Tell President Biden: Let's Go Joe!
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Let’s Go Joe! Actions
We’re asking President Biden to declare a national climate emergency and to cancel student debt.
Climate Emergency
Contact President Biden and say:
My name is __________. I am a constituent, and my zip code is _______. I am a member of Indivisible SF. We need you to declare a national climate emergency because the science is clear that we have very little time left to make the drastic changes needed to avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis.
Alternative ways to ask President Biden to take action on climate:
Adapt Indivisible’s letter to President Biden urging him to take action on climate.
Join Indivisibles nationwide in recording a video for President Biden
Cancel student debt
Call President Biden and say:
You have the authority to cancel student debt and we want you to do it as soon as possible to continue our strong economic growth and make bold progress toward overcoming income inequality. There are nearly 45 million people holding more than $1.8 trillion in student debt. Canceling at least $50,000 of each student’s debt would benefit all of us in many ways.
Alternative ways to ask President Biden to cancel student debt:
Adapt Indivisible’s letter to President Biden urging him to take action to cancel student debt
Join Indivisibles nationwide in recording a video for President Biden:
Join Indivisibles in Tweeting President Biden
Background
We’re in a critical moment to demand bold action from the Biden administration and, if we’re successful, win meaningful and immediate improvements to peoples’ lives. Indivisible National has created its “Let’s Go, Joe!” campaign to drive that point home.
Without waiting for Congressional action, the Biden Administration has the power to deliver on many important promises he made to the American people. Given senators Manchin and Sinema’s slow walking and refusal to support a historic reconciliation bill, President Biden must use every tool at his disposal to provide immediate help for American families. We’re not giving up on the reconciliation bill, but we also need solutions that aren’t held hostage by dysfunction. It’s within President Biden’s authority to deliver on critical proposals, including lowering prescription drug prices, canceling student debt, climate action, and much more. But it’s up to us to demand it.
There are a lot of different actions we could push President Biden to take at this moment. At a high level, we believe that the right set of actions will translate into immediate improvements in people’s lives. We’re prioritizing executive action in two key areas that we already know are extremely popular, politically possible, and aligned with Indivisible’s core advocacy issues: Climate Action and Canceling Student Debt.
Why we ask the President to declare a climate emergency.
1. It will help us transition to clean renewable energy faster. Mobilizing our domestic industry to manufacture clean energy technologies and build out our renewable energy infrastructure will allow the US to quickly reduce our dependence on dirty fossil fuels and transition to a clean energy future.
2. It will reduce our use of Russian fossil fuels and prevent our dollars from being used to finance a war of conquest against the people of Ukraine. The example we set will influence other nations.
3. It will create a lot of good jobs. Building out the infrastructure needed to accomplish our clean energy goals will create a lot of new jobs. It is critical that we demand these jobs include high road labor standards, good wages, and strong benefits.
Why we ask the President to cancel student debt
1. It would be a strong decisive step to address massive wealth inequality caused by systemic racism and corporate greed. Many studies have demonstrated that universal student debt cancellation would “provide more benefits to those with fewer economic resources and could play a critical role in addressing the racial wealth gap and building the Black middle class.”
2. It’s good for the economy. The pandemic-related federal pause on student loan repayments and interest rates has been an incredible life line for many struggling economically. The US Dept. of Education found “borrowers are saving approximately $5 billion per month from the temporary 0% interest rate.” And research shows canceling student debt would lead to “higher credit scores, greater home-buying rates and housing stability, greater business formation, increased gross domestic product and create over 1.2 million jobs per year.”
3. Broad-based cancellation is way more successful than “targeted” (means-tested) benefits. We know that unnecessary barriers like means-testing or complicated eligibility requirements only lock out folks who are the most vulnerable. Broadly canceling student debt makes certain that even more people feel the benefits.
References
Understanding Executive Action (and Pushing President Biden To Go Bold), Indivisible National
Let's Go Joe, Indivisible National