The Harris/Biden Administration: Coming Together to Build Back Better

Hopefully by doing virtually nothing, just like most every single President. Small change here, small change there. The biggest impact they could have is with another round of strict lockdowns.

I think if they try to do any Green New Deal, massive student debt forgiveness or other super progressive legislation then there will be huge backlash.

 

i thought the first few acts were already determined on getting this right with the covid response?

 

What's so special about 109 days?

If bullets 1, 2, 4, 7 take place (NGD, Student loan, lockdowns, war), they will guarantee a bad 2022 elections.

 

Added my thoughts in response to yours, in red. A few other things I think happen fast:

- Infrastructure bill as both stimulus and outreach to republicans. Though I suspect it goes the way of most bipartisan outreach in the Obama days—nowhere, save for a few pieces crammed through a budget bill in reconciliation processes

- Minimum wage hike. Dems will open at $15 and GOP at like $10 over 3 years. Settle around $11.50 over 5-6 years. The left will flip out.

- I would also expect significant rollback of Trump era regulations across the board: EPA, Education, and Labor, specifically. Two examples:

The recent independent contractor classification final rule out of DOL will he rapidly challenged in court and they will start the rule making process under the APA.

Education will quickly announce new rule making for Title IX at colleges and universities. I suspect they may first launch a process just for rescission and follow that with a second process for new rule making.

- I think DC statehood, but not PR will be much discussed but never go anywhere.

 

Yep^^^^ Basically a whole lot of nothing. $10K student debt is probably the biggest item you noted.

 

They will just print up a bunch of mail ballots in 2022 to overcome that.

 

I would argue the following are likely to be the biggest consequences of the Biden presidency in terms of history headlines (as regulations don’t really get remembered as ascribed to presidents):

- Return to a watered-down Obama era regulatory structure for labor, education, and most notably climate/energy policy
- Big spending in 2021 through Covid stimulus (question being whether they can get infrastructure rolled into this)
- Medicaid buy-in / Obamacare “public option”
- Increased minimum wage
- Replace Justice Breyer with California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger

 

Interesting all you guys left out the tax increase that will happen during 2021 and will be retroactive from 1/1/21

and there is no way he doesn’t stop new drilling on federal land, sunset existing leases and redirect some major portion of Oil/gas subsidies to more “green” energy that can’t support it self economically

I mean the richest man in the world got that way on green subsidies- why stop now

 

I can't wait to see the looks on peoples faces when their taxes go up even though Pedo Joe said that he wouldn't raise taxes on incomes under 400k

As soon as they repeal the Trump tax cuts everyone's taxes will go up no matter what income. The media lied saying Trumps tax cuts only went to the rich

 

scheissing hypocrites....

 

Whenever I see the word Unity, I think of Dave Chappelle's Rick James skits and the Unity ring.

 

Not sure how much the needle will move in a 50/50 senate. Up to Manchin and other moderates.

All filed under “return to a slightly watered down version of the Obama-era regulatory scheme.”

 

Sadly, there is no political incentive for unity (in reality there is political DISincentive) from the Cori Bushes and Jim Jordans out there.

I’ll be surprised if Pelosi allows the expulsion resolutions reach the floor.