United States: Biden Says “Time to Reward Work, Not Just Wealth”

United States President-elect Joe Biden today met CEOs of large companies and union leaders, asking for their cooperation with his future government and stressed that contain the pandemic coronavirus is the key to economic recovery from the country.

At an event focused on his economic agenda, Biden met with the CEOs of General Motors Co. and Microsoft Corp., and the leaders of AFL-CIO and the International Union of United Auto Workers and Service Employees.

“We are ready to join. The unity was exceptional”, Biden said of the Delaware meeting. “It was really Encourage, frankly, to get people, businesses and unions to agree on the way forward. “

The challenge of vaccine distribution

Biden regretted the lack of coordination with the outgoing administration, since President Donald Trump’s refusal to accept election results blocked an official transition, including classified briefings.

“More people are at risk of dying if we don’t coordinate“, said. “How to vaccinate more than 300 million Americans? What is the plan? It’s a very, very, very big task to accomplish“, Biden explained. And clarified that the business leaders agree As soon as the new presidential team has access to Trump’s distribution and vaccination plan, “the sooner this transition will go smoothly.”

He noted that the recent positive news regarding the efficacy of the vaccine must be accompanied “huge task” of getting a vaccine distributed. “If we have to wait until January 20 (the date of its inauguration) to start this planning, we are delayed,” he said.

The country where Covid-19 has affected the most are the United States, which regrets until today 11,502,818 infected and 252,441 dead.

Government contracts if manufactured in the United States

The Biden administration’s economic plan is based on the “Build Back Better” proposals put forward during the campaign.

Bloomberg he quoted it today saying that no government contracts will be awarded to companies that do not manufacture their products in the United States. “We can make sure May our future be here in America and it’s good for business and good for American workers, ”Biden said.

The president-elect said that “it’s time to reward work, not just wealth. ” “We are going to have a fair tax structure that ensures that the richest and businesses pay the right amount“, he claimed.

Biden’s economic plan will serve to create “millions of well-paying contract jobs” in manufacturing or technology. “Cars to our reserves, let’s buy American. No public contracts will be awarded to companies that do not manufacture here in the United States“, he clarified.