How Will Joe Biden Be Remembered? We Sat Down With the President

[@Voidsworn]

They didn't get greedy, they've always been greedy. There were some semblance of checks on that greed, not so much anymore.

[@D5950-h]

Not since citizens United

[@micalo7948]

Since they put foxes in the hen house

[@green_monday]

Citizens United -- hell -- i'm 56 and the U.S. started shorting wages with Nixon -- and introduced debt with a credit system and 2-wage households. It's been creep ever since.

[@aaronfaganstarr3942]

They are always looking for ways to increase their profit, and remove those checks on that greed. They will take everything they can, and if something stands in the way, they will work tirelessly to remove the obstacles by buying politicians.

[@prodcdebeatz7205]

It’s easier to be greedy with modern computing.

[@Semicolon42]

We need MEDIAN income values, NOT AVERAGE. Averages are skewed by the rich few.

[@E2000-o1n]

Yes! I keep saying the same thing. Very insightful.

[@campbellpaul]

True! The deception that the middle class is growing based on average, not median.

[@TinLeadHammer]

"Average" has no specific meaning. Do you mean mean?

[@kgblankinship]

You mean real median household income, which grew under Biden, per the Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED). It dipped under Biden, but fell even more from its peak under Trump. Trump inherited Obama's recovery with quantitative easing, then came the drop due to COVID and a brief surge in inflation because of the drop in world oil supply from Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

[@ramiere1412]

median is skewed too. it just means middle.

[@JS-cs8gz]

Corrupt politicians have allowed corporate greed to become so prevalent today. It is only going to get worse as the future unfolds

[@itsblitz4437]

Thanks a lot to those politicians from both parties.

[@JS-cs8gz]

@@itsblitz4437 Yes both parties are complicit. This whole system of things must be removed

[@CaesarMonzaro123]

Thanks busch for allowing super pacts

[@cherylfelix392]

lmao

[@TomStarcevich-fb3qo]

@@JS-cs8gz you are exactly 💯 correct 👏

[@Andy_Van]

Nobody in public office should be allowed to own stocks, that would be amazing for society

[@bugsygoo]

Don't tell Nancy.

[@number2and3]

I worked at Big 4 accounting and all junior auditors have to sell any stock the company audits, not in Congress though

[@paulbukowiecki1213]

​@@bugsygooNancy needs to have been retired at retirement age she's just raking it in

[@EroticInferno]

That’s the small stuff. Ban lobbying. Ban the revolving door from government to corporate boards. There are way more ways to make money than just stocks

[@plinkfuture2557]

Public office at the governorship level - have them hold indexes instead of individual stonks

[@MarioLoco03]

Biden, Trump, Whoever needs to stop letting these damn investors buy up all the damn housing. The prices are ridiculous and future generations are absolutely FUCKED if they want to get a house.

[@bluerayfrequency7335]

This all part of the agenda, housing only for the elites...the rest of us? 15 minute cites. The left, WEF, NWO.

[@mahaal-khater6565]

www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/07/16/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-major-new-actions-to-lower-housing-costs-by-limiting-rent-increases-and-building-more-homes/

[@janejohndoe348]

Blame Bernanke. Result of $$$$ printing. Don't count on trump, he's on the side of the billionaire elite.

[@144k_Kingdom_Living]

2 young college graduates can not afford to buy a home in California. The "American Dream" is now a horror flick!

[@Samurian-j9h]

Trump ain’t going to change anything

[@Joe-rb8ju]

Both parties are owned by lobbyists. They write laws for both parties and in all 50 states.

[@corndoge3992]

facts, the dems and reoubs both only really serve the interests of the upper class lobbying

[@xx133]

*capitalists

[@kbman69]

Lobbyists? That’s a funny way of spelling Israel.

[@Joe-rb8ju]

@ isreal has lobbyists that bought their own American politicians. So lobbyists, it’s not just isreal.

[@ElonaldTrusk]

That's why both parties were anti trump ... He's coming to fuck up their hustle.

[@JS-cs8gz]

Corporate greed is horrific today. It will be unbearable in six months.

[@eringo-bragh4243]

The top 1% have 40% of the wealth; I wonder what the top 5% has.

[@samkim7892]

AI agents are making money now.. soon, they wont need the rest of us

[@Liam-zw1ek]

It's going to accelerate immensely under Trump. Everything is now for sale.

[@enidankavon]

Stop shopping.

[@Lumi_Lumi13]

@@eringo-bragh4243 More than 40%. It's closer to 60%.

[@suryatkurma7466]

This interview should have happened before the election not after.

[@CautionHighWavesAhead-]

Really. Biden did such a good job in this one.

[@privacyvalued4134]

Must be desperate for media attention. Normal media outlets aren't interested in lame ducks. "Oh someone wants to actually talk to me?! Hooray!"

[@dan1142]

Dems thought they had the election in the bag and refused interviews. Now they are saying “look what I did.” They need a huge overhaul to be taken serious. Trump can do it so they should learn

[@alexscott6095]

It wouldn't have mattered, all the facts were presented and voters didn't go to the polls, or they chose incompetence and greed.

[@Your_mom736]

@@CautionHighWavesAhead-😂 When??

[@j.pierce8786]

Uhhhh . . . What about no increase in the federal minimum wage for 15 years? If corporate actions are to blame, it is policy enacted by our politicians that made it possible. Politicians selling out for contributions from big corp.

[@Synthwave89]

This exactly. Weak ass interview. The truth is, even though he is the lesser of two evils, he is as much part of the problem as Trump is. Trump, Biden, and Harris all got massive "contributions" by Health insurance corporations, why didn't they ask him about that? All this political theatre is getting tiring, we are not stupid and we can see through their BS.

