With the president-elect looking to enter the White House with a divided Congress, it is not clear when we would start seeing Biden’s plans for the economy, environment, education system, and health care take form. Instead, in his first 100 days, Biden plans to focus on more immediate issues, hoping to gain bipartisan support.
On his first day in office, or beforehand, Biden has several plans surrounding COVID-19:
Biden has already announced a team of advisors to spearhead his pandemic response once he takes office.
Begin work on a new coronavirus aid package, coordinating with state governors, mayors, and other local politicians.
Expand coronavirus testing resources as well as for increasing the country’s capacity to make personal protective equipment.
Install “an effective distribution plan” - His plan includes spending of $25 billion on vaccine production and disbursement and calls for an eventual vaccine to be free for all Americans.
Mend relationship with the World Health Organization by rejoining the body.
Aside from his COVID-19 plans, Biden also plans to reverse Trump’s corporate tax cut, raising corporate income taxes from 21-percent to 28-percent. Biden additionally has plans to reenter the U.S. in the Paris climate accord of 2015. Furthermore, on his first day, Biden plans to produce comprehensive immigration legislation that will create a pathway to citizenship for 11 million migrants living in the U.S. illegally. With the first immigration plans, he has also pledged to make the DACA program permanent on his first day in office, stop the practice of separating immigrant families trying to enter at the border and rescind the restrictions on people in Muslim-majority countries from traveling or immigrating to the U.S.
For Biden’s first 100 days in office, his plans include more points on immigration, where he wants to reform the U.S. asylum system and the treatment of people at the border with Mexico. The funding for the construction of a wall along the southern U.S. border will additionally be discontinued, however, Biden says that he will not take down the parts already constructed. Aside from immigration, Biden also plans to:
Institute a national police oversight commission as part of his larger plan to help overhaul policing.
Quickly push Congress to pass the SAFE Justice Act, a first step in addressing prison reform and crime prevention. The legislation includes taking steps to reduce the use of mandatory minimum sentencing for nonviolent offenses and institute policies geared at lowering recidivism.
Reach out to U.S. allies to work on foreign policy. Biden wants to plan an international summit where democratic leaders will discuss ways to fight corruption and authoritarian practices. He additionally wants to plan a climate world summit to assist nations with high carbon emissions to take climate action.
Due to the volume of his plans, some people wonder if Biden will be able to execute them all, do you agree with this question? Additionally, what do you think of Biden’s plans for his first 100 days in office? When do you think we will start seeing Biden’s bigger plans for the economy and environment?
This is a large plan to execute in 100 days, but it sounds like a lot of thought and planning has already gone into it, so I believe it is doable. I am not sure why he is planning to raise corporate income taxes in the first 100 days. That does not seem like a good idea with the current state of the economy. Based on this plan, I could see bigger plans coming into effect after the 100 days and within the first year.
ReplyDeleteI think the corporate tax is incorporated in his first 100 days because it was a big talking point during the campaign and was a source for a lot of memes online. I think it carries some of the same weight as Trump's wall. However, Biden's tax seems a little more manageable.
ReplyDeleteI really doubt that Biden will be able to pass these quickly but of them I think the biggest one is Instituting a national police oversight commission because we are in deep need of police reform.
ReplyDeleteBiden might be able to execute some of his plans such as green policy and foreign policies as well as policies that would help towards ending the pandemic. But I do not believe he will be able to execute all the policies because it is not enough time to see so much change. We will be seeing Biden's bigger plans throughout his term which would be after the mid of 2021.
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