Under President Biden, we are seeing the lowest Black unemployment rate on record and the fastest creation of Black-owned small businesses in over 25 years. Hispanics are nearing record low unemployment rates, as are Americans with disabilities.
In December, 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act of 2022, which reforms the Electoral Count Act to remedy the loopholes the previous president exploited to create chaos on January 6, 2021. Among other things, the law clarifies that the Vice President’s role in the process is “solely ministerial,” it clarifies the process by which states deliver electoral votes, and guarantees an expedited review of any claims by an aggrieved candidate.
Under President Joe Biden, the US economy is outperforming the rest of the G7 both in 2023 and projected for 2024. Similarly for the rest of the industrialized world. This article details some of the reason that Biden’s economic policies are separating the US from the rest of the West and confounding pundits who have been predicting a recession.
Throughout his presidency, President Joe Biden, with the help of Vice President Kamala Harris, has been incredibly active through executive orders in battling the loss of Roe v. Wade and the statewide iniatives designed to deny women health care, including abortions, access to contraception, safeguarding patient privacy, and sensitive health information. Initiatives include protecting the right to travel, providing services to veterans, current service members, and emergency abortion care.
From NBC News, “The new fourth-quarter numbers showed a 13% decline in murder in 2023 from 2022, a 6% decline in reported violent crime, and a 4% decline in reported property crime. That’s based on data from around 13,000 law enforcement agencies, policing about 82% of the U.S. population, that provided the FBI with data through December.”
Last September, President Joe Biden joined United Auto Workers on the picket line in Michigan, the first for any US president. The strike was against the Big 3 auto manufacturers. Not only did that strike result in at least a 25% pay raise for striking auto workers, including an immediate 11% raise, it also “inspired” major global auto makers that weren’t targets of the strike, including Nissan, Hyundai, and Honda to raise wages to their American workers across the board.
Not only did President Joe Biden choose an indigenous woman to run a major governmental department and sit in the Cabinet, but the choice was the Department of Interior, which deals with our protected lands and natural resources, covers the Bureau of Indian Affairs, among other very important matters for all Americans, including our indigenous populations. Deb Haaland has been an environmental warrior, and an advocate of the rights of the indigenous peoples of the US.
Partially because of the CHIPS and Science Act, the economy has added 789,000 manufacturing jobs in the three years since President Joe Biden took office.
The manufacturing jobs comeback under Biden is the biggest since the early 1950s.
As part of the Inflation Reduction Act, President Joe Biden enables Medicare to negotiate certain prescription drug prices, picking ten of the most purchased drugs on the market, starting in 2026. More drugs are intended to be part of this program each year.
Among President Joe Biden’s campaign promises was to fight back against the monopolistic practices of the major power brokers in this country. He has delivered and continues to work towards fulfilling these promises. He has done so with executive actions, Federal litigation, and the NLRB. He has prepared an aggressive agenda for 2024, so let’s keep watching to see how that goes.
On day 1 of his presidency, January 20, 2021, President Joe Biden recommitted to the battle against climate change by rejoining the Paris Agreement, abandoned by his predecessor.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a stronger than expected addition of 275,000 jobs in February. While the unemployment rate ticked up to 3.9%, experts argue that this means more people are entering the job market. And, in staying under 4% for the 25th straight month, the economy hits its longest stretch under 4% in over 50 years. This was also the 38th consecutive month of job growth, the 5th longest on record.
President Joe Biden signed the Violence Against Women Act of 2022, reauthorizing it until 2027. The previous administration had allowed the Act to lapse. This new version of VAWA provides unprecedented support for survivors of sexual violence in Native Alaskan and tribal communities, giving them jurisdiction to prosecute non-tribal offenders who sexually assault tribal members.
Under the Biden Administration, the economy has added 14 million jobs in 3 years. In case someone tells you that’s just about getting out of the pandemic, the economy is at plus 4.9 million jobs over pre-pandemic levels. For perspective, under Trump, the economy lost 2.9 million jobs.
The Inflation Reduction Act authorized an $80 Billion boost in the IRS budget. Fortune reports that the IRS now estimates that this boost will result in recovery of $560 Billion in unpaid taxes from wealthy tax cheats. All the while, the Republican Congress seeks to strip that funding out of the legislation.
Finally, a president takes executive action relating to the failed drug war. President Joe Biden does it twice. Thousands of people are affected by the order. Also, Biden has been lobbying state governors and his regulators are making noises about reviewing cannabis’ Schedule 1 classification, with an eye toward rescheduling it as a Schedule 3 drug. Baby steps, to be sure, but finally a move in the right direction.
Partially because of the CHIPS and Science Act, the economy has added 789,000 manufacturing jobs in the three years since President Joe Biden took office.