[@sumernoel1553]

Uhhhhh….what corporations are selling out regular American workers? 🤔 Tesla & Amazon for starters. Don’t forget Trump who doesn’t pay his contractors. You can forget about higher wages now & frankly overtime, pensions, SS, insurance…..should I go on? Biden as President isn’t a Fn genie. He did as much as he could to improve things w a GOP House blocking him all the way.

[@agalerex]

"BuT iNcReAsInG mInImUm WaGe WiLl MaKe tHiNgS mOrE eXpEnSiVe!!!" - someone that's buried their head in the sand while making that argument.

[@sourcreamcut3658]

Remember Biden was only president for 4 years. This problem started in the 80s and has been getting worse since then. Biden has only had 4 years to work on it and 2 of those with a divide congress. Congress is what passes the bills the president only signs them.

[@LoneWolfArtist]

"But if I pay you more, I will make less. It's simple McMath" Ronald McDonald

[@jessicasmith6155]

Overrule Citizens United

[@24CiViC]

Absolutely. And reinstate the Chevron deference…but that would mean having an honest SCOTUS.

[@SparklyCoconut-le3fu]

Never gonna happen now sadly. They’ve completely destroyed everything

[@jessicasmith6155]

@@SparklyCoconut-le3fu there’s always hope if not now, in the future.

[@mactastic144]

Young people can’t pay rent…

[@kjjviii1735]

Yet apparently 60% Americans think they are personally better off😂 what a great joke to start the video 😂

[@newtuber4freedom43]

Neither can many people of different ages

[@TurdFergusen]

get off social media, its rotting your brain

[@dan1142]

This has been a trend in ALL western countries USA has the strongest economy of all since pandemic

[@karengossett1475]

The bottom line is this, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer! The GOP will only enable this! Bless you Joe for serving us, the working class 🙏❤️

[@j.pierce8786]

“Corporate greed” is blame shifting. Our politicians, in both sides, set the policies that allow corporate greed to manifest.

[@mahaal-khater6565]

The politicians in the house and Senate are elected by yourselves. The people he had on his admin which he has selected like Lina Khan is what he has control over and brought lawsuits against Amazon Apple Google and junk feed and so much more. Americans need better civics classes

[@grodelreal]

oh shut up corporate hack. The blame lies on the corporations cause they did the buying and the rigging of politics. Politicians are their pawns just like we are. People who blame politicians instead of corps may as well be spokespeople for the rich.

[@Rhythm162.]

Real and true, the signs of this have been obvious for such a long time. Should've been dealt with then

[@javierititin]

Especially in the republican party.

[@j.pierce8786]

@@javierititin Agreed.

[@rambodude467]

The average income in the United States is 74,500$. Excluding the top 10 Americans, it's 65,000. Excluding the top 50, it's 48,000$. Excluding the top 1,000, it's 35,500$ and it goes only down from here, all this propaganda about economy being better than ever is fooling no-one. people don't have money to pay rent and eat food

[@veteranredbeard6222]

Where is this information? The average intelligence of Americans is low if they just believe statistics like this without checking first. Statistics should come with sources.

[@Berserk1Manga]

yeah, I've been homeless for a year and a half WITH a full time job and getting pretty sick of it. Wish things would get better.

[@aaajamesbond2995]

Not sure if you're accurate with your data. Check out the numbers for the Median Income. I think Median income the most important number because as you know, median income is, half the people are earning above and half the people are earning below that number. So it's a good way to know the average.

[@tw8464]

A big part of this is also the harsh reality our own dad did nimby crap draconian "zoning" with the big banks realtors big landlords etc. For his own greed and help them drive rents and prices into the stratosphere. America needs to start getting serious and honest with itself not participating in self-serving demagogery that is just going to make everything much worse for the whole. It's not going to help just raising the salaries if everything is rigged by monopolies and "trickle down" "greed is good" lunatics

[@JPminer814]

While this perspective is important, please at least use accurate data. I specifically have issue with "Excluding the top 1,000, its 35500$", it's misleading. You can get this information somewhat easily by searching "Percentage distribution of household income in the United States" on the website statista. Again, good idea and perspective to share, but please don't spread general misinformation further.

[@readyredpanda127]

THE RENT IS TOO DAMN HIGH

[@lindaSmith6588]

Rent isn't going down under Trump. Kamala had a plan.

[@brokenrecord3095]

yeah, but didn't you hear him talk about reducing junk fees? He said his programs can save you "hundreds per year"! That's almost enough to cover almost a week of rent! So what are you complaining about?

[@lindaSmith6588]

@@readyredpanda127 kamala had a plan to reduce rent. Trump a has none.

[@lindaSmith6588]

@readyredpanda127 kamala had a plan to reduce rent. Trump a has none.

[@Cirex2118]

We need to decomodify housing, demand for UNIVERSAL healthcare, education, and systemic reform AWAY from car reliance entirely and to invest to clean energy, we have to fight for more now more than ever.

[@itsblitz4437]

That's almost impossible right?

[@jeremyjohnson9609]

​@@itsblitz4437 Almost impossible means it's possible. And if it's possible, we should fight for it. Otherwise we concede defeat. At which point, it really is impossible

[@DarthCyfe6]

So in other words, stop privatizing everything

[@Pat-nl4wk]

@@Cirex2118 get yourself a horse and buggy.

[@Atrail_Mckinley4786]

​@jeremyjohnson9609 Not everyone can use public transit. The fact is that the American people want to live in Single Family homes. Not apartments. That translates to owning a car, and that won't change at all anytime soon. Transit advocates are a vocal minority and don't vote. If people don't want to depend on cars, then move to cities that have decent public transportation.

