• partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You linked an article where you just read the headline. You didn’t read the article apparently where if you did you would have seen this:

    ‘Biden said that poverty was “the one thing that can bring this country down” and listed several new programs to help the poor that he would fund if elected.’

    So that could change, for the better, the standard of living of the poor negating your headline only argument.

    Additionally, the president prior, Trump instituted substantial permanent tax cuts on the rich with temporary tax cuts on the poor and middle class. The temporary tax cuts for poor and middle class expire in 2025. The rich keep their tax cuts after that date. So even with the worst possible reading of that headline, its still preferable to the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer.

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      1 year ago

      After reading the article a second time, I found a part you forgot to quote:

      Biden went on to say that the rich should not be blamed for income inequality, pleading to the donors, “I need you very badly.”