Posted on 10/29/2021 5:33:52 AM PDT by cotton1706
As anyone paying a modicum of attention knows, West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin has been one of the central Democratic obstacles to enacting Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan. Unlike his enigmatic colleague Kyrsten Sinema, Manchin has been vocal about the parts of the sprawling bill he dislikes. But while his opposition to a billionaires tax, paid family leave, and a comprehensive plan to fight climate change are well-known, he has also killed the chances for several even more popular but lesser-publicized proposals. A short list below.
1) Ending spam calls about your car’s warranty.
It seemed like a no-brainer. Every Democrat in the House and Senate was on board with a plan to fund an FCC effort that promised once and for all to put a stop to irritating unsolicited calls that flood Americans’ cell phones every day.
Every Democrat except one.
“I just don’t feel comfortable punishing hardworking American spammers for their innovation,” Manchin said in a statement last week. “If anything, we should be rewarding them.” Despite a 99 percent approval rating from the public, the proposal was axed.
2) Giving every American a free chocolate chip cookie.
In an effort to win over the politically disengaged, Democrats had partnered with Mrs. Fields to provide a complimentary warm chocolate chip cookie to every resident in the country (paid for with a 0.00001 percent tax on Jeff Bezos’s 2020 income). The contracts were in place, and the logistics of preventing people from acquiring two cookies all worked out. But Manchin signaled his disapproval in August, citing a concern that too many Americans would become dependent on sweets. His counteroffer proposed a third of a cookie per American or a maximum of four Dippin’ Dots, but the plan was rejected as unworkable by Senate leadership.
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So number 2 is forcing Jeff Bezos to buy everyone a cookie.
Leftist humor is so childish.
As propaganda, this story is a major FAIL. These are not wildly popular nor are they harmless items.
Chocolate chip cookies to get people to vote? Vote tampering.
Having the government change the winner of an Academy Award? That’s tyranny.
A bunch of looters crying that they won’t get to steal as much. It’s amazing how much good stuff you can get with other people’s money, until you kill the goose that lays the golden egg.
WashingtonSource wrote: “As propaganda, this story is a major FAIL. These are not wildly popular nor are they harmless items.”
So, you believe that ending spam phone calls isn’t widely popular? I must get 10 calls a week about extending my expiring car warranty. I would support the death penalty for spam callers.
And, if you think blocking the number is an effective counter, then your not aware of how spammers can manipulate the calling number.
This looks like the liberals are trying to depower the Babylon Bee...although doing it in a bizarre way. But they’re Leftists.
Spam calls? don’t we have better things to cut?
they were so ‘wildly popular’ that a single vote was able to put a stop to them.
deliberate journalistic malpractice.
The Left can’t meme. The left can’t do sarcasm either, apparently.
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