[@cassiusdhami9215]

"Labor was the first price, the original purchase-money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labor, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased." - Adam Smith

[@EbonySaints]

Reading _The Wealth of Nations_ is such a trip. 50% of it falls in the "You should know this already." category, but only because of the book and what came after. 15% of it falls in the "Wow! What a raging An-Cap! Why does he sound like Rothbard?" category. Another 15% falls in the, "Wait? Am I reading Das Kapital? What's this about a living wage?" category. 15% is surprisingly intuitive insights on human macro-economic behavior and on how market forces by both individuals, capitalists, and governments, intersect and effect our lives. 5% is period accurate racism as he talks about China and Africa.

[@charlzcofflin4199]

​@@EbonySaintsthe racism is still accurate today. Can't build a first world civilization with an IQ of 70.

[@tw8464]

This

[@tw8464]

This is why capital and labor should pay the same tax rates. NOT this rot that capital pays near zero and labor pays near 100 percent of income

[@omega1397]

"Labour is the source of wealth" The first paragraph of Gothakritik looming in the background with a spiked bat:

[@intellectually_lazy]

seems to me, bringing down food, shelter, health care and education costs oughtta be a higher priority than rich folk's airline fees

[@TorreFernand]

In the united states, airlines aren't for rich folk. Many places, particularly poor ones, are only realistically reachable by plane. Rich folk charter or own private planes.

[@apostolos8734]

The average person doesn’t feel things are getting better. Housing, groceries and healthcare costs are still through the roof. Trump won’t change any of that either though so we’ll all just be screwed unless real change is implemented. Getting rid of this 2 party corporate state would be a good first step.

[@sumernoel1553]

Great, but how exactly? It would take a massive effort in all states starting a year ago to establish said party, win state & federal elections over a few cycles until there is real viability. It’s not just the POTUS. A POTUS needs House & Senate plus state legislators working together. That’s why an RFK or Stein would have been unable to do anything ever. They had ZERO infrastructure of support.

[@greenishapples1732]

"for someone making 100,000 dollars" Joe thats only 18% of people in america. 82% of people don't even make that much bro were out here struggling on far far less

[@darinmckee2320]

Bernie should have been President and we wouldn't be in this awful situation...

[@sourcreamcut3658]

I love bernie as much as the next person. I'm a bernie bro. But what Biden did was impressive and it takes time to recover. It Tok FDR 10+ Years to get out of the depression. It takes time and we're beginning to see that.

[@monsterram6617]

@@sourcreamcut3658 Complete and utter BS

[@bherrin67]

You’re not living in reality. The president doesn’t pass laws, he needs BOTH houses of congress to pass laws and then the president just signs into law. How do you propose that Bernie could have or would have done more than Biden did with congress. It would NOT happen, not in any version of reality that we’re in. It’s passed time to get serious about how our govt works and how much each and every election matters, especially local elections

[@deltumn5899]

@@monsterram6617 lmao he's actually kinda right, do you have any real counter. Americans have a really hard time doing long term planning which is why Trump won. It's going to be reaganomics all over again where we see a short term boost in corporate growth so Americans will be tricked into thinking they're getting richer too only to be more economically devastated and divided than ever a decade down the line

[@celestialnubian]

You people and your Bernie fantasies. 🤣

[@RobReese]

PUBLIC OFFICIALS SHOULDNT OWN STOCKS

[@EinBisschenTrolling]

We should pay politicians minimum wage.

[@Matt-O117-SV]

Then you'll nearly guarantee that they're corrupt. This is what happens in some countries already. Being a high level politician will, in a lot of ways, limit your employment options afterward, especially if you add a requirement that they not work as a lobbyist, or not work for a company they previously had oversight of (a much better anti-corruption measure btw), then being a representative is their one chance to set themselves up for the rest of their life. Not many people will choose to serve if the price of that is that they live in poverty for the rest of their lives. Not unless they actually plan on being corrupt.

[@brokenrecord3095]

you could pay them nothing. Doesn't matter to them what their "official" salary is - they know who signs the big checks.

[@JonMow]

republican/democrats economy = line go up. real worker economy = egg price went through the roof

[@ElfInTheFlowers]

At a meta level it is critical that lobbying by interest groups be highly restricted or completely banned. That and eliminating gerrymandering would completely change politicians’ priorities. There is so much broken right now.

[@rampaginwalrus]

at a meta level, so long as it is possible for any individual or private interest group to amass infinite wealth and power, democracy cannot survive.

[@tooltool5824]

He wasn’t the poorest senator He was the least rich of them You can’t add POOR to any phrase concerning a U.S politician .

[@4imee198]

Was, I bet his net worth increased a lot in the past 4 years besides the deals he made with the russians and the money laundering of his son with "art pieces".

[@kasunex1772]

Semantics.

[@CynDivine1]

@@4imee198 - FAKE NEWS. Knock it off

[@hommie422]

And somehow his crackhead son was working with Ukraine making millions

[@MrChristianDT]

Fair, but I highly doubt he actually assumed you were going to think he was a beggar from that statement- hence the "I wasn't, I had a senator's salary" line.

[@milestailprower]

Lina Khan is the best FTC chair we have had for over half a century IMHO. I hope I can see her again as the FTC chair again in my lifetime.

[@anthonyenosis1]

abolish fiduciary responsibility. It is literally illegal for them to consider human rights over shareholder profits. let that sink in

[@kgblankinship]

Corporate America got greedy from being inspired by Lewis Powell's infamous US Chamber of Commerce memorandum back in 1970. Their drive toward oligarchy came together under Reagan in 1980. Trump may be completing the effort.

