Young voters explain why they’re bailing on Biden — and whether they’d come back
Young voters explain why they’re bailing on Biden — and whether they’d come back
Biden’s numbers among young voters have slid during his presidency from the high margins that helped him beat Trump. Several former supporters explain why.
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I really think people would be happier if we set reasonable expectations for elected officials. Biden says he's gonna eliminate student loans? Yeah, no. Maybe, if we're very lucky and the lobbyists are feeling lazy we'll get $20,000 for the most in debt. The rest of you are on your own. (I don't blame Biden, the illegitimate Supreme Court did it, but there's nothing we can do about that.)
Stopping war? Nah, the US has been at war most of its history. Neither side is gonna stop it. Too much money to be made. But at least if we vote for Biden he'll pretend to feel bad about it, which is nicer than being a dick.
We're not getting universal health care. We're not getting better education. If we elect Biden next year there will still be twelve million children who are food insecure. Capitalism will continue to exploit you, and make you miserable, and then make you feel bad for being miserable.
But at the very least the government will feel badly about all the things they're doing/can't do. And that's about the best I've learned to hope for.
The Biden admin has forgiven 132bil in student loans so far. Not the 400bil the supreme court stopped, but way, way more than any other administration ever.
The key is that they have done it in small 5bil drips and drabs. This is a double edged sword in that the news has barely covered it, so there is no push to stop it. He can keep forgiving student debt, but only if no one notices and gets the corrupt courts involved.
Exactly my point: Lower your expectations.
It’s not going to happen overnight. It probably won’t happen at all, given the structure of our government.
But he’ll make nice noises while the world burns and we all go broke and that will be a bit more pleasant.
the student loan situation he has managed to finagle is incredible compared to what was before. interest can increase original principle, payments based on income and if its not paid back in 20 years its forgiven. And health care wise the no surpise billing is huge. I mean no previous president did either of these things and honestly would not be surprised if things like this got rolled back if its not him. but whatever.
They know they dont have to fulfil any promises because liberals will keep electing them regardless what they do, or dont do. There are never any consequences to their action. Now that Fetterman has come out as full fledged right wing nut job, that D will still get him reelected.