Question

Read and research a presidential campaign policy Joe Biden and President Trump.

1. choose one topic and talk about differences

2. immigration health care etc. one paragraph each

Answer 1

(a).

Trump: The president, who campaigned on the promise of rebuilding America, has long sought an infrastructure bill. There appears to be bipartisan support for such a bill. He recently said he wanted a $2 trillion "very big and bold" plan, as part of the next congressional coronavirus relief package. He's unlikely to receive this soon when you consider the fact that Republican senators don't want to approve aid unrelated to the pandemic. When asked how the U.S. would fund another massive package, he cited the low borrowing rates. He has not provided details for his plan.

Biden: The Democrat has released a 10-year, $1.3 trillion infrastructure plan as part of his election campaign. He says his plan will move the U.S. to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and create jobs to expand the middle class. The spending includes $400 billion on a new federal program for clean energy research and innovation, $100 billion to modernize schools, $50 billion on repairing roads, bridges and highways in his first year in office, $20 billion on rural broadband infrastructure, and $10 billion for transit projects that serve high-poverty areas with limited transportation options.

He says his plan will be paid for by "reversing the excesses of the Trump tax cuts for corporations; reducing incentives for tax havens, evasion, and outsourcing; ensuring corporations pay their fair share; closing other loopholes in our tax code that reward wealth, not work; and ending subsidies for fossil fuels."

(b).

While the former vice president wants to boost protections for undocumented immigrants who report labor violations, his proposal does not go as far as Sanders' planin pushing to boost bargaining power for undocumented workers.

Biden, who has consistently led in averages of national Democratic primary polls, has faced heat over the Obama administration's immigration policies. While he has tied himself closely to his largely popular boss, Biden has endured scrutiny over the Obama administration's deportation record.

The former vice president was asked again about Obama-era deportations Wednesday during a Las Vegas town hall hosted by UNITE HERE, a union that represents about 300,000 people. He was asked what he would do differently.

"A lot. Number one, we understand the incredible pain of a family being separated," Biden answered, without directly highlighting the Obama administration's practices in the way his campaign did. He added that "the idea that anyone will be deported without actually having committed a felony or serious crime is going to end in my administration."

At a debate in September, moderator Jorge Ramos pointed out that the Obama White House "deported 3 million people, the most ever in U.S. history." He prodded Biden about what he did to prevent the deportations, and asked, "Why should Latinos trust you?"

Biden did not directly address whether the administration made a mistake with the deportations, but instead contrasted Obama with Trump.