[@rampaginwalrus]

Nah man, it's always been like this. Look up the Business Plot.

[@kgblankinship]

@@rampaginwalrus : I'm well aware of the episode. But FDR was able to convince the CEOs and major business owners that his measures were intended to save capitalism from socialism and communism. They got on board and were responsible members of society until Powell. Paul Krugman talks about this in his book "The Conscience of a Liberal" (2008). It was with Powell that they went back to their robber-baron ways.

[@rampaginwalrus]

@@kgblankinship interesting, I'll give it a read

[@ccubsfan94]

Remember when he made the railroad unions roll over?

[@celestialnubian]

You know the gop would've done worse.

[@ccubsfan94]

@celestialnubian That doesn't excuse him going back on promises

[@celestialnubian]

@@ccubsfan94 You people are so simple. That's why I declined to run for office. All you people do is whine and complain. You don't have any understanding of governing or multiple stakeholder management. You people only think in platitudes and absolutes. Dude was the most pro union president in your lifetime. He shifted the NLRB in a pro union direction. You don't understand the limits of executive power or how to wield it. - From IBEW “We’re thankful that the Biden administration played the long game on sick days and stuck with us for months after Congress imposed our updated national agreement,” Russo said. “Without making a big show of it, Joe Biden and members of his administration in the Transportation and Labor departments have been working continuously to get guaranteed paid sick days for all railroad workers. “We know that many of our members weren’t happy with our original agreement,” Russo said, “but through it all, we had faith that our friends in the White House and Congress would keep up the pressure on our railroad employers to get us the sick day benefits we deserve. Until we negotiated these new individual agreements with these carriers, an IBEW member who called out sick was not compensated.”

[@celestialnubian]

@@ccubsfan94 “We’re thankful that the Biden administration played the long game on sick days and stuck with us for months after Congress imposed our updated national agreement,” Russo said. “Without making a big show of it, Joe Biden and members of his administration in the Transportation and Labor departments have been working continuously to get guaranteed paid sick days for all railroad workers. “We know that many of our members weren’t happy with our original agreement,” Russo said, “but through it all, we had faith that our friends in the White House and Congress would keep up the pressure on our railroad employers to get us the sick day benefits we deserve. Until we negotiated these new individual agreements with these carriers, an IBEW member who called out sick was not compensated.”

[@H0mework]

That's how I'll remember him. For the chemical spill and his horrible treatment and domestic policy.

[@nacarreira777]

Perhaps it's time to focus on those living paycheck to paycheck.....the middle class is gone.

[@Mysiamesecatblue]

All this talk as if he would do something

[@johnschreiber1574]

All politicians should have to transfer all equity into US t-bills that cannot be redeemed until they leave office.

[@jamesgphillips91]

hot take: congressional stockholders should have to put their money in a vangaurd/black rock style fund with social security. Tie their self interest to the whole of society.

[@MrChristianDT]

If I understood what you meant, that is still tying their net worth to how well the stock market does, not to the public will. It'd sure affect Trump & his people, but their main way of dealing with this so far has been threatening a concept with harm if it doesn't comply with they are rich now. (And, no, I'm sadly not joking.)

[@jamesgphillips91]

@@MrChristianDT it to tie socials services funding to their net worth. I believe the Netherlands does it, essentially a national pension.

[@anonym50u]

"For 36 years I was listed as the poorest man in the senate" = The crime bill, all that money to the banks in 09, all the terrible things I've done to real working americans wasn't for money, it was for love of the game

[@kasunex1772]

Crime Bill was overwhelmingly supported at the time.

[@darthheretic129]

@@kasunex1772and wrong. The Iraq war was overtly supported and wrong. Politicians should have spine.

[@kasunex1772]

@@darthheretic129 Apples and oranges. For one, 90% of the criticisms of the crime bill were only obvious in hindsight. For two, the Iraq War was deeply controversial from the get-go. The UN, including many of our own allies in Europe, refused to support it.

[@hopefullyhigh]

Enjoy your "it should have been Bernie" legacy

[@alinasrollahzadeh7610]

:D

[@joancooney7724]

grow up troll

[@nomeca961]

It should have been Bernie. 😔

[@johnchedsey1306]

To hell with Bernie. I can't stand the cult of personality around him. It's as bad as Trump. Sanders has been in congress for decades and has never managed to pass meaningful legislation that matches his rhetoric. He's just another politician who should have retired long ago.

[@Gabriel2005Gaming]

@@johnchedsey1306 because of the corrupt politicians around him wouldn't let him pass the legislation.

[@RileyMcGreevy]

I normally like MPU, but this just felt like a puff piece that doesn't ask him any challenging questions. No mention of Gaza, the willow project and other oil productions, the right wing border bill, the continuation of Trump's border wall, continued family separations, going back on claims to support a higher minimum wage and a public option for healthcare, blocking the railroad strike, allowing the covid benefits to end after covid ended, pardoning Michael Conahan, initially refusing to step down when he's to old/mentally incompetent after he said he'd be a transitional president for only one term and much more. We need big systemic change for the working class and he failed to deliver.

[@dan1142]

Omg. Keep this same energy for the president elect. This is pretty pathetic rhetoric if you don’t hold the other side accountable. Do better

[@TheGarmery]

The Railroad strike is especially rough. Perhaps I've watched the wrong stuff, but not even Ezra Klein seems willing to discuss how the "most pro-union president ever" shut down one of the most important strikes ever. It feels dishonest that it isn't brought up more.

