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===Other issues===
===Other issues===
====Marijuana====
====Taxes====
Biden authored legislation increasing mandatory minimum sentences for marijuana possession. Nearly 20 million people have been arrested and incarcerated for marijuana possession since Biden wrote the bill.<ref>http://www.drugpolicy.org/issues/drug-war-statistics</ref> Mandatory minimums give the judge no discretion in handing out a sentence. Marijuana arrests outnumber arrests for [[violent]] [[crime]].<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/13/us/marijuana-arrests.html</ref> President Trump has taken the lead in sentencing and prison reform.<ref>https://grabien.com/story.php?id=237403</ref> Biden wrote the legislation which established the Office of National Drug Control Policy, also known as the "drug czar."
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Like his predecessor [[Walter Mondale]], Biden has vowed to raise taxes on the American people.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWqL7nM4T-s</ref>
====Atlantic Council====
====Atlantic Council====
After the [[Maidan Revolt]], ''Foreign Policy'' magazine wrote, “No one in the U.S. government has wielded more influence over Ukraine than Vice President Joe Biden."<ref>https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/10/30/what-will-ukraine-do-without-joe-biden-putin-war-kiev-clinton-trump/</ref> The Atlantic Council described Biden as “the point person on Ukraine in the Obama administration.”<ref>https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/explainer-five-things-about-the-ukraine-controversy-you-need-to-know-plus-a-freebie/</ref> “Ukraine was the top, or one of the top three, foreign policy issues we were concentrating on,” said [[Michael Carpenter]], Biden’s foreign policy adviser. “[Biden] was front and center.”<ref>https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/10/05/bidens-visits-to-ukraine-draw-scrutiny/</ref>
After the [[Maidan Revolt]], ''Foreign Policy'' magazine wrote, “No one in the U.S. government has wielded more influence over Ukraine than Vice President Joe Biden."<ref>https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/10/30/what-will-ukraine-do-without-joe-biden-putin-war-kiev-clinton-trump/</ref> The Atlantic Council described Biden as “the point person on Ukraine in the Obama administration.”<ref>https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/explainer-five-things-about-the-ukraine-controversy-you-need-to-know-plus-a-freebie/</ref> “Ukraine was the top, or one of the top three, foreign policy issues we were concentrating on,” said [[Michael Carpenter]], Biden’s foreign policy adviser. “[Biden] was front and center.”<ref>https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/10/05/bidens-visits-to-ukraine-draw-scrutiny/</ref>
====Joe Biden and his controversies related to the military====
Joe Biden has faced a couple of controversies related the military. Below is some information related to those controversies.
*[[Joe Biden and the military]]
====Marijuana====
Biden authored legislation increasing mandatory minimum sentences for marijuana possession. Nearly 20 million people have been arrested and incarcerated for marijuana possession since Biden wrote the bill.<ref>http://www.drugpolicy.org/issues/drug-war-statistics</ref> Mandatory minimums give the judge no discretion in handing out a sentence. Marijuana arrests outnumber arrests for [[violent]] [[crime]].<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/13/us/marijuana-arrests.html</ref> President Trump has taken the lead in sentencing and prison reform.<ref>https://grabien.com/story.php?id=237403</ref> Biden wrote the legislation which established the Office of National Drug Control Policy, also known as the "drug czar."
When a big money donor who favors decriminalization held a fundraiser for Biden in May 2019, Biden "evolved" his 30-plus year stance on marijuana mandatory minimum sentencing which has caused so much hardship and suffering to families, particularly minorities who have been Biden's targets.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/joe-bidens-shift-on-marijuana-came-days-before-fundraiser-with-pro-legalization-donor/</ref> Biden suddenly showed no concern about exposing children to a gateway drug.
====Plagiarism, again====
====Plagiarism, again====
====Fundraising====
====Fundraising====
Biden accepted the maximum contribution allowed from former HBO chief executive officer Chris Albrecht. Albrecht resigned as chief executive officer at HBO ain 2007 after being arrested and charged with assaulting his girlfriend. In 1991 Time Warner Inc. paid a $400,000 settlement to a female worker allegedly assaulted by Albrecht while on the job. The victim reported directly to Albrecht at the time as senior vice president at HBO Independent Productions.
Biden accepted the maximum contribution allowed from former HBO chief executive officer Chris Albrecht. Albrecht resigned as chief executive officer at HBO ain 2007 after being arrested and charged with assaulting his girlfriend. In 1991 Time Warner Inc. paid a $400,000 settlement to a female worker allegedly assaulted by Albrecht while on the job. The victim reported directly to Albrecht at the time as senior vice president at HBO Independent Productions.
==2009–2017: Vice presidency==
==2009–2017: Vice presidency==