It is disconcerting that Mr. Frank Daniels has not been able to give one iota of credit to all the accomplishments under the Biden administration (“What is Biden doing to our great nation?” June 11). He recites a litany of problems here and abroad, I might add, that occurred during and because of the pandemic that Mr. Donald Trump told us would end when the weather became warmer.
Realistically, until we realize “we are all in this together,” people in faraway countries without access to vaccines will continue to get COVID-19 and spread subvariants of the disease. Immigration-control problems at the Southern border have been ongoing for the last 20 years. Applying for asylum remains an international law, and immigration reform desperately needs to be addressed much sooner than later.
It is true that President Biden’s altruistic policies that would have benefited the American people far exceeded what a divided Congress was willing to pass. Consequently, what the American people will be receiving is a skinny version of his “Build Back Better” agenda. Health care subsidies for the less affluent will be extended for the next three years, and millions of Americans will not be losing their health care insurance.
It is sad that universal pre-K and child care for working parents, along with paid family and medical leave did not receive one vote from the Republican Party. What a terrific help that would have been for millions of Americans.
Instead, the GOP’s paramount goal was to enable the wealthiest of the wealthy and multinational billionaire corporations to pay their “fair share” of taxes. Consequently, not enough tax money in the teakettle reduced Build Back Better to a small cup of tea. That is not how you make America great again.
Building society from the bottom up by passing policies like Build Back Better raises all sails and enables every citizen in our society to sail the seven seas together. Otherwise, storms will continue to be created when Congress decides to only help those who have big yachts and contribute to their campaigns for reelection.
Have they no shame?
The tide is rightfully turning in favor of the Democratic Party for the November elections. Ralph Nader, former presidential candidate, stated that “a society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.” Martin Luther King, civil rights leader, also advised that “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.”
Changes for the better take a long time, but change does happen, in little increment after little increment. We can and must continue to sail on towards smoother seas.
Bill Clemens
Magnolia