[@sashafoxx81]

@@dan1142You mean “Be Best”? 😂😂😂

[@rolffriis5149]

​@dan1142 hold your own side accountable. Dems never hold themselves accountable for anything. Both parties are corrupt. Neither party cares about the people.

[@randomslater1]

@@dan1142why don’t we hold the current president accountable when he’s failed to deliver on virtually every policy he ran on? Or are you gonna continue to “but trump 😭” you’re way out of having to use your brain to see he’s just as shitty as Trump.

[@autoenthused]

Corporate greed is directly connected to corporate POWER over our government

[@smallbutdeadly931]

Bro if this was our last president and the next one is the funny orange man who doesn't know what a tariff does, the US is cooked

[@Zetirix]

Meanwhile Biden placing new ones on steel and aluminum, not to mention high capacity batteries, solar technologies, and semi-conductors.

[@LyritZian]

@@Zetirix Very specifically Chinese ones only. Please don't compare this to Trump's "concept" of a universal 25% tariff on virtually anything foreign...

[@Zetirix]

@@LyritZian Incorrect, those steel and aluminum tariffs are on "any foreign" sourced... but thanks for playing. Trump is only using the threat of tariffs to start getting what he wants, as opposed to Mr. Biden who's trying everything to sabotage things on his way out.

[@Zetirix]

@@LyritZian Very incorrect. Steel and aluminum are directed at materials not sourced from Mexico or Canada. Also, talk of doing something is different than what's already been done. I have a feeling you haven't done the proper research though.

[@LyritZian]

​@@Zetirix The "fact sheet" from the government site "The White House" mentions the tariffs you speak of, but it doesn't seem to actually tell which importers it implies to. They discuss they're doing it because of China, but don't explicitly say the tariffs are for Chinese goods. They don't mention Mexico or Canada anywhere. And no, let's not just magically pretend Don is suddenly going to change his mind about tariffs.

[@Awesome_Aasim]

What CEOs and investors and shareholders don't realise is that the workers drive the wealth of the economy. The more money that go to workers the more satisfied they will be with their job and standard of living, and, even if short term profits are less, long-term viability is more. Unfortunately when investors chase short term profits the result are business decisions that destroy the company.

[@utp216]

What’s he smoking if he thinks 60% of people think they are better off??

[@mmin298]

Because i was spending 60$ on groceries every 6 days to almost 120 for the same foods in 5 years

[@silverXnoise]

Not sure why anyone thinks the US president is relevant to that?

[@AdmiralSnackbarz]

Stupid

[@mmin298]

@silverXnoise not the president only but the overall political environment. To say he has nothing to do with it is dubious. But not entirely or close to his fault. My comment is to what people think the economy is over all. Why they are worse off overvall. Perception in your daily and personal needs that skyrocket mean everything and stocks and bonds and other economic indicators that show us being ok is nothing to poor people that have nothing. Yes partially it's people spend more than they make. But if you want consumers, which are the driving force behind the economy to buy stuff. Then wages and other factors like housing car prices and food going up mean less consumer spending. Or more or same consumer spending that leads to debt. Its a vicious cycle for consumers.

[@mmin298]

Its not necessary the president fault. My comment was to why people think the economy is bad and why they think the country is bad overall in the economy. Poor people without assets and wealth do not see there assets rise with the economy. All they see is cars going up in price, houses going up in price, food going up, movies going up hell fun in general is going up in price. So only rich people or people with assets see an improvement. Regular people that are living paycheck to paycheck even if they aren't budgeting right will see the economy as bad. Some of it could be put on people with economic illiteracy. But most of it is on the economy.

[@mmin298]

Things I like to think about. No more monopoly on Healthcare and insurance. No more lobbying unless it's by citizens not corporations. No more stocks for government officials till out of office. A different tax system that does not benefit from tax right offs that can only benefit those with wealth to begin with. Maybe a straight tax idk. Definitely something different than what we have. Forcing companies that want to deal with the us health market to price medication properly and not 150x the price. We could still have the best rnd and provide awesome service and the best technology even if we reduce the burden on people paying for the services. Lower taxes can incentivize businesses to invest more in capital, leading to job creation and economic expansion. There is alot we can do if people get together and make good well placed plans and execute them. But it's the government we are talking about sooooooo

[@debiwaleski1797]

Such a great president!

[@zacht2806]

calling for it on his way out huh

[@1Amir11]

Fantastic interview. Wonderful job all around

[@richardullrich413]

Cover Medicare For All

[@josemilian4167]

yea no way average citizen is paying 8.2% in taxes. it's ridiculous our representatives work system in their favor leaving us flounder.

[@custos3249]

Man. If only he had 4 years to achieve the exact goal stated here. Oh well. Nothing will fundamentally change.

[@4imee198]

He was the least rich senator until he became VP twice. Goverments don't work for "the people", they work for THEIR people (like his son Hunter) Until we as a society understand that we will keep looking for a "savior" in the gov. If they wanted they could, they cleaned San Francisco in a couple of days for the WEF.

[@kasunex1772]

Man. If only there hadn't been certain Senators like Joe Manchin who sunk Biden's agenda.

[@Kirasfox]

Man, if only you'd realize you'd see more of their effect way later down the line....oh well, I'm sure Donald will get all the credit.

[@darthheretic129]

Underrated comment!

[@Kirasfox]

Man, if only you'd realize you'd see more of their effect way later down the line....oh well, I'm sure Donald will get all the credit.

[@ptootie5657]

2:53 OH MY GOD I LOVE THIS POINT SO MUCH!

[@green_monday]

Biden's known all this and didn't do sh%#. Says he supported Bernie? What a laugh.

