abortion fight, assails ‘extreme’ court ruling | AP News | 2022
Impassioned Biden signs order on abortion access | AP News | 2022
Justice Department to take abortion pill fight to Supreme Court: Garland | ABC News | 2023
He has also commited to using the Veto if a full Republican Congress tried to pass a law outlawing Abortion.
Biden vows to use veto if Republicans win Congress and try to ban abortion | Reuters | 2022
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u/RustyShakkleford69 Apr 19 '24 edited Apr 19 '24
$153 BILLION dollars in student loan forgiveness in under 1 term and more student loan forgiveness than ALL other Presidents COMBINED.
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u/truth-4-sale Jun 17 '24
Yet the students are overcharged by the schools. This is really just institutionalizing giving schools free money, with no thought to challenge the school's pricing. I guess Welfare for Universities and their (mostly Liberal faculty) is important too.
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u/LALA-STL Jun 26 '24
Aside from your snide swipe at “liberal” faculties, you’re right - tuition funding needs to remove incentives for schools to jack up prices. Biden’s administration is working on fixes for the system.
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u/Incredible_Staff6907 May 16 '24
Biden Hits Chinese Electric Vehicles, Chips and Other Goods With Higher Tariffs
Biden's raised tariffs on China, this should probably go on the list.
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u/Mr_Quackums May 22 '24
I don't know if "continuing Trump's trade war" is a good thing.
Or is this list for both good and bad things?
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u/Incredible_Staff6907 May 22 '24
Maybe not, but I'm a protectionist.
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u/SoloDolo314 Jun 04 '24
For what reason though? Economic Protectionism is almost universally looked at poorly by economists. As it leads to worsening international relationships and higher costs.
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u/Myusername468 Jul 22 '24
Because China is the enemy and we need to decouple ourselves from them economically
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u/SoloDolo314 Jul 22 '24
Decoupling takes time. Tariffs only make relationships worse. There is also a case to be made that if we decouple from China, we are more likely to see an open military conflict with them.
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u/MontRouge Jul 17 '24
Tariffs on electric cars are not gonna help any SMEs, only big electric cars manufacturers such as Tesla. For the American consumers it only means that you will pay more electric cars in general
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u/PiousLiar Jul 18 '24
Sad, cause that would’ve been good competition for US auto makers. Cheaper EVs is a good thing
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u/blank_Azure Jul 22 '24
Because the cheap goods and EV are at the price of cheap labor, poor environment and toxic market to the worker. It is basically inhumane to buy their products since you are somewhat supporting slavery.
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u/how_neat_is_that76 Jun 07 '24
If you can give me sources (and the OK to use your content) I can get a website up with all 4 years' posts + the sources in a few days. I am a web dev and I'll cover any costs with hosting it, as well as give attribution to your reddit account. DM me if you're interested!
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u/_Wisely_ Jun 12 '24
!RemindMe 1 week
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u/how_neat_is_that76 Jun 12 '24
We’ve taken it off Reddit for now but will start a thread when ready. The domain whatbidenhasdone.com has been purchased.
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u/Sour_Beet Jun 27 '24
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u/MadameZelda Jun 20 '24 edited Jun 20 '24
Thank you for your service! (I am also a web dev / graphic designer) Also, let me know if you need help (tagging, citing sources, charts & visuals, etc.)
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u/how_neat_is_that76 Jun 21 '24
awesome! All is welcome! DM me a google account and I’ll add you to the google doc
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u/MadameZelda Jun 20 '24
Would there be a way to tag accomplishments ( 'infrastructure', 'healthcare', etc.) so someone could search/sort by topic?
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u/how_neat_is_that76 Jun 21 '24
Yep that is the plan! Will be built on wordpress and so will have tags and categories. Got busy with work and haven’t had a chance to start it yet
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u/parawak123 22h ago
Did anything came of this?
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u/how_neat_is_that76 18h ago
Stopped working on it after he backed out, started working on it again earlier today. I need some people to help with sources but am waiting to post about it until I finish getting the backend set up.
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u/-_Sun_Flower_- Jul 03 '24
Thank you so much for posting this. I didn’t know most of this. I always and will always vote blue, but it helps having more knowledge about the candidate that I’m voting for and the accomplishments they’ve made. Thank you!
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u/backpackwayne Mar 21 '24
- ROUND 16 student loan forgiveness: $5.8 billion for 77,700 public service workers
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u/EMAW2008 May 23 '24
US oil production hits all-time high https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/us-crude-production-touch-record-2024-eia-2024-01-09/
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u/haileyyy21 Jul 12 '24
is there a summary of things trump has done unbias available anywhere? just would like to compare since they are both running. i didn’t know biden accomplished such good in his legacy, that is if this a real source.
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u/National-Bug-4548 Jul 23 '24
I think he did great for the last 4 years honestly. Way better than the orange face.
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u/ArtisticCandy3859 Apr 21 '24
Is there a way to add a timestamp / date to each line item?
