• rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    Oh man, don’t stop, what about two weeks prior to that? And two weeks before that? I bet we must be living in a consumer utopia with the pace of the last two weeks, surely applied to the last 3 years, right? right?

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      6 months ago

      Yeah, things have actually gotten quite a bit better over the past 3 years. Much of that was due to the abysmal performance of his predecessor, so even a “just ok” job would have looked like a masterwork.

      That said, Biden’s def hitting his stride lately 😄

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      6 months ago

      Oh man, don’t stop

      You got it! Here’s some other consumer protections the administration has introduced recently:

      • Direct filing with the IRS
      • Price limits on asthma inhalers and insulin for seniors
      • Requiring ISPs to provide consistent up-front information and pricing
      • Restrictions on college junk fees and disallowing witholding of transcripts

      Hungry for more? Check this out:

      White House Statement on Junk Fees

      That’s from October, so some of it overlaps, but among other stuff there’s still a “Click to Cancel” rule working its way through the FTC.

      Sadly Biden has been spending a bunch of time on lame crap like climate change, human rights, health care, infrastructure, election integrity, etc., so it might take a bit longer for him to single-handedly usher in consumer utopia.

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        6 months ago

        Great. That covers what, 1 month of his administration? Keep going, unless you’re cherrypicking this incredibly active recent two weeks. This list should be enormous.