written by ERICA DICK. October 25th, 2020
It’s no secret that the election around the corner is unbelievably important. Although we definitely tend to lean one way on our writing staff, we recognize that the issues at hand are about so much more than just partisan problems. So after you figure out your plan for voting and before you head to the polls, read up on some of the important issues that will be determined by Nov. 3rd’s winning candidate (all points taken directly from NPR)
- Climate Change
Biden: Combat climate change by pushing the United States on a path toward net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, with an intermediate goal of ridding the power sector of carbon pollution by 2035. Invest $2 trillion over four years in green areas, including infrastructure, transportation and auto industries, housing and construction practices, nature conservation efforts and work in environmental justice. Create 1 million new jobs in the auto industry, boosting electric vehicles.
Trump: Bolster the country’s oil and gas industries, and the supply and production of those energy products. Continue rolling back Democratic environmental regulations.
- Racial Equality
Biden: Support minority-owned small businesses. Increase homeownership among minority communities and combat housing discrimination. Improve accessibility to affordable higher education and reduce student loan debt for minority students.
Trump: Maintain low unemployment rates for Black Americans, as seen before the pandemic. Strengthen minority-owned businesses.
- Covid Response
Biden: Testing: Improve testing capacity and accessibility, PPE: Expand access to personal protective equipment, or PPE. Vaccine: Establish a plan for effectively producing and safely distributing a vaccine. Race: Address disproportionate effects of COVID-19 on communities of color.
Trump: Vaccine: Begin distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the year and have 300 million doses by January 2021.
- Healthcare Reform
Biden: Create a public option health care plan that expands off the Affordable Care Act. Decrease the price of prescription drugs. Protect abortion access. Invest $775 billion in child and elder care.
Trump: Repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with a new plan, which has not been publicly proposed. Lower the price of prescription drugs and insurance premiums.
- Immigration
Biden: Do away with restrictions to immigration put in place during the Trump administration and stop construction of Trump’s border wall. Provide a “road map to citizenship” for people living in the United States illegally. Expand resources to immigrants already residing in the United States.
Trump: Finish the border wall between the United States and Mexico. Implement additional restrictions on immigration.
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