[@dillasoul2228]

At least he didn't deny he was in corporate pockets

[@joancooney7724]

Grow up troll

[@michaeltansey8317]

The Biden picks for the NLRB and FTC were amazing. he is not Bernie Sanders, but it's undeniable that he's been the best president for labor since FDR. My ability to join the IBEW (electrical trade union) was almost entirely because Biden pumped investment into infrastructure. the trade unions needed more workers and so they took on more apprentices.

[@espenbjerke665]

overrepresentative tax on the 1% will not help.

[@nykTelevision]

13 minutes of Biden not owning up to his own failures I see

[@DynamicBailey]

That’s 14 minutes longer than he’s spent in his entire stolen presidency doing anything but screwing things up for this country.

[@bfattori01]

Ask Trump to own up to his first. Then we can talk, MAGALOSER

[@dan1142]

I don’t think you watched the video 😂😂😂 comprehension has left the chat!

[@nykTelevision]

@@dan1142 google what being ratio'd is

[@nykTelevision]

@@dan1142 he failed to address how he continued Trump's wall project, his border policy, or how he's been supporting the genocide in Gaza right now, so I'd say I was right on the money. Speaking of money, where is MY Student loan forgiveness? What a total joke.

[@WiiNV]

L🤭L Today, Al Capone would be considered an Entrepreneur! 😬

[@klutterkicker]

Congrats on getting an interview with the president!

[@msb8197]

Very happy about the Kroger Albertsons block. I don't think it was enough National Media coverage about this until the deal failed. I don't believe they were doing this not one bit to lower grocery prices at all. I enjoyed the video overall and politicians sitting down more with Independent media.

[@E9Project]

Had 4 years to do this, that's why the spineless dems lost.

[@baldisaerodynamic9692]

exactly, they were more worried about electric cars, and gender, and climate, and race, and finding ways to take away peoples freedoms, and illegal migrants before americans.

[@JohnMacFergus-oz5cp]

Corporate America was always greedy. I don't blame you, Joe. I think you're ok man.

[@visceratrocar]

Says a guy who has always unconditionally supported corporate interests

[@auntielou3610]

Touché

[@chatsagain]

Change the channel you ingest the constant diet of lies, half truths, conspiracies, and fear mongering. President Biden had a Republican house majority who were the biggest do-nothing congress ever, yet President Biden still got things done. Do your research, especially on what he tried to do about inflation and corporations.

[@silverXnoise]

Bullshit. I hate the guy, but he was pretty staunchly pro-labor, and pursued a lot more anti-competition cases than any of his contemporaries. He also supports an ongoing genocide, and bullshitted us all out of a proper and necessary primary process-so f’ck him, but there’s plenty of legitimate grievances to chew on without making anything up.

[@jonbui4092]

He wasn't the best but there's 3 things he'll never get full credit for: mutual defense pacts with Asian countries to set the stage for an Asian NATO, the biggest infrastructure bill since 1950 (we see the investment breathing life into infrastructure all over my city alone), and the chips act which will secure our tech sector. All these will affect our security or R&D for generations and it sucks he'll never get full credit because the lay person won't understand how vital they are. I'll also add medicare directly negotiating drug prices with manufacturers. Hopefully that trend drastically expands. You were boring, uninteresting, and just did your job. Thanks old man.

[@jocelynlevy9486]

limit the ability to grift!! SO many congresspersons have enriched themselves INSTEAD of their voters.

[@Moxp06]

This man just pardoned the judge who was convicted for kids for cash. He let a man who drove children to suicide walk free. You do no one favors with this.

[@dancingbanana627]

So, he's not allowed to interview the President of the United States? All-or-nothing thinking like this is probably part of the reason why we lost the election in the first place.

[@silverXnoise]

He commuted the sentences of everyone who had been sentenced to home confinement as a result of COVID-19 (not a pardon). One of the White House’s lawyers should absolutely have caught that, and removed that evil prick from the larger cohort, but in this case it sure seems more likely to be the result of careless incompetence rather than anything intentional. Pardoning his son was worse.

[@zzulm]

This guy did PR stunts with the labor strikes and in action he didn't better the legislation and gave his back to the railroad workers.

[@celestialnubian]

“We’re thankful that the Biden administration played the long game on sick days and stuck with us for months after Congress imposed our updated national agreement,” Russo said. “Without making a big show of it, Joe Biden and members of his administration in the Transportation and Labor departments have been working continuously to get guaranteed paid sick days for all railroad workers. “We know that many of our members weren’t happy with our original agreement,” Russo said, “but through it all, we had faith that our friends in the White House and Congress would keep up the pressure on our railroad employers to get us the sick day benefits we deserve. Until we negotiated these new individual agreements with these carriers, an IBEW member who called out sick was not compensated.”

[@SplinterAce88]

I am impressed the way you were able to get Biden to speak in an interview. It felt like he was only able to give rehearsed responses, but I think you did a great service bringing him to an audience in a format we can relate to - Thank You

[@iancarrey4123]

What country was this guy the President of? Bc our guy couldn’t even replace the postmaster who hates the post office. We had a senator named joe Biden that helped offshore companies in the 90s are they related ?

[@jeffw991]

While I’m no fan of De Joy, the president does not control that. There’s a postal oversight board due to its weird and unique status. “I should be able to fire anyone I don’t like at any time” is more of a Trump thing.

[@iancarrey4123]

@ I know. For something this obvious be like Trump. Bring him up on corruption charges for the EV contract. He was elected to be a leader to unwind stuff like this and didn’t.

