President Biden Asks --- "What would they have me cut"?

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   Sharlee01posted 3 years ago

   
   “Less than 1% of the COVID relief bill will actually go to vaccine development and distribution.
   
   Democrats formally unveiled their $1.9 trillion coronavirus rescue package in the House — and the big-spending measure was swiftly panned by GOPers as a bloated “liberal wish list.”
   The 591-page bill unveiled late Friday night includes $1,400 direct checks to eligible Americans making less than $75,000 a year, extensions for $400 in federal unemployment benefits, and the long-sought Democratic priority of a federal minimum wage increase to $15.00.
   The bill contains billions of dollars for other Democratic priorities including $350 billion to state and local government — of which New York can expect to see at least $50 billion — $130 billion in school funding, $19.1 billion to state and local governments as housing aid. There’s also cash for small businesses, Medicaid expansion, nutrition assistance programs, and expansions of child tax credits.
   
   President Biden puts more than $1 billion toward "socially disadvantaged" farmers and related groups — including an equity commission, agricultural training, and other assistance to advance racial justice in farming.
   
   And here are a few more expenditures that cling to the new COVID Stimulus bill.
   $50 Million for ‘Environmental Justice’ Grants
   The legislation allocates $50 million for “environmental justice” grants via the Environmental Protection Agency. The Republican Study Commission decried these grants as a “thinly-veiled kickback” because much of this money will end up going to left-wing political groups.
   
   $112 Million for California Transit Project
   In an expenditure with zero apparent connection to COVID-19, the new bill allocates $112 million for the “Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) expansion” program. The money would largely go to a specific “underground rail project in Silicon Valley for which planning has been going on for several years but hasn't yet broken ground,” Fox Business reports.
   
   $10 Million for Native American Language Preservation
   Slipped into the seemingly endless bill text is a $10 million appropriation to “ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages during and after the public health emergency.”
   
   $200 Million for Museum and Library Services
   Museums and libraries are, for the most part, closed across the country. Yet under this bill, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (did you even know that was a thing?) would be allocated $200 million in taxpayer money.
   
   $750 Million for ‘Global Health’
   One might expect the US Congress’s COVID-19 legislation to focus on, well, the US. But the new legislation allocates a whopping $750 million for the Centers for Disease Control to spend on global health problems and vaccination efforts in other countries.
   
   $750 Million for Native American Housing
   The bill also allocates $750 million—on top of existing and prior funding—for “housing assistance and supportive services programs for Native Americans.”
   
   Expansion of Obamacare Subsidies
   House Democrats have long sought to expand Obamacare subsidies and eliminate caps that prohibit them from going to high-income individuals. Unable to find the votes to do so via the normal legislative process, they’ve simply slipped this partisan priority into their “COVID” relief legislation.
   
   Billions for Public Schools Whether They Reopen or Not
   The behemoth legislation doles out $129 billion for K-12 schools, ostensibly earmarked for helping them reopen. But it’s actually just a handout for teachers’ unions and public schools. They get the money regardless of whether they reopen or not, and much of it is allocated for spending in 2022 through 2028, long after the pandemic.
   
   Countless Pet Projects for Powerful Lawmakers
   There are too many in the bill to count, but one glaring example of the corruption and cronyism peppered throughout this bill comes courtesy of the $1.5 million it allocates for the Seaway International Bridge. The bridge “connects New York to Canada and is a priority for New York Sen. Chuck Schumer,” the Wall Street Journal
   
   So, The other day President Biden asked --- What would you have me cut?
   
   Please answer that very question.

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   Valeantposted 3 years ago

   Pretty sure this portion of the bill is well above the 1% claimed in the original post:
   
   The plan calls for investing $20 billion in a national vaccination program, including launching community vaccination centers around the country and mobile units in hard-to-reach areas. Biden would also increase federal support to vaccinate Medicaid enrollees.
   
   The proposal would also invest $50 billion in testing, providing funds to purchase rapid tests, expand lab capacity and help schools implement regular testing to support reopening.
   
   It would also fund the hiring of 100,000 public health workers, nearly tripling the community health workforce. It would address health disparities by expanding community health centers and health services on tribal lands. And it would provide support to long-term care facilities experiencing outbreaks and to prisons for mitigation strategies.

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   Kathryn L Hillposted 3 years ago

   That's great, it starts with an earthquake
   Birds and snakes, an aeroplane, Lenny Bruce is not afraid
   Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn
   World serves its own needs, don't misserve your own needs
   Feed it up a knock, speed, grunt, no, strength, no
   Ladder, structure clatter with fear of height, down height
   Wire in a fire, represent the seven games
   In a government for hire and a combat site
   Left her, wasn't coming in a hurry with the furies
   Breathing down your neck
   Team by team, reporters baffled, trump, tethered crop
   Look at that low plane, fine then
   Uh oh, overflow, population, common group
   But it'll do, save yourself, serve yourself
   World serves its own needs, listen to your heart bleed
   Tell me with the rapture and the reverent in the right, right
   You vitriolic, patriotic, slam, fight, bright light
   Feeling pretty psyched
   It's the end of the world as we know it
   It's the end of the world as we know it
   It's the end of the world as we know it
   And I feel fine
   Six o'clock, TV hour, don't get caught in foreign tower
   Slash and burn, return, listen to yourself churn
   Lock him in uniform and book burning, blood letting
   Every motive escalate, automotive incinerate
   Light a candle, light a motive, step down, step down
   Watch a heel crush, crush, uh oh, this means no fear
   Cavalier, renegade and steer clear
   A tournament, a tournament, a tournament of lies
   Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives and I decline
   It's the end of the world as we know it
   It's the end of the world as we know it
   It's the end of the world as we know it
   And I feel fine, I feel fine
   It's the end of the world as we know it
   It's the end of the world as we know it
   It's the end of the world as we know it
   And I feel fine
   The other night I tripped a nice continental drift divide
   Mount St. Edelite, Leonard Bernstein
   Leonid Breshnev, Lenny Bruce and Lester Bangs
   Birthday party, cheesecake, jelly bean, boom
   You symbiotic, patriotic, slam but neck, right? Right
   
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY

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      Tanmoy Acharya 100posted 3 years agoin reply to this

      This is some beautiful poetry from R.E.M.!

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         Kathryn L Hillposted 3 years agoin reply to this

         

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   Kathryn L Hillposted 3 years ago

   I can't stand it!

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      Tanmoy Acharya 100posted 3 years agoin reply to this

      So you don't like Mr. Biden that much, do you? But he has legally won the presidential election. It can not be undone now.

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         Kathryn L Hillposted 3 years agoin reply to this

         legally? strange you should use that word.

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            Tanmoy Acharya 100posted 3 years agoin reply to this

            Lol!

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   Kathryn L Hillposted 3 years ago

   Just open up the economy.

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   Kathryn L Hillposted 3 years ago

   Let us go back to normal.

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