Joe Biden has fulfilled the unwritten tradition of departing from the spotlights by leaving the position of president of the United States. This Tuesday gave his first speech, in Chicago (Illinois). The 82 -year -old former president intervened at a conference of lawyers and representatives of people with disabilities as a social security defender. Biden got into the subject and defended his legacy in the matter, but also took the opportunity to criticize Donald Trump, whom he did not quote, but who referred as “this guy.” “In less than 100 days, this new administration has done so much, so much damage and so much destruction, which is impressive,” he said, specifically referring to Social Security.
It was a rather boring, relatively predictable intervention, with that normality and predictability that each Trump appearance lacks now. Biden, who joked with his age, as he used to in his last stage as president, was seen something more rested than in the White House. He had no lapse or turned away from the speech read on the transparent screens he had on both sides.
In a speech of a little less than half an hour, Biden eluded to enter the melee with his predecessor-strength, but he did criticize the work of the new administration and how he is weakening social security, warning that there is a risk of greater deterioration. Elon Musk, near Trump’s ally, in social security benefits, something that Biden interprets as a strategy to attack the institution, something they already did during their mandate, he claimed: “We face a constant threat by some republican members of Congress,
After defending all the improvements of social security in benefits and customer service of his mandate, which, he acknowledged, perhaps they were not very glamorous, but essential, he attacked his successor. “In less than 100 days, this new administration has done so much, so much damage and so much destruction, that it is impressive that it could happen so soon,” he said, without leaving the issue of social security. including the most experienced career officials. Now they prepare to throw more. We can see the effects. For example, thousands of people use the Social Security website every day to consult their benefits and submit their applications. But now the Social Security Administration Technology Division has been reduced by half, and the website is collapsing. People cannot access their accounts, ”he denounced.
Pension risk
“The serious people are now worried, for the first time in history, for the first and only time in history, that social security benefits can be delayed or interrupted, friends, let’s put this in perspective. In the 90 years after Franklin Roosevelt created the social security system, people have always received their social security checks. They have received them in times of war, in recessions, during the pandemic What happened, but now, for the first time, that could change and be a calamity for millions of families, millions of people, ”said Biden
Biden referred to an unfortunate intervention by multimillionaire secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, Lutnick said his mother -in -law would not be called and complaining if a month did not arrive the check with her pension. “The current secretary of Commerce does not seem to understand it, or for his comments, it seems that he doesn’t even care,” Biden said. “He talked about the possibility that social security checks are not sent this month, and shrugged. This is what he said. He said that his 94 -year -old mother -year All those people with disabilities have no other income? ”He asked.
The former president stressed that Lutnick is not the only one, that other Republicans have referred to social security as a pyramidal scam. “Without a doubt, they are breaking things. They shoot first and point later. As a result, there is always a lot of unnecessary pain and insomnia nights,” he said. And he cited what was his social security admissioner, Martin O’Malley: “I love his appointment: ‘They want to destroy him to be able to steal it.” According to Biden, the tax cuts of 2017 will facilitate permanent, which benefit the richest Americans and the largest corporations. “The last time this guy was positioned, the debt roof rose due to a huge and wasteful tax cut to the super rich,” he said.
Biden left office with low popularity due to the increase in irregular immigration and inflation during his mandate. He resigned to present himself to re -election after his repairs to retire was his fear that Kamala Harris was defeated by the Republican, as it happened. Biden continues to think that he would have had an opportunity to defeat him again, as he did in 2020.
