Posted on 03/09/2021 11:05:28 AM PST by Heartlander
...Here are 10 crazy examples of waste and partisan kick-backs that have nothing to do with COVID-19 but are in the new bill.
1. $1 Billion for ‘Racial Justice’ for Farmers
“The $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus package being pushed by 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,” Fox News reports.
2. $50 Million for ‘Environmental Justice’ Grants
The legislation allocates $50 million for “environmental justice” grants via the Environmental Protection Agency. The Republican Study Committee decried these grants as a “thinly-veiled kickback” because much of this money will end up going to left-wing political groups.
3. $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.
4. $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.”
5. $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.
6. $750 Million for ‘Global Health’
One might expect the U.S. Congress’s COVID-19 legislation to focus on, well, the U.S. But the new...
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Think about it;
If Republicans spent their entire 1,2,20 hours just asking ...
"Does this bill, amendment say ____?"
....and just stand quietly for ONE minute, state the other side refuses to answer, reserve the balance etc.
We MIGHT get the message across to the America that is actually watching/listening to CSPAN.
DEMOCRATS ARE THE ENEMY OF AMERICA
Think about it;
If Republicans spent their entire 1,2,20 hours just asking ...
"Does this bill, amendment say ____?"
....and just stand quietly for ONE minute, state the other side refuses to answer, reserve the balance etc.
We MIGHT get the message across to the America that is actually watching/listening to CSPAN.
DEMOCRATS ARE THE ENEMY OF AMERICA
The dims morphed into the CPUSA in 2008 and have only gotten bolder.
imo ... they should be attacking the Democrats.
I listened to one minute speeches today on CSPAN and it occurred to me ....
No one was challenging the democrats, just stating, "Y'know ... this bill does such and such.
There is zero information in those statements.
No answers.
DEMAND the democrats answer.
IN 2022, WE MUST VOTE AGAINST EVERY SINGLE “MEMBER” WHO VOTES FOR THIS GARBAGE!
I think it was Rush who pointed out that a big part of the prior Covid bill was all about funding failing state employees pension funds. Probably more of that in this one, too.
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