It’s a common belief in this area that President Biden is too old, can’t form complete sentences, is responsible for the high gas prices, and, generally speaking, is the worst president to ever grace the Oval Office. The reality couldn’t be farther from the truth. In Biden’s first two years in office, he has accomplished quite a bit for Tennesseans. Fair warning: The following information is not readily available on the likes of Fox News, Brietbart, or Dan Bongino.
One of President Biden’s greatest accomplishments has been the passage of the American Rescue Plan. This comprehensive relief package provided much-needed support to struggling families, businesses, and communities in the wake of the pandemic.
Here are the facts. In the two years since the passage of the American Rescue Plan, Tennessee’s unemployment rate has fallen from 5.4% to 3.5%; there are a record 185,000 new small business applications in Tennessee, which is the highest 2-year total on record; direct pandemic recovery funds were disbursed to all 433 Tennessee towns, cities, and counties–investing in public safety, housing, workforce development, and other critical areas; ESSR education funding was provided to 140 school districts in Tennessee to support academic recovery; 1,920 child care programs received support to help keep their doors open, impacting up to 144,000 children in Tennessee; the American Rescue Plan's historic child tax credit benefited an estimated 828,000 Tennessee families with 1.4 million children; the expanded Earned Income Tax Credit provided up to $1,500 of tax relief to an estimated 395,000 Tennessee workers; 50,000 more Tennessee homes and businesses will receive affordable, high-speed internet through the American Rescue Plan's Capital Project Fund.
All of these are incredible accomplishments and don’t even take into account other positives of President Biden’s administration, like lowering the price of insulin for seniors to $35, rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement, strengthening NATO (which has kept us from sending troops to Ukraine), and the Build Back Better plan that invests trillions of dollars in rebuilding and modernizing America's infrastructure, from roads and bridges to high-speed internet and clean energy. One thing is clear: the Democratic Party, led by President Biden, is investing in the American people and is helping to lay the foundation for a more resilient and prosperous future.
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