Mikey wrote: ↑Thu Jul 28, 2022 4:09 pm
Arthur Dent wrote: ↑Thu Jul 28, 2022 4:01 pm
Screwy and Kierland, keep defending arguably the worst president in U.S. history.
LOL. Based on what, exactly? By any sensible measure he’s not even close to being the worst in the past three years.
You KNOW I am not a right-winger, and detest Trump. But if I were to try to answer your "Based on what?" question, I would include:
1. Inaction on the border. I don't believe the influx of illegals constitutes the crisis level the right wants us to believe it is, but it is undoubtedly an issue that needs to be addressed and mitigated. Biden immediately put the veep in charge of working the issue after inauguration, and to my knowledge she has yet to visit the southern border, and the administration seems to be wholly ignoring it. If we are a country of laws, and there are rules that ostensibly are to be followed for aliens to legally be in this country, those laws MUST be enforced or changed. I don't believe they need to be changed. Enforcement is the answer, and it is not being done. Are you in favor of open borders and uncontrolled immigration? Do you believe the Biden administration is?
2. Energy policy. I'd like to consider myself an environmentalist but also a realist. I want research into, and growth of, renewable energy sources to continue and expand. But realistically, we are heavily and primarily tied to petroleum for the foreseeable few decades, and should work toward energy independence from the Middle East, Russia, and wherever else we get our oil. We supposedly are sitting on enough of it to meet our country's needs, and getting to it will undoubtedly require causing some level of environmental damage. To me, it boils down to cost vs benefit. If we can be energy self-sufficient at a relatively (subjective, I know) low-level of environmental cost, we should pursue it with vigor. We can stop doing so once renewable energy technology and resources allow us to, but not before.
3. Fiscal responsibility. Biden is certainly not alone here. All recent administrations have been printing money and deficit spending at preposterous levels. One could argue that the chickens have simply come home to roost during the current administration as seen by high inflation, but this administration has most assuredly contributed to the problem rather than try to stem it.
I could go on, but won't. Instead, I'll try to turn the tables. The question to which you and others have been trying to get straight answers concern what has Biden's administration done to make things worse. My question to you, Screwy, Kierland, et al is what has Biden done to make life for Joe Lunchbox in America better since he's been in office.