When It Comes to Policy, Biden and Trump Aren't That Different

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When It Comes to Policy, Biden and Trump Aren't That Different
The president's approach to immigration, trade, and industry may sound familiar.
VERONIQUE DE RUGY | 3.18.2021 11:50 AM

Several of my friends have expressed relief now that Joe Biden is president and Donald Trump is gone. They no longer have to watch the news constantly, declaring that they know "the country is now in good hands."

There's no way to defend Trump's poor behavior and insulting style. Yet, there is more to a president than his decorum. And on at least three signature Trump policies for which he'll be remembered the most, often with dread, the similarities between Biden and Trump are unsettling.

Take immigration. President Biden campaigned against separating migrant kids from their families at the border. But, sadly, such separations are still happening. In fact, February 2021 recorded a 61 percent increase over January. As The Wall Street Journal editorialized, "The Washington Post reports that more than 8,500 migrant children are at facilities run by the Department of Health and Human Services, while another 3,500—'the highest figure ever'—are stuck at [Customs and Border Patrol] stations waiting for a spot to open at the shelters."
While the Biden administration promised an end to Trump's immigration policies, the sheer number of kids effectively still locked up in deplorable conditions exposes the Biden administration's delayed action—or possibly unwillingness—to reform the underlying policies that drive migrant children to show up unaccompanied at the border.
For starters, families who show up to ask for asylum are sent back, while unaccompanied children who cross the border will get into the country. That's an incentive to send kids alone. Moreover, it's still the policy to separate children from their more distant relatives when they show up at the border. These rules, combined with the large population that has built up over time under Trump, explains part of the increase in these border detentions.

What's more, the Cato Institute's immigration expert David Bier wrote recently that the Biden administration's changes to the "remain in Mexico" policy make the situation even worse. Families that try to cross together are still sent back to Mexico; however, unlike under the Trump administration, they aren't given a court date to make their case for asylum, or any sort of asylum process, for that matter. They are just sent back to wait in Mexico. Wait for what? It's unclear.

Biden seems to have also embraced much of the same Trump trade agenda that many on the left used to criticize as protectionist, politically driven, and unnecessarily aggressive toward our trading partners. They were also rightfully critical of his abuse of Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, which authorizes the president to impose tariffs in the name of national security. Unfortunately, so far, Trumpian-style abuses continue under this new administration. The Cato Institute's Scott Lincicome and Inu Manak note that Biden's first trade action was to reinstate "tariffs on aluminum from the United Arab Emirates under Section 232."

While it's still too early in the administration's term to be sure what will happen next, there are reasons to worry that Biden will not do much to roll back Trump's cronyist protectionism. The new administration has yet to remove Trump's 25 percent national security tariffs on most imported steel. Other tariffs also remain in place at the expense of U.S. consumers. The administration says it's reviewing the levies, though there's no guarantee that it will remove them, as it has signaled that it may be as protectionist as the Trump administration. Powerful evidence on this from is Biden's nonsensical "Buy American" policy.

Finally, there's little daylight between the Trump and Biden administrations on industrial policy. While each may come at the issue from different angles, the support for industrial policy offered by Trump, Biden and their followers is very similar. They suffer from the same delusion that it's an innovative idea, or that it will yield different outcomes from when it was tried in the past. It also exhibits pervasive errors in economic thinking and demonstrates an arrogant confidence that bureaucrats have sufficient knowledge to steer the economy in whatever direction they desire.

Biden shares other traits with Trump, such as his fiscal irresponsibility, a willingness to bomb foreign countries, and a soft spot for defense spending. So yeah, Trump is gone, but for those still paying attention and still watching the news, we realize that many of his policies are still firmly in place.

 
Obama and Biden were always harder on immigration than most people cared to remember. Trump during the debates with both Hilary and Biden brought that point up. Trump did things for show, Obama and Biden really did/do things that people only think trump did on immigration. An easy immigration reform bill to pass would be one which addresses the dreamers and broader security. Such a bill would easily pass. Once that's out the way we could address the larger immigration issues, TPS, farmers, h1 and h2 visas, merit and family based immigration. But the immigration bill that has been proposed is packed with poison pills and designed to fail. The democrats are not made up of serious people. Their like the dog that finally caught the car, yet doesn't know what to do with it.
 
Where are those "lesser of two evils" negroes at?

HERE'S ONE...
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You still following him @VAiz4hustlaz ??

I thought letting in more immigrants killed the black community?? could have sworn one of yall was making that argument :rolleyes2: so which is it? no immigrants or more immigrants?
 
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You still following him @VAiz4hustlaz ??

