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April 29, 2021 "The future of America is in our hands". Joe Biden spurs a divided Congress that he asks to back his $ 4 trillion-plus plan to relaunch the country ("the largest since World War II") and to act once and for all to reform the police, an effective tightening on firearms, work on comprehensive immigration reform. "I inherited a country in crisis, now America is on the way again", exulted the American president, claiming above all the success of the vaccination campaign with 220 million doses administered in 100 days.

His first speech as a tenant of the White House in front of the House and Senate in plenary session could not be more different from the last one delivered by Donald Trump in January last year, when an angry Nancy Pelosi dared blatantly tear the text of the president's speech in front of the cameras. Today the speaker of the House, together with Vice President Kamala Harris, made history: for the first time two women, second and third in charge of the state, were sitting in the chamber of the House behind the Commander in chief. "Madam Vice President ...", Biden's tribute to Harris: "No president has ever uttered these words from this podium. It was time ...", he added to the applause of the few present for the strict anti-Covid measures. Then Biden,Knowing the road is uphill, he appealed for Democrats and Republicans to support his $ 2.3 billion infrastructure plan and $ 1.8 billion for families, defending his intention to raise taxes on 1% of the population. "I will not impose any hike on people earning less than $ 400,000. Instead, it is time for big US corporations and the richest to pay their fair share. Only what is right," he said. "The data shows that 55% of the largest companies paid zero federal income taxes last year on more than 40 billion in profits. And many companies - he added - have evaded tax through tax havens, from Switzerland to Bermuda to the Caymans. . This is not right".appealed for Democrats and Republicans to support his $ 2.3 billion infrastructure plan and $ 1.8 billion for families, defending his intention to raise taxes on 1% of the population. "I will not impose any hike on people earning less than $ 400,000. Instead, it is time for big US corporations and the richest to pay their fair share. Only what is right," he said. "The data shows that 55% of the largest companies paid zero federal income taxes last year on more than 40 billion in profits. And many companies - he added - have evaded tax through tax havens, from Switzerland to Bermuda to the Caymans. . This is not right".appealed for Democrats and Republicans to support his $ 2.3 billion infrastructure plan and $ 1.8 billion for families, defending his intention to raise taxes on 1% of the population. "I will not impose any hike on people earning less than $ 400,000. Instead, it is time for big US corporations and the richest to pay their fair share. Only what is right," he said. "The data shows that 55% of the largest companies paid zero federal income taxes last year on more than 40 billion in profits. And many companies - he added - have evaded tax through tax havens, from Switzerland to Bermuda to the Caymans. . This is not right".$ 3 billion for infrastructure and $ 1.8 billion for families, defending its intention to raise taxes on 1% of the population. "I will not impose any hike on people earning less than $ 400,000. Instead, it is time for big US corporations and the richest to pay their fair share. Only what is right," he said. "The data shows that 55% of the largest companies paid zero federal income taxes last year on more than 40 billion in profits. And many companies - he added - have evaded tax through tax havens, from Switzerland to Bermuda to the Caymans. . This is not right".$ 3 billion for infrastructure and $ 1.8 billion for families, defending its intention to raise taxes on 1% of the population. "I will not impose any hike on people earning less than $ 400,000. Instead, it is time for big US corporations and the richest to pay their fair share. Only what is right," he said. "The data shows that 55% of the largest companies paid zero federal income taxes last year on more than 40 billion in profits. And many companies - he added - have evaded tax through tax havens, from Switzerland to Bermuda to the Caymans. . This is not right".1% of the population. "I will not impose any hike on people earning less than $ 400,000. Instead, it is time for big US corporations and the richest to pay their fair share. Only what is right," he said. "The data shows that 55% of the largest companies paid zero federal income taxes last year on more than 40 billion in profits. And many companies - he added - have evaded tax through tax havens, from Switzerland to Bermuda to the Caymans. . This is not right".1% of the population. "I will not impose any hike on people earning less than $ 400,000. Instead, it is time for big US corporations and the richest to pay their fair share. Only what is right," he said. "The data shows that 55% of the largest companies paid zero federal income taxes last year on more than 40 billion in profits. And many companies - he added - have evaded tax through tax havens, from Switzerland to Bermuda to the Caymans. . This is not right".The data shows that 55% of the largest companies paid zero federal income taxes last year on more than 40 billion in profits. And many companies - he added - have evaded taxation through tax havens, from Switzerland to Bermuda to the Caymans. This is not right".The data shows that 55% of the largest companies paid zero federal income taxes last year on more than 40 billion in profits. And many companies - he added - have evaded taxation through tax havens, from Switzerland to Bermuda to the Caymans. This is not right".

The president then stressed that "the pandemic has only made things worse, because while 20 million Americans lost their jobs, the 650 billionaires in America have seen their wealth increase by over $ 1 trillion. Time to do it. something".  

Returning to the Floyd case, Biden asked that the police reform, which bears the name of the African American killed by an agent in Minneapolis, be launched next month, on the occasion of the murder: "We saw the knee of the injustice on the neck of African American America. Now we must turn the page, it is the country that wants it ". Biden also sent a message to Vladimir Putin and XiJinping. "We do not want conflict or escalation", he assured, underlining however how "democracy is the essence of America and the autocrats will not win".