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Unlikely Heroes: AOC and Bernie Sanders Could Sink Multi-Trillion-Dollar Spending Plans
[FEE] Ironically, it's the most socialist members of Congress who may accidentally prevent our country from going broke.Here’s what’s going on. Progressive politicians like Speaker of the House Nancy San Fran NanPelosi Congresswoman-for-Life from the San Francisco Bay Area, born into a family of professional politicians. On-again-off-again Speaker of the House. It's not her fault when they lose, but it's her accomplishment when they win. Noted for her heavily botoxed grimace and occasional senior... uhhh... moments... and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer ...Senator-for-life from New York, renowned for his love of standing in front of cameras and microphones. Schumer has been a professional politician since 1975, when disco was in flower, which is 45.77134 years, or 320.39938 years in dog years. Senate minority leader as of 2017... are pushing a $1+ trillion infrastructure bill and a $3.5+ trillion "human infrastructure" package that, taken together, amount to one of the biggest expansions of the welfare state in US history. (Even the New Deal pales in inflation-adjusted comparison!) However, Caliphornia hasn't yet slid into the ocean, no matter how hard it's tried... Senator Joe Manchin  ...Dem senator-for-life from West Virginia. Manchin is one of the approximately one Dem senators who exhibits more integrity than Jello, often even representing his constituents..., a moderate Democrat, just came out against the $3.5+ trillion package. He called on his colleagues to "hit the pause button," citing rising government debt and inflation. This could effectively doom the multi-trillion package in a 50-50 Senate. But it doesn’t necessarily doom the $1 trillion infrastructure spending bill, which could pass alone. That would be bad news for taxpayers, because the infrastructure bill wouldn’t actually "create jobs" as its proponents promise. According to an Ivy League analysis, it would spend all that taxpayer money yet "have a net zero effect on employment, wages, and economic growth over both the medium-term (by 2031) and the long-term (by 2050)." Oh, and the spending plan funnels money toward all sorts of waste and corrupt politician pet projects. Yet despite all these pitfalls, it still seems, on the surface, that Democrats in Congress should have enough votes to pass the $1 trillion infrastructure bill. But do they? Ironically, the most progressive politicians in Washington, DC may sabotage the entire spending bonanza. Rep. Alexandria Boom BoomOcasio-Cortez Dem Congressgirl from da Bronx in Noo Yawk and leader of the Mean Girl Caucus in Congress. One of the Great Minds of the 21st Century, she is known as much for her innaleck as for her dance moves. She is all in favor of socialism, even though she's fuzzy on the details. She was the inventor of the Green New Deal, though she doesn't talk about it much anymore... just revealed that many left-wing politicians are prepared to vote against the $1 trillion bill if the multi-trillion package isn’t also passed. "Nothing would give me more pleasure than to tank a billionaire, dark money, fossil fuel, Exxon lobbyist drafted energy infrastructure bill if they come after our child care and climate priorities," the congresswoman said. Senator Bernie Sanders ...The has taken a similar position. "Rebuilding our crumbling physical infrastructure — roads, bridges, water systems — is important. Rebuilding our crumbling human infrastructure — health care, education, climate change — is more important," he tweeted. "No infrastructure bill without the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill." It looks very unlikely, at this point, that Congress will have enough votes to pass the multi-trillion-dollar welfare package. If Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders, and their progressives allies stick to their guns, this means the $1+ trillion wasteful infrastructure bill won’t pass either. Posted by: trailing wife 2021-09-13 |
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