[@AM-bz2gy]

Cool! Let’s talk about politicians accepting money from AIPAC next 😁💖

[@djdollase]

It’s a sad thing that Joe is as old as he his and couldn’t sustain the progress that he had. I’m super progressive and didn’t agree with Biden on many things but have to admit he got a lot of good things accomplished and with a larger amount of bipartisan support than anyone thought he could.

[@monsterram6617]

Yeah, he did so good that the Dems lost the White House, Senate, and House. He even inspired 6 million less democrats to vote for him where about 3 million voted against him. What a guy!

[@darthheretic129]

Bipartisanship with who exactly? Insurrectionist and nazis? Cmon.

[@Aurabora54321]

Covid trauma affected everyone's trust, and sense of security, with regard to government. Children are still deeply affected with rising anxiety, depression symptoms and increase in device use. This insecurity seeps into one's well being and hopefulness. Any difficulties seem even more foreboding and intentional misinformation makes it worse.

[@Marleylucyandme]

We are an oligarchy/corporatocracy. Been that way for a while now.

[@NobodyCares6996]

They've been over the top greedy my entire life

[@Jillybean620]

Keep up the great work MPU. It is greatly appreciated.

[@RIPKabosu2000]

Terrible man with blood on his hands. That's his legacy.

[@ragnadrabinowitz7629]

LOL

[@CHRISTOS369]

Facts

[@TomStarcevich-fb3qo]

Exactly 💯 💯 💯 💯 💯

[@sirgold1192]

They are trying to cover for him so much they are even deleting any mention or comment of the Geno.CiDe

[@tophev07]

@@sirgold1192yep, I can’t even comment anything with that word in it without it disappearing

[@Lords1997]

So that’s why you should’ve made immediate deliveries to the people in the form of increasing the minimum wage Joe, or passing a child tax credit, Maternity/Paternity Leave, etc etc… All you did, by “creating hundreds of thousands of good jobs” is simply another tax break for corporations…

[@airtale.p]

"So that’s why you should’ve made immediate deliveries to the people in the form of increasing the minimum wage Joe, or passing a child tax credit, Maternity/Paternity Leave," Question is: How?

[@Lords1997]

@ you’re the head of your party and you’re gonna ask how? Better question is why haven’t you (Biden/Dems).? Answer: money in politics

[@LogicSpeaks]

Plenty of things I can criticize him on and yet he is more lucid in his current state than the orange man has been ever. It’s quite depressing that so many thought that the best alternative was the billionaire who has consistently screwed over anyone he could to make a buck

[@tartarus216]

52 seconds in and I can already tell no one had a clue. What laws were passed to make price gouging punishable? None. What laws were passed to break up our duopolies? None. What laws were passed to stop insider trading? Massive lobbying? None and none. What laws were passed to tax corporations or the rich properly? None. Thanks but no thanks.

[@heatrez1518]

Why didn't you ask him about Gaza?

[@freedomfighter4990]

Biden fared better in that interview than I thought he would, but dude should have asked him about Gaza.

[@chattingman6777]

Nobody cares about Gaza.

[@bubuli]

it's unfortunate that a lot of people don't understand what Joe Biden has accomplished in the short time that he has been our President to improve the life of the lower- and middle-class...it is also unfortunate that a lot of his accomplishments will not have a positive impact until years later. it's really sad that these same people don't have the patience and foresight... and we're all going to pay the price for that.

[@ReneTihista]

Yeah, and if Trump were intelligent and not a malignant narcissist he'd take credit for the improvements that could come but probably won't because he's interested in his scam.

[@Wawalsh1234]

What are you smoking?

[@RIPKabosu2000]

Really disgusting that people like you would celebrate a man with the blood of children on his hands

[@KaliahSheDevil]

tell that to the Palestinian people

[@bubuli]

​it didn't take long for haters like @Wawalsh1234 to try to engage...HahHa..

[@skapunkoialternativeliving6522]

And that's the funniest thing about America, most of the things you see around the world. America invented them, but yet other countries make them unprofit from them, not America, that don't make sense. The TV's computers, all these things were invented mainly in America, but other countries are profiting and making them and bringing them to America to sell cheap. That don't make sense to me make that make sense people.

[@maxj1449]

Great timing, Mr. President/DNC. Can't imagine any sort of recent deadline I would have preferred these concepts were presented to the American public. I can imagine the potential hullabaloo over The Leader of the Free World having the stage presence of a wilted broccoli was a daunting obstacle, but this came JUST in time.

[@Admiralty86]

The president. Must be. A professional. Communicator. Joe. Cannot. Speak effectively.

[@seezuceo]

Well you finally picked someone who I will not listen to ever. "Man in govt. for over 50 years will fix government" is the most accurate description of this man EVER. NO THANKS. PASS. He is repulsive.

[@justincase3108]

100%. Notice how he chooses now for this discussion after having an entire 50 career that included stock trading. Laughable! 😂

[@lookingfordrama01]

BIDEN WAS SELFISH HE SHOULD HAVE NOT RAN FOR REELECTION TALKING TO HIM IS AGONIZINGLY SLOW AND PAINFUL HES SIMPLY TO DAM OLD. 🤬🤬🤬

[@Aurabora54321]

He's old but he knows policy, has 50 yrs. public service experience and he is articulate! His policies reflect democratic party values and years of negotiating with his peers and the Republicans. The capitalist, market driven economy only values profit and shareholders' dividends--- not the worker (Amazon), nor his safety, not the public welfare (Boeing), not equal access to goods and services, nor education (Europe has free college education). Social democracies have regulations that provide for all the people, not just the greedy few who pay 8.2 percent tax vs. your 33 percent.

