we have several lifetimes worth of policies to change to fix the mess we are in. this is exactly what Biden should be doing, passing policy after policy in the next few months that have obvious positive results for the common voter. he's not gonna run out of stuff to do if he's re-elected, so he needs to stop holding onto this shit like it's his last wild card of all time.
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He's not a dictator. Most of those would never pass in the Senate.
If only someone had given him the power to be a dictator!
Guess he just fuckin loses and the next guy does it anyways.
Man this entire thread is just a perfect encapsulation of the perfect being the enemy of the good. What a bunch of useless chuds.
I'm not sure I've ever heard that phrase. Do you mind explaining what you mean? (Just to be clear, I'm not trying to be combative. I just have no idea how to read that)
In simple terms, the failure to do something absolutely perfectly shouldn't stop you from doing something that will still be better than the status quo.
What if the act of doing something carries a cost with a negative expected return on investment?
...then the original saying doesn't apply, does it? Is this some kind of "gotcha" I'm not understanding?
…then the original saying doesn’t apply, does it?
And that's the million dollar question. I'm not arguing the perfect should be the enemy of the good. I'm questioning how much "good" I get by aligning myself with a fundamentally bad dude. Biden's played this bait-and-switch game before, and there's a real reason to believe 2025 Joe Biden won't be willing or able to deliver on his 5% rent cap promise. In exchange, what is he asking you to give up?
An hour of your life in line to vote on election day? A small recurring donation to his campaign? A week block-walking your neighborhood to canvas for him? Three months volunteering to work for his reelection campaign?
Presidential elections aren't cheap. I have to wonder what would happen if all the money and manpower pouring into Biden's coffers was simply directed towards Habitat For Humanity instead. Would we get more bang for our bucks?
Prices are already jacked up to an insane level compared to wages, the horse is already out of the barn: This is not going to fix the problem renters face.
A soft cap works as a ratchet. Downturns in the rental market are sticky while up turns are slow and marginalized.
It's effectively the opposite of the way things are now, with cartelized units staying artificially high through downturns and prices skyrocketing during every shortfall.
Woah, an actual campaign promise? Maybe the Dems do want to look like they're trying after all.
If Democrats kept their promises we'd have codified Roe, have free healthcare for all, and literally no one would carry student debt but those that haven't yet had time to graduate.
If Republicans kept theirs, we'd be living in a christofascist, ultra-capitalist, white ethnostate.
We've got this instead. Behold the power of compromise.
It's not compromise. It's only turning right. They're just arguing about how fast and which corporations should get the money.
Treating the symptom.
Okay I guess. I'll get excited when I see a plan to treat the disease.
Not even. Can't charge more for rent when it's already max out against income. It's a placebo that'll have zero effect. Don't get too excited about a "plan". This is the plan.
What world are you living in when they can't raise rates too high for your income level? Not the one the rest of us are living in.
The vast majority of individuals must be able to afford to house, feed, and cloth themselves, as well as travel to and from work. If not they will riot. This is bad for economic growth, the mandate of capitalism. It's particularly bad when the market is still significantly inflated relative the economy.
It'll never be written into law. However, Biden's proposed rent caps under projected inflation, signifying rent has fully saturated its allocation of income. Housing began balancing systemically naturally, human sellers drying up. Landlords have no obstacles.
I live in a world of nuance. The rent sucks.
Historically that's actually not what causes people to riot. The slow chipping away actually almost never causes riots. It's the immediate stripping of a right or privilege. Look back at history that's how it Works nearly every single time. You're basically making the same argument people who you sanctions as a political tool make. That if you keep making life shittier and shittier and shittier slowly the people will riot. Doesn't work.
Furthermore capitalism does not possess the capacity to change in that manner. It does not possess the capacity to adjust to the needs of the masses. Thinking capitalism will fix this is insane.
If you look at history, the last half century is far from "slow chipping away".
The last half century of political sanctions? What does that even mean? I feel like you were trying to be clever and you lost the point somewhere. If you ever had one.
I responded to the part that wasn't strawman with a response of equivalent quality, simple clarification of the point of disagreement.
Why do you expect more than you give?
I would expect a coherent thought but after four comments you haven't given one once.
Read more books.
Best of luck.
It is set at 2.5% where I live.
"Here old man, rattle off this list! It'll save you! Get 'em, Joey!"
And then he screwed it up and read the teleprompter wrong as "capping rent at $55 dollars." No joke.
I think people are focusing quite a bit too much on Biden's speaking abilities and too little on his policies.
I'll take Biden's policies any day over Trump's policies and his toxic personality.
It's over...
Pelosi privately told Biden polls show he cannot win and will take down the House
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/17/politics/nancy-pelosi-biden-conversation/index.html
Polls say different things. This one says the opposite: https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-polling-data-five-thirty-eight-1926226
If you think Biden has any chance of beating Trump at this point then I've got a bridge to sell you