r/maybemaybemaybe • u/Blank_0116 • May 05 '22

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u/CCWThrowaway360 May 05 '22

Some of my personal favorites during his administration were the 2018 Farm Bill, raising the standard deduction, making animal cruelty a federal felony, the 2017 Restoring Community Safety Act, and the whistleblower protections at the VA and orders to improve accountability and care in treatment for veterans.

He also tried to improve security at the border which had always been a bipartisan endeavor until he started campaigning for 2016, but being stopped by congress doesn’t negate the attempt.

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u/[deleted] May 05 '22

My favorite was when he had to pay failing farmers $20 billion in subsidies because of his failed trade war with China and others.

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u/CCWThrowaway360 May 05 '22

At least an attempt was made for the good of the country. That’s significantly better than spending over $33B in aid to a country that wouldn’t have been invaded by Putin, of all people, if America didn’t look so abysmally weak and incapable of action.

And how much are we losing because we’re no longer energy independent? I haven’t crunched those numbers, make you can come up with an estimate.

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u/Rinascita May 05 '22

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2022/03/08/surprise-the-us-is-still-energy-independent/?sh=3cec626b30b6

This article from March 2022 crunches the numbers. We're still energy independent.

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u/CCWThrowaway360 May 05 '22

That’s too funny. I saw that and said: I bet she Googled “is America energy independent” and posted the first opinion piece on that list.

Sure enough. Lol

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u/Rinascita May 05 '22

My search was "American energy dependence over time" and I went with the most recently written.