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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I think it's a good idea. I think the timing is terrible for actually doing it. It sounds like it was a well-timed election year announcement and it risks being totally undone by Trump in under a year.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It takes time to put programs together, and explains some barriers in the article. It sounds like you're saying Biden shouldn't enact his policy priorities because there's a chance Trump might get elected...?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm saying this is an announcement very late in his term that would probably get him some votes. Are you saying it couldn't possibly have been implemented before now?

[–] protist@mander.xyz 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Biden first announced that he planned to revive a version of FDR’s Civilian Conservation Corps during his first days in office in 2021. But the program took a while to get off the ground after its funding got cut during negotiations with Senator Joe Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia, to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, the landmark climate bill Biden signed in 2022. In time, the Biden administration cobbled together funding from a bunch of different agencies to start the program

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world -4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

"In time" is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that paragraph, I hope you realize that.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 10 points 6 months ago

To be fair, Joe Manchin was also doing a lot of heavy "sitting in the way".

[–] protist@mander.xyz 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

He tried to pass it in 2022 but Manchin cut it from the IRA, and it took his Admin about 18 months since he signed the IRA to plan, fund, and implement this brand new federal program with no legislative assistance. How is that anything but just how the cards fell?! Not everything is some nefarious scheme