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[–] Murais@lemmy.one 24 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm voting for him as an avowed leftist.

Besides impeding fascism, his reforms on student loans mean I'll be debt-free with $0 payments in 10 years. That is a material improvement of my life that I am infinitely grateful for.

But I still think he's a piece of shit for aiding and abetting a genocide and would vote for another candidate if I meaningfully could.

Politics is nuanced. 🤷

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I have similar feelings. My student loans will be way easier to pay off with the new SAVE repayment plan and the IRA should help cover some well needed window replacements, and the very well needed furnace and air conditioner replacement. At a larger scale some of the bills he passed are greatly expanding rail and renewable energy both of which I greatly love to see. There's a couple of new rail corridorsthat will connect me to friends and make it possible to go to places I want to go to by rail instead of driving so I'm very excited to have those options opening up in 10-15 years

I didn't get the free universal 3k schooling for my kids, nor the permanent expanded child tax credit. I didn't get my student loan forgiveness (which at least was down to republican fuckery since the law was pretty clear in allowing it) and our tax dollars are going to a yet another oppressive regime in the middle east with the bonus of killing of thousands of kids

Ultimately I'm not thrilled but it's far more than I got under a Republican government and it's far more than I actually expected under Biden