What Plans does Joe Biden have for the United States?
December 10, 2020
After a few days of a tense and controversial election, the Associated Press has called the presidential race and declared that Joe Biden has defeated President Donald Trump. How will the transition between these two presidents with different beliefs affect our country? Joe Biden may do some good things for the USA, and he may do some bad things. It really depends on what you think is good or bad.
Joe Biden will repeal a series of executive orders that Donald Trump created as soon as he gets into the position in January 2021. He has some laws that I think will be good for the country. According to the Washington Post, Biden will reverse President Trump’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization, rejoin the Paris Climate accords, and will send a bill to Congress repealing liability protections for gun manufacturers, and close background-check exceptions which will help decrease gun related problems, because gun manufacturers will be more careful with selling guns to people and will do better background checks since they will be liable if their guns are used by people to do crimes.
There are also laws that I think will not be good for the country. According to the Washington Post, Biden will repeal the travel bans from some Muslim-majority countries, and allow children who were illegally brought to the country to stay in the country. Trump’s ban on travel is currently in place against fourteen nations, including Iran which is in a conflict with the United States as of today. According to an interview with Evan Pfeffer, a senior at SPASH, “Deporting individuals to countries that they have not lived in for years will negatively impact them and goes against everything our country should stand for.” which is true, although this will definitely encourage people to bring undocumented children to the United States. This might not have a very positive impact to the people, because everyone should go through the legal process if they want to immigrate to another country.
Since this country chooses its leaders from the votes of the people, it is the duty of the citizens to know the candidates and their plans well, and of course, to vote and let their voice be heard. If we do not like what our president is doing, whether it’s Donald Trump or Joe Biden, we need to stay informed so we can voice our opinions when we vote. Also remember that not everything that happens in our government will agree with our opinions.
Katalyna Vang • Jan 18, 2021 at 2:04 PM
Oliver, This article is really good and great information on it. I like your intro and conclusion. I learned lot about this article.
Madelyn Cheng • Dec 12, 2020 at 9:06 PM
This article seems to be relatively unbiased for the fact that it is an editorial. But that doesn’t take away from the fact that it’s still very well written. We all have our own opinions and entitled to them in a respectful manner. That’s the whole point of journalism.
Hans Nielsen • Dec 11, 2020 at 10:13 PM
Really helpful article. Thank you for remaining unbiased and letting us make our own conclusions with the info you’ve given.
Luke Kratzke • Dec 11, 2020 at 9:44 AM
I like that this article is relatively unbiased. One major thing that I am concerned about With Joe Biden is that word “will”. Biden throws that word around and he has been for 47 years. I hope he continues doing the same thing rather than reversing the Paris accord because that was one instance of a huge waste of Americas money that never went towards making the climate better.
Eli Wetter • Dec 10, 2020 at 10:08 AM
Oliver, your article did something that I believe is very hard to do. It stayed relatively unbiased. I especially enjoyed your intro and conclusion because it plainly lays out that for every candidate there are good and bad ideas. The citizens of the U.S. have a duty to stay informed so they can correctly argue their opinions.
Michael Alan Taylor • Dec 10, 2020 at 9:27 AM
Hey Oliver, loved taking a look at your point of view. Excellent writing with good flow. It wasn’t too long which I greatly appreciate. I hope things go well with Joe too. I think the next four years will pan out nicely.