Before Biden even entered the room, this was the moment I most wanted to see.
For the first time in the history of the US, we have two women seated behind POTUS during his unofficial State of the Union address. Harris and Pelosi, the respective VP and Speaker of the House, masked because they both believe in science and taking care of their fellow human being.
Once Biden entered the room, the visual looked like a modern-day TV show or movie in terms of both skin tone and gender diversity.
If the sight of this trio sent any progressive’s heart aflutter, Biden’s speech brought it home.
If the sight of this trio sent any progressive’s heart aflutter, Biden’s speech brought it home. He wanted to improve infrastructure, healthcare, provide free community college and to pay for it all, make the rich, including corporations, pay their fair share of taxes. Biden emphasized that trickle down economics have been shown not to work.
Speaking of work, he wanted to invest more in women by closing the wage gap. During this shutdown, so many women have lost our jobs in order to take care of loved ones. As the economy reopens, we need to run the “new and improved” version of our economy and not the “back to normal” version.
Lord knows I’m rooting for his plan not only to work, but in a timely fashion. I’m about at the end of my economic rope as I send out a furry of job applications, sorting out the bullshit as I go along. It’s amazing that employers are complaining that they can’t find people to fill their positions. I got an idea: pay a living wage.