Posted on 03/24/2022 8:59:57 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The U.S. Congress authorized spending $9 billion on funding an initial two-shot vaccine and a booster shot for all Americans. But now, as the pharmaceutical companies are telling Congress that another booster will be needed, the administration is pleading poverty.
“We do have sufficient current inventory of vaccines, both at states and pharmacies and other access points around the country and in our central inventory for fourth doses if they’re called for this spring for our most vulnerable, including seniors,” Biden COVID-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients said.
“Where we do not have sufficient doses is later in the year if the science dictates that all Americans should get a booster, or if there’s a need for a new formulation of the vaccine, a variant-specific vaccine,” Zeints said.
So, has the government spent all $5.1 trillion authorized by Congress for COVID relief funding? Not exactly. There’s an unknown amount of that money still in the pipeline that’s unspent.
Ninety-three percent of the remaining money from the American Rescue Plan passed last year has been “obligated or distributed to specific grantees or groups, including states and localities,” according to the Biden administration.
Just because that money has been “obligated” doesn’t mean it has already been spent. In fact, Congress has redirected funds from pandemic relief before. The $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill contained only about $550 billion in new spending. There was $13 billion in “repurposed” pandemic relief spending in the bill — monies that were already appropriated that were found to be unnecessary for the purpose they were supposed to fund.
But instead of looking for cash in the $5 trillion that’s already been appropriated, Biden wants brand new spending authorized for a shot that most Americans won’t even need.
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No government mandates, IIRC, but a private company is FREE to set its own rules. A downside of freedom.
Pfizer and Moderna want more money. And they’ll make sure to kick in their “10% for the big guy.”
Oh, there’s at least one running around FR today and the last few days shilling his little head off.
Yes, because those of us who are still alive (and smart enough to avoid that cocktail of dangerous sh1t) need to be vaxx-poisoned to death.
Ah, yes. The vaxxtards and covidiots better hide under a rock.
Heaven knows how many innocent people have been poisoned and murdered by that rat-poison vaxxx sh1t, and they are indirectly responsible for it.
Sounds like your daughter is in a bad place.
Sorry to see this happen to her, and I hope she retains her fertility depsite being Vaxx-poisoned.
Psakopath slithered under a rock somewhere in the District of Corruption to lay her eggs.
Instead, first, you GovCo big Pharma types need to pay for all of the damages and deaths you’ve already caused with your vaxx and boosters.
And then, you must give an accounting for how all future damage and death claims will be paid for.
After that public hearing and accounting for what has been done, then we’ll see how many want more of your vaxx and who should pay for it, okay?
Do we have a deal? Or will y’all just roll over our God-given freedom of speech, choice, life and liberty again with your mandated vaxx madness by government force and coercion, again, just like you’ve been doing?
Hey....$hot $hifts are only so long....has to get in as many posts, as possible, in that time 🤣
Every time Psaki gets covid, her attention is diverted enough to allow the souls of 100 children to be released from her freckles
There is still over $350 Billion in unspent Covid funding.
$800 Billion per Fox business news democrats are like junkies never enough.
FL doesn’t have mandates! Mayo says they don’t care if she had allergic reaction to initial dosebecause She was informed because Mayo is a private company they are NOT required to make decisions based on CDC or FL Governor.
What? There’s a surplus of vaccines now.
He wants more vaccines for the 2019 version of the virus?
Well there’s apparently so much money available they are spending money on crack pipe - er - pardon me - “smoking kits”
Thought the 4th had already been pushed so this would be the 5th.
Spring and summer cases were down last year, so what he’s saying is Gates and Fauxi are ready to release the next variant.
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