Wow, you are caping hard for Biden, huh? Let's look more at the Politico article, shall we?
His comments drew pushback from fellow Democrats, who have argued that raising the minimum wage isn’t just necessary for an economically-battered country but is sound politics as well. They have urged the White House to find avenues for making it reconciliation-compliant, to push party members skeptical of a major minimum wage hike to get on board and to consider the procedural nuclear option of having the party—with Vice President Kamala Harris serving as the tie-breaking vote—overrule the parliamentarian.
“Given the makeup of the Senate, this is our best opportunity and the right moment in the midst of this pandemic, to give millions of workers a long overdue raise,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the progressive caucus chair, said on a press call with reporters on Thursday.
Biden didn’t push back on Hogan’s point at the time. Nor was there a protracted discussion on the minimum wage. The conversation simply moved on.
So other Democrats are saying it can be done with a little arm-twisting and cajoling, especially with the current make-up of the Senate. Biden simply does not want to! Now let's look at the other point concerning student loans:
“I’m prepared to write off a $10,000 debt, but not 50,” Biden told a CNN town hall on Tuesday, insisting that he does not have the authority to do so, something strongly contested by many experts. This will no doubt disappoint 44.7 million student loan borrowers, who owe an average of around $32,000 each.
Worse still, on Wednesday White House officials walked back even the $10,000 figure, suggesting that the president would not do this through executive action but instead go into negotiations with Republicans with this as his first offer.
WTF!! So, while experts as well as Dem leaders like Chuck Schumer, say he has the authority to do so, he says he will not. And on top of that, rather than go at the Republicans with a strong all-out debt forgiveness and make them negotiate from there, he wants to go in with the lowest figure and then negotiate. All while his party is in power and this is what its constituents want!?!?
I will ask again...........what is the point of having a Democratic president and Democratic Party in power if they don't push a left-leaning ostensibly Democratic agenda? You just wanted to get Trump out but still have a right-wing government that has a more "respectable" and "professional" presentation about it?