I thought letting in more immigrants killed the black community?? could have sworn one of yall was making that argument :rolleyes2: so which is it? no immigrants or more immigrants?

You seem easily impressed..
People in the media, have been vetted to be there by corporate elite.
 
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You still following him @VAiz4hustlaz ??

I thought letting in more immigrants killed the black community?? could have sworn one of yall was making that argument :rolleyes2: so which is it? no immigrants or more immigrants?
goal posts be moving huh...Were talking about the conditions of these "camps" I can be against immigrants taking jobs and also against them being held in prison camps lol
 
goal posts be moving huh...Were talking about the conditions of these "camps" I can be against immigrants taking jobs and also against them being held in prison camps lol
quite frankly I'm indifferent to that issue..(as I suspect most people are including you all) I was indifferent during Obama...during Trump and now... I recognize its fucked up but then how the borders should be protected and how immigration should be handled has always been contentous and controversial with no happy medium in solution.

as far as bombing other countries I don't remember biden making any promises to significant changes in foreign policy in that regard. Again anoth issue that most people are indifferent to until huge numbers of American soldiers are on the ground and the meat grinder starts again.
 
glaude is VAiz4hustlaz's boy...i never heard of this dude until VA brought him up as an example of an informed voter... :dunno:
Well as eloquent as he can be, Glaude has two strikes as far as I'm concerned. He is endorsed by academia, and the mainstream corporate media. I like what he has to say most of the time, but I would never take cues from him politically.
 
Are summa y’all muhfuhkahs trying to make a serious case that Black people should have voted for Chump? GTFOH
 
They need to send those kids back home asap. Feed them, keep em warm, but that shit should be a mandatory plane ticket to Mexico City, within 5 days, and let them figure that shit out.

If they are allowed to stay, that's 5,000+ more Dreamers. If you have college aid kids, that's 5,000 non citizens that will get free primary education, free medical, in state tuition and will eat off your taxes, since they will get the in-state and federal grants that YOUR kids won't get.

Fuck Trump, I voted for Biden, that cage shit is inhumane, but this surge in border crossing is some bullshit.

So are Black folks really "that" mad at a wall in Texas?
 
Are summa y’all muhfuhkahs trying to make a serious case that Black people should have voted for Chump? GTFOH
no we dont like trump either...inhuman conditions are wrong period. You can hate trump and hate bidens actions as well...I know seems foreign in here
 
I'm gonna be honest I care the least about immigration and foreign policy so these issues aren't the important from my pov. I agree with the basic premise though.
 
You seem easily impressed..
People in the media, have been vetted to be there by corporate elite.

Especially if they want to keep their jobs on MSNBC or Fox News. But Geechie has a dog-like mentality where he thinks you only follow people, candidates, or political parties. He has no understand or concept of following those policies that are beneficial and rejecting the ones that are not. Let's not forget that his is the guy who says he does not care to follow or talk about statistics as they relate to the economy, unemployment, wages, crime, incarceration or any other issue of note. Hence he has no way to gauge whether a policy works or not.

goal posts be moving huh...Were talking about the conditions of these "camps" I can be against immigrants taking jobs and also against them being held in prison camps lol

He doesn't understand nuance. He is what happens when you blindly follow a political party. Blue MAGA!
 
LOL oh now you anti Latino niggas feel some type of way about illegals in cages because Biden is president Lmfao you fake mad dumb fucking crybaby faggots. Always whining about shit. Shut the fuck up and get a job
 
Especially if they want to keep their jobs on MSNBC or Fox News. But Geechie has a dog-like mentality where he thinks you only follow people, candidates, or political parties. He has no understand or concept of following those policies that are beneficial and rejecting the ones that are not. Let's not forget that his is the guy who says he does not care to follow or talk about statistics as they relate to the economy, unemployment, wages, crime, incarceration or any other issue of note. Hence he has no way to gauge whether a policy works or not.



He doesn't understand nuance. He is what happens when you blindly follow a political party. Blue MAGA!
you just mad cause your boy sold you out... :giggle: he abandoned the very policy he promoted...but keep hope alive jesse!! :lol:
 
you just mad cause your boy sold you out... :giggle: he abandoned the very policy he promoted...but keep hope alive jesse!! :lol:

No anger here. As I said, I follow POLICIES, not people or parties.

Tell us geechie, since you don’t pay attention to stats or data, how do you determine if a policy is working or not? For example, Biden says he will cut childhood poverty in half. How do you measure that?
 
LOL oh now you anti Latino niggas feel some type of way about illegals in cages because Biden is president Lmfao you fake mad dumb fucking crybaby faggots. Always whining about shit. Shut the fuck up and get a job

Did you read the article? Of course you didn’t.

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