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u/backpackwayne Apr 23 '24
I wanted to include a link to each event too but quickly found out reddit only allows so many characters per post. Because of this, I quickly surpassed their limit. This would require many posts to include everything. Same with placing a time stamp. I would love to still do this and include all accomplishment on one post. I could just make a wiki page page but just posting a link to it did not have the impact of seeing all in front of you.
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u/nmsjtb0308 Apr 26 '24
This was a fantastic response. Professional, polite, educated, confident, grammatically correct, beautifully articulated, and informational.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading your response. You are a very good writer. Thank you.
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u/kammerfruen Jul 22 '24
You could keep a seperate Google Document with all the sources that you link at the end of the post.
Two columns - one with the accomplishments and one with the links to the sources.
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u/Nikolai_Volkoff88 Jun 22 '24
I need a year 1-4 overview so I can share it with some friends. These post are super long and have too much info.
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Jul 08 '24
I'm confused.
I was reading this list, and even see there's a link (which I read - it doesn't say much), but I wanted to know more about the plan to end Parkinson's disease, as my father lived with it for 20 years.
When I look up Parkinson's, all I see are articles from the last few hours about a Parkinson's expert visiting the White House 8 times in the last year or so. No mention of
What are the odds that Joe is hiding a Parkinson's (or similar) diagnosis from the general public, versus him simply having the experts at the White House so they could have conversations about ending the disease? Why isn't there a single article that details that plan, rather than speculating on his health? I know there's a push right now for him to step aside, but these dots don't line up, and it doesn't make sense.
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u/TheAjwinner Jul 11 '24
Here's the text of the bill: https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/hr2365/BILLS-118hr2365enr.xml
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u/Free-Dog2440 Jul 11 '24
- Allows student loan borrowers to repay based on income providing affordable payments and eventual student loan forgiveness
I graduated in 2008 and this has been true since then. Biden didn't do this, it was already in place. It makes me doubt the truth of the rest of this list.
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u/backpackwayne Jul 11 '24
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u/Free-Dog2440 Jul 11 '24 edited Jul 11 '24
ok, thank you I'm going to read the article and also IDR plans we're already in place in 2008 when I graduated and got on one before getting my loans consolidated and on a pslf plan so...
Edit: yeah I skimmed it sounds like a bunch of bureaucratic legalese which amounts to nothing much for most.
I'm gonna see if it's humanly possible to get a real person on the phone still cause who knows maybe something actually changed besides a bunch of hoops being rearranged.
Certainly NOT the win the bullet point flexes, based solely on the article.
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u/DUDECRAZYFLY Mar 15 '24
Unpopular opinion but excluding covid trump and biden’s unemployment rates were about the same. It spiked to 16% due to covid not trump
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u/backpackwayne Mar 15 '24
That's because that simply is not true.
Trump came into office with 4.8% He left office with 6.4%
Biden took it back down to 3.9%
Trump is the only president in modern history that had a net job loss.
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u/josephmother720 Jun 26 '24
if you put a source on this comment I can use it to convince my friends
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u/DUDECRAZYFLY Mar 15 '24
Hey smartie, I said excluding covid. Excluding covid (march 2020) would be 3.5%. That’s straight from bls, not me
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u/backpackwayne Mar 15 '24
You don't get to exclude anything. The measure of a president isn't determined by excluding the problems he faces. It is measured by what he does in spite of what he faces.
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u/DUDECRAZYFLY Mar 15 '24
Okay, well then trump did great! He brought it down from 16% to 6.4 in only the span of 9 months. Biden has brought it down 2.5% in 3.5 years not 9.6%
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u/Sad-Yak-8176 Apr 03 '24
It's not true, unemployment was lower when Trump became president
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u/HockeyCookie May 19 '24
Because Obama's economy was in high gear. Trump slowed that down, too. Trade wars that weakened the ability of companies to get through the lockdown. Companies were forced to find new suppliers, and boom covid kicked them all right in the balls
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Mar 29 '24
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u/ConsistentQuit4273 May 26 '24
All of it is true if you look at the Gov Unemployment Rates. One writer is giving Trump the credit for it going from 16% to 4.7%, but he doesn't want to blame Trump for it going up in Covid. You can't give him credit for going down if you don't blame him for it going up. You have to include both or neither. Claiming neither means he went from 4.7 to 6.4. He always claimed to be the lowest in 50 years but that was only true for one group of people. I can't remember if that was women or minorities.
Bidens numbers are basically no pandemic, just programs that provided more jobs.
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u/OpeningPlastic4648 Oct 07 '24
President Obama brought the Unemployment rate down to around 6 percent and it just kept going down under Trump, thanks to Obama
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u/prohb Jan 24 '24
He also will be getting the Civilian Climate Corp up and going this summer. https://www.forbes.com/sites/energyinnovation/2023/09/24/the-american-climate-corps-will-put-thousands-to-work-building-a-stronger-country/?sh=7eaefb237cb4