30 things Biden has done as Pres that you might have missed

[pixy0stix]

www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/02/02/joe-biden-30-policy-things-you-might-have-missed-00139046

[pixy0stix]

This would make a good poll on what we knew, or didn't. Unfortunately I just don't have the energy.

[simpsongal]

Hmm....I'd say I knew about a large majority, not in such detail. I'm surprised my agency's work didn't get mentioned - ARPA provided $98 billion to sure-up multi employer pension plans.

[ellipses84]

Requiring time and a half pay for overtime for those making up to “…55,000. The draft regulation, which still needs to be finalized, would also include a mechanism to automatically adjust that level every three years by yoking it to the 35th percentile of annual income.”

⬆️ Love this! And I especially love that it automatically increases. It makes me so angry the Gov’t has debated $15 minimum wage for over 15 years and the least they could have done is pass some sort of % / yr increase which would have negated the argument about a huge jump impacting small businesses (but now we absolutely need a huge jump). Federal minimum wage has been $7.25 since 2009 and 20 states still have that as their minimum wage.

There’s still so much more we could do for low paid workers though. So many places cut hours so people aren’t working 40 a week consistently to avoid overtime or not pay benefits, but it’s tough to juggle 2 jobs like that.

[pugz]

I knew about maybe 1/3rd which surprised me since I thought it would be more.