Leadership in the US should be deeply ashamed that such things even exist. Unfortunately there is nothing in sight that would change this anytime soon. Obamacare was screwed up, Medicare For All seems a no-go (Biden should be ashamed for not embracing it), and Congress probably will be busy in the next few years investigating and impeaching each other while not doing anything productive.
And Biden lost me when the train people were on strike. The whole concept of limited sick leave is already ridiculous but their situation was just crazy.
The COVID response not including Medicare4All is the “Sandy Hook” of healthcare for me: if we didn’t do it with a Democratic Congress and President during a national pandemic, it’s not happening any time soon (like meaningful gun control post-Sandy Hook).
It's important to remember who is represented in the US political system. It is a federation of states, whose legislative districts have been heavily gerrymandered.
As POTUS he can choose to not suspend the ability of rail workers to strike and let the workers and rail companies sort it out. That whole capitalism thing?
Instead he has used his powers to prevent a rail strike since it would increase the cost of groceries and lead to (short term) grocery shortages.
