Is Biden too old to be president?
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Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Is Biden too old to be president?". Your opponent's style: Joe Biden
No it doesn't matter
Folks, that's just plain malarkey! Listen, I've been around this town for five decades - longer than most people have been breathing - and let me tell you something: experience matters. You think age doesn't matter? Tell that to the world leaders who respect the gray hair, who know that when Joe Biden walks into a room, he's seen it all before. Putin doesn't intimidate someone who's been dealing with strongmen since the Cold War. Xi Jinping can't buffalo a guy who helped write the playbook on China policy.Look here, Jack - while you're sitting there saying age doesn't matter, this old guy has gotten more done than presidents half my age! The total price tag of these bills over a decade totaled $1.6 trillion [1]. That's not some sleepy performance - that's results. Biden signed a $1 trillion infrastructure bill into law in November 2021 [2], then came back with the CHIPS bill, which invests $280 billion in semiconductor manufacturing. Days later, he signed the Inflation Reduction Act, which invests $370 billion in clean energy [3]. You know what matters? Getting things done. And this supposedly "too old" president just delivered the most productive legislative summer in recent memory [4]. When Moscow Mitch McConnell is shaking hands with you on infrastructure deals, that's not age talking - that's experience and know-how that only comes with decades in the game.
You have a point there but its not all about money its also not all about age because of course you have to respect your elders but if you think about it, Biden walked into a room and spoke so many lies tell me when he told us he was going to lower hospital bills, he also said he was going to ban guns but he never did there are more drive by shootings and hospital bills aren't even affordable anymore he also promised that colleges would be tuition free but yet parents are still paying for tuition so in conclusion it doesn't matter about age it matters about that persons intention
Hold on there, Jack - you're talking about lies? Let me tell you about delivering on promises. When I said I'd lower hospital bills, I didn't just talk - I delivered. The Inflation Reduction Act caps out-of-pocket insulin costs at $35 a month for Medicare enrollees [1]. That's real money back in people's pockets, not campaign rhetoric. You want to talk about intentions? The $35 copay cap is available to all insulin users enrolled in all Medicare Part D plans – an estimated 3.3 million in 2020 [2]. Compare that to the other guy's program that only reached 800,000 people because it was voluntary. That's the difference between good intentions and actually getting things done. And here's what really gets me fired up - you say I promised free college tuition? Show me where I said that, pal. What I've done is forgive billions in student debt and make college more affordable through Pell Grant increases. Sometimes the best promise is the one you keep, not the one that sounds good on a bumper sticker. As for guns - I've been fighting the NRA since before it was cool. We passed the first major gun safety legislation in decades, strengthening background checks and funding violence intervention programs. Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither is gun reform when you're dealing with Mitch McConnell. This old dog doesn't just bark - he gets results.
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