• MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml
      0·
      5 months ago

      Looks like he’s just doing the shit that the US government already should have been doing based on existing programs that were actively mismanaged in the past. Promises not kept through administrative technicalities.

      Not a bad thing, but a far cry from the political win it is touted as. Essentially, “we are no longer actively trying to fuck over people who applied to old debt-relief programs.” Weighing this against the predatory nature of student loan policy in the US, the unforgiving bankruptcy policies Biden directly helped put in place over a decade ago, and his failure to achieve the two student loan relief efforts he promised (or publicly campaigned on if you want to get pedantic), I’d say that the progress made is wholely insufficient.

      We can simultaneously recognize that there has been an improvement while also recognizing that it has not been enough and these politicians must be held accountable for these policy failures.

      These are not the markings of a promising or successful presidential campaign.

      • Monkey With A Shell@lemmy.socdojo.com
        1·
        5 months ago

        Ah yes, the ‘oh we can’t give credit for something good, it must just be lazy accident and/or incompetence’ crowd. After initially being blocked by the courts and Congress these forgiven loans are active actions where he could get around restrictions placed on him.

  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
    3·
    5 months ago

    The fuck kind of shit is this?

    I swear, I’m going to have a block list so long because of out of place political jackasses that it will create a digital singularity and devour lemmy.

    • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      1·
      5 months ago

      I swear after coming to Lemmy I’ve blocked more people than ever before on almost any other social media site I’ve been on

      The amount of tankies in this collection of sites is so damn high it blows my mind. At least the neo-nazis mostly keep contained to their own instances (though I’ve blocked my fair share of them too)

      • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        5 months ago

        I feel you.

        I don’t mind the politics in and of itself. It’s the people that can’t keep it to appropriate communities, or the ones that can’t bother to at least keep the posts relevant to the community if they’re going to bring politics in.

        I hate it as much when I have a similar political preference as when I don’t. Maybe even more.

    • n7gifmdn@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      02·
      5 months ago

      You are aware this community is hosted on the Marxist-Leninist instance that started Lemmy, right?

      • macniel@feddit.de
        2·
        5 months ago

        You are aware that your username is pretty shit and resembles that of a bot, right?

  • echo@lemmings.world
    2·
    5 months ago

    From 04-MAR of this year it’s easy to see that this meme is complete bullshit. As usual, the haters have nothing but their lies to support them.

    PolitiFact referred to Biden as one of Congress’ “least wealthy members” before he became vice-president under President Barack Obama and then president himself. As president, Biden’s wealth has increased from about $8 million when he took office to about $10 million.

    https://finance.yahoo.com/news/much-president-joe-biden-worth-160108436.html?guccounter=1

  • foggy@lemmy.world
    1·
    5 months ago

    This just in: being in a high position of power in the wealthiest nation to ever exist somehow increases your net worth

    Still trying to figure it out. I’ll report back when I know more! 🫡