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 @40cd5708 its also a political stunt. The Biden admin is in trouble evidenced by a number of recent polls. But coming off this I expect Biden will do something anti-union cause that's what he does. Photo Op with Amazon Union then turning around giving massive contracts to Amazon its a pattern for him. 
 @ba03afe6 Yes politicians often have to make trade offs.  Sometimes contradictory ones.  Especially when so many eligible voters don’t vote. But getting 51% of what we want beats 0% every time.  I think it’s counterproductive to blame Joe Biden for well over a century of miserable civic failures by all of us. He’s been better than most ever expected. Give him some credit. 
 @40cd5708 its difficult to do so when his record is mixed. 
 @ba03afe6 Name an American politician who ever got anything done who didn’t have a “mixed” record.  Almost everything wrong with this administration is entirely due to the unprecedented level of obstructionism and seditionism of the Republican Party, never seen by any American president or governor in our history.  Not even once. To ignore that basic reality is pure folly.  We should worry more about the source of the problem, not the symptoms or victims of it.