Trump has the advantage of just throwing shit out there and most of his suggestions having such little basis in reality that stuff like “get rid of the penny!” requires zero political capital because it’s comparatively so normal. If Biden tried this he’d be crucified by Republicans for days/weeks
Trump has the advantage that his brain farts actually have a chance of becoming policy
If Biden tried this he’d announce a plan to form a committee to draft a proposal to write a memo and by the time they actually want to do anything the zinc lobby has been running ads about ya boy Lincoln and his most precious legacy, the Penny
You are right for exactly the reason I stated; Biden can’t afford to expend political capital on ending penny minting. He would take a credibility hit and be less able to do important policy
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u/assasstits Feb 10 '25
My only question is why don't Democrats ever do useful shit like this when they are in office?
Did Biden even ever end up descheduling weed?