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Biden to announce $82M for high-speed internet for North Carolina (thehill.com)
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President Biden is heading to North Carolina on Thursday to announce $82 million in new investments to connect homes and businesses in the state to high-speed internet.

He will go to the Raleigh-Durham area in the critical battleground state to make the announcement, alongside Gov. Roy Cooper (D). The funding comes from the American Rescue Plan, which was the COVID-19 relief package Biden signed into law in 2021, and aims to connect an additional 16,000 homes and businesses in North Carolina.

The investment, according to a fact sheet from the White House, will also create jobs in manufacturing and construction to produce “Made-in-America fiber-optic cable that will build out internet infrastructure across the country.”

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[–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Just because you only pay attention around election time does not mean Biden has been doing nothing this entire time... that doesn't make any sense. Like he hibernated through the term and only just now regained consciousness to campaign again?

This reeks of both-sideism. Please compare the platforms and policies of the two sides you seem equally disillusioned with.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    No, I have been paying attention...

    One of the biggest criticism of Biden s early years, was that he appeared to have no plan when he took office. He didn't have anything ready to go, and said he would start to look into his various campaign promises.

    And before that was done, we lost the House.

    This reeks of both-sideism

    Republicans are a lost cause.

    If the only standard for the only other option is "not republican" then we, as a country not just a party, are completely fucked.

    1/3 of this country doesn't vote, moving further right for decades isn't working. It's time to go back to FDR style Dems when Republicans could only manage to win two states

    https://www.270towin.com/1936_Election/interactive_map

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I share your frustration with the two party system for sure. However, let's deal in realities. Biden signed more executive orders in his first 100 days than any president since Harry Truman. Here's some more info:

    https://www.politico.com/joe-biden-first-100-days-presidency

    Let's criticize Biden for his actual fuckups (Israel anyone?)

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Benefit of the doubt that's true and he did get some stuff done that was substantial:

    Is it enough to offset alternating with Republicans?

    Moderate progress only works if it's steady. Ten steps back and five steps forward is still moving backwards.

    If moderate progress is the most we reach for, we'll never make any progress on a long time scale when modern Republicans get equal turns.

    And the way to prevent that, is trying for faster progress. The party just won't try that, because their donors don't want it.

    Bringing us alllll the way back to 1/3 of voters just not voting.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Read about what he has done. You don't need to make any assumptions.

    What should he do? Decree that college is free now and insurance is banned and so is homelessness etc? Realistically, he's done a lot and is far more progressive than leftists tend to credit him for.

    At this point it feels like we are just finding ways to be dissatisfied tbh.

    Here is an opinion piece with more deets on stuff Biden has done:
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/13/why-progressives-winning-inside-democratic-party/

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You won't answer my question...

    Do you think Biden has done enough in his four years to correct Trump's?

    Do you think right now we're better off than when Obama left office.

    Because if not, then moderate progress isn't enough of a goal

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I'm not sure why you're trying to make a zero-sum argument here. Nothing in life is black and white, and just because Biden couldn't measure up to your standards doesn't mean we need to, or should, replace him.

    Also, nobody is required to argue or refute any claims or points you're trying to make. Biden didn't face the same problems that Obama did. He doesn't have the same faults or struggles, so why are we trying to make an apple-to-apple comparison when that's not even what we're discussing?

    Personally, Biden's executive orders read as very well intentioned, and I personally have directly and indirectly benefited from many of these. There are some things Biden has done that I have disagreed with, but overall, the executive orders and ruling policy of the Biden administration is a positive. If you read some of the executive orders, it's pretty clear that Biden understands the issues that ail the public in most, if not all, sectors.

    Gotta shout out a thanks to @naught for getting me interested in reading executive orders. For anyone curious, you can find it here: https://www.federalregister.gov/presidential-documents/executive-orders/joe-biden/2023

    Really interesting stuff.

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