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WillPostForFood01/22/20252 repliesview on HN

that was Obama - Biden never promised that

https://jacobin.com/2022/08/joe-biden-public-option-health-c...

I can't think of any major campaign promise that he fulfilled

Renegotiate NAFTA

Lower Taxes

Move the US Embassy to Jerusalem

Nominate to the Supreme Court from the list he shared

Kill TPP

No Social Security Cuts

Take No Salary

Where he failed, it generally wasn't for trying, but because he was getting blocked by Congress, the courts, and the general bureaucracy. You only have to look at the last 48 hours to see a better prepared Trump committed to his promises.


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tzs01/22/2025

I'm not sure "No Social Security Cuts" should count, because (1) he did try to cut it in his proposed 2020 budget, (2) he did nothing to try to address the shortfall that is expected in the social security trust fund around 2033, and (3) he said that if he was reelected in 2020 he would get rid of the payroll tax, which would have moved the depletion of the trust fund up to around 2026.

ttyprintk01/22/2025

He took 3/4 of his salary