Posted on 11/15/2021 4:24:55 AM PST by MtnClimber
When the White House holds a triumphant signing ceremony today for the Biden/Pelosi Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, H.R. 3684, keep the following facts clearly in mind.
Democrats claim the bill will “supercharge the American economy and will create thousands of good jobs.” Translation: high-paying government, i.e., taxpayer paid for, jobs for Democrat supporters.
When you look beyond the title, H.R. 3684 has numerous provisions that Americans don’t want.
The bill will “restructuring the permitting process.” This is an excuse to expand an already Byzantine, massively expensive, and user-unfriendly federal bureaucracy. Permits will, of course, only go to companies favored by progressive Democrats. Recall the vendor chosen by the Obama Administration to build healthcare.gov was a Canadian company, CGI Federal, with a track record of going over budget and failing to deliver on its contracts. Democrats spent more than $2 billion for a website, that didn’t work!
There will be “more public-private partnerships,” which is code for giving hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars to corporations that support the Democrat party and its candidates, not to the most efficient and lowest bidders.
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It will be cronyism and mass corruption on steroids.
Yea this whole exercise is just wasted money and will accomplish little good. The bbb is destructive.
And it will be years before we see any results. No shovel ready projects and lengthy clearance processes including environmental impact statements. Pouring money down a rat hole.
Will we get a new bloated department to pay for forever? They would love for us to be saddled with a Department of Transgender Education.
“And it will be years before we see any results. No shovel ready projects and lengthy clearance processes including environmental impact statements. Pouring money down a rat hole.”
I agree with this statement 100%.
However “infrastructure” is our weakest hand. It was always going peal off some Republicans.
The progressives actually want their voting fraud bills & climate change stupidity bills, & tax increase bills more than infrastructure. I read their commentary on left wing media sites, these people aren’t happy.
Infrastructure doesn’t motivate the democrat base like other issues, such as racism, sexism, environmental zealotry, tax increases etc.
The progressive media will throw some “raw vegetables” to their crazies, by ginning up some Trump is going to jail nonsense. It use to work during “Mueller time” but the natives are getting pissy and more restless.
“high-paying government, i.e., taxpayer paid for, jobs for Democrat supporters.”
This...may not work out well for the Left.
The expectation of more gov’t-paid workers presumes workers to pay.
Private business has found it difficult to attract workers, who are finding it more profitable to, well, not work.
When the proletariat go Galt, take notice.
These are the Assistant Democrats that voted for it
Dan Sullivan (R-AK) Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) Mike Crapo (R-ID) Roy Blunt (R-MO) Richard Burr (R-NC) Deb Fischer (R-NE) Lindsey Graham (R-SC) Rob Portman (R-OH) Thom Tillis (R-NC) Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) Jim Risch (R-ID) Chuck Grassley (R-IA) Bill Cassidy (R-LA) Kevin Cramer (R-ND) Roger Wicker (R-MS) Mitch McConnell (R-KY) John Hoeven (R-ND) Susan Collins (R-ME) Mitt Romney (R-UT)
Most of the Republicans in Congress are Assistant Democrats.
We MUST elect better Republicans.
btt
More Rep senators (19) voted for the bill than Reps in the House(13). I blame McConnell more than McCarthy for this debacle.
Once the public knows more about what is actually in the bill that has 9% in real infrastructure and the rest for the Dem political agenda, the more heat will be put on the Reps who voted for it. The Stupid Party once again snatches defeat from the jaws of victory.
And the BBB bill may be scaled down, but it will also pass. A complete clusterfu*k.
i just want to know which republicans are going to dare to show their faces at this ceremony. I’m sure Kinzinger will be there since the coward is not running again.
Another dog & pony show brought to you by the current administration; who ever they are.
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