[@Nate-v2y]

Punctuation is a thing that all the smart people are using. But not you.😂

[@lookingfordrama01]

@ THE TRUTH OF MY TEXT MUST TRULY HURT YOU. IM NOT LEFT OR RIGHT IM MORALLY RIGHT.🤬🤬🤬

[@COYOTEEXILE]

All we need to do is continue listening to billionaire boomers for the answers.

[@jakefromkc8739]

Joe Biden will be remembered for letting Trump back into office because he refused to step down and have a real primary process. Kinda disappointed in More Perfect Union for giving softball questions and not putting him under pressure on his weak answers.

[@stubby0990]

Only took him 4 years?

[@javierititin]

I see the comments have been flooded by bots.

[@JoseReyesReyes-z4d]

* ( Are we better off now , than 4 YEARS ago, the next 4 YEARS are going to be he******** under the King 👑, and now we have two Kings 👑👑👑👑👑👑👑hail the kings EM & DJT.

[@ARandomDonut]

Democrats, AKA Republicans but they don't commit to the bit

[@Nutty_]

In the first 30 seconds It’s crazy how they can’t put their finger on why people think we are worse off than before when all they have to do is look at our debt and how now we spend more on paying interest on our debt than national defense per year. Not to mention how unattractive that makes us bonds look especially on the long end of the yeid curve and how that feeds into the housing crisis absolutely destroying the younger generations currently

[@redfiveg]

The comments in this thread break my fucking heart, as a veteran who learned both first hand and historically the meaning, the cost, the importance of sacrifice. To see Americans piss on the rights and legacy of the sacrifices and patriotism this country is founded on. You have the right to say what you want, why is it the people choose to continue pissing on each other and calling it rain? I don't posses the mental health to go into a political debate on a YT comment thread. I at least have to add- this man is the President of the United States of America and you are all Americans show some fucking respect to each other for America's sake.

[@redfiveg]

Thank you for the video, it not perfect, but your service is not lost on me. O7

[@DennisMartinezCalifornia]

He pardoned a judge that sold kids to jail. I owe that man nothing but contempt

[@UARAF16]

Just think about how mad you'll be when you find out who was responsible for our current problems.

[@lisettegarcia]

If you really are a veteran, you learned as I did that respect is earned, not demanded. He has disgraced the American people by remaining in office while cognitively impaired. I mean, if you can call laying on a beach chair in Delaware for weeks on end "holding office." 😢

[@dillasoul2228]

As a veteran myself, I fully understand where the anger is coming from, and it's unfortunately what comes with being the face of America. But I don't deny the facts of presidential terms, the actions of the president and the results. And I would be in denial to pretend he doesn't have a multitude of serious mistakes and bad decisions that have caused deaths and damage. Respect is earned as much as it can be tarnished, and I've never been in the habit of giving blind respect when we can see the history behind the man, that's why it's more important to think critically regardless of the person's title and responsibilities

[@unconventional_health]

Can’t believe you guys got an exclusive interview!

[@cobeyc.b5946]

The most competent pro worker President since LBJ. Already one of my favorite presidents. He was incredibly productive even with the most difficult congress since the 90s. I’ve been concerned about the decline of domestic manufacturing my whole life, and his administration has shown how to turn it around.

[@theodorabruin4601]

Who are you talking about...certainly not PedoJo? He's destroyed everything he's touched. Even touching children inappropriately. He makes my skin crawl!

[@yodservant]

???? Shut down American oil, manufacturing, no FEMA aid for hurricane victims, 60 BILLION to Ukraine and 20 million undocumented illegals many of them criminals entering the country....please elucidate your logic escapes me....?!?!

[@christophersambrelizarazo]

The most relevant comment ive read yet

[@TomStarcevich-fb3qo]

The worst president in modern history that's his legacy bidenomics sucks buddy!!!

[@paullowell3342]

Your brain is made of tapioca pudding sir

[@Xenusgod]

Chile.. I don’t like him, Kamala or Trump. Sorry

[@jharv58]

He talks like he wasn’t just in power for the last four years.

[@allesarfint]

tbf the president has little power without congress on their side.

[@NoName-zm1ks]

Joe might be inadvertently telling y’all he wasn’t in charge. IMO Biden’s troubles predate the debate.

[@DavidFiorillo-m3o]

Thank you for another great report!

[@privacyvalued4134]

Didn't do anything about work from home. People want to work from home, not commute to an office building. Only went after the greediest corporations but didn't do anything about the policies that actually made people's lives universally better that were stripped away shortly after the pandemic.

[@missshroom5512]

People are having a hard time saving or paying for college but they vote for a guy that wants you to pay for your kids grade school as well. Yikes

[@nerdoutreachprogram5358]

His _legacy?_ Failure, lies, delusions, division, and dementia.

[@thekaxmax]

[Looks at list of successes, esp fixing Trump's fuckups] yeah, nah

[@hw-rg7gn]

This is an absurd comment. I have many issues with Biden's legacy, but he clearly has his faculties, and pushed through massive legislation. What he failed to do was use the levers of power. Manchin and Sinema were clearly for sale...McConnell bought them off. Biden could have ignored red tape to push through projects vs allowing bureaucracy to obscure his accomplishments. This would have compensated for his inability to effectively communicate.

[@TomStarcevich-fb3qo]

Exactly dementia joe 😮

[@Pat-nl4wk]

@@thekaxmax yes, Trump eff ups: little or no inflation, a total de-escalation of tensions around the world and we were not on the precipice of a third world war. Got it.

[@bakgammon]

Trump is almost the same age, stop being ignorant

[@ocularpatdown]

You let it happen, Biden.

[@faranyk833]

He just pardoned criminals, who deserved to be and remain in jail. He serves the rich!