Five key takeaways from Joe Biden’s 2023 State of the Union
Al JazeeraBiden addressed his legislative agenda for the coming year, including economic goals, China relations and police reform. “Let’s be clear: winning the competition should unite all of us,” Biden said. I’m politely not naming them.” Under Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy, the House majority appears unlikely to advance many of the priorities put forward in Biden’s speech, including police reform and a “billionaire minimum tax”. “We’ve sunk to 13th in the world — the United States of America, 13th in the world — for infrastructure, modern infrastructure,” Biden said. “But now we’re coming back because we came together and passed a bipartisan infrastructure law, the largest investment infrastructure since President Eisenhower’s interstate highway system.” Pressing corporations to pay their ‘fair share’ Presenting an ambitious policy goal of revamping the US economy and combating the climate crisis, Biden said his agenda would be funded by “finally making the wealthiest and the biggest corporations begin to pay their fair share” in taxes.
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