Posted on 12/14/2024 7:40:27 AM PST by george76
The White House has confirmed that lame-duck President Joe Biden is trying to funnel “as much funding as possible” to “climate change” groups as he can before his term ends next month.
The Biden administration is seeking to rapidly disperse taxpayer-funded climate cash before President Donald Trump is sworn in to power.
Biden is hoping to cement his green energy agenda before Trump assumes the Oval Office in January.
In a memo released by the White House, Jeff Zients, Biden’s chief of staff, boasted that the president is pumping as much climate cash “as possible before the end of the term.”
Zients said that the administration is going to “sprint to the finish line and get as much done as possible for the American people” in the remaining weeks of Biden’s term.
The top Biden official said that they plan to “obligate as much funding as possible before the end of the term.”
The plan involves dishing out unspent funds from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to support globalist “climate change” projects.
The White House also said that Americans can “expect more action” on funding from the IRA.
The IRA was the Democrats’ climate legislation which was thinly disguised as an economic plan.
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Trump has suggested that he would “undo” the IRA when he becomes president.
He described the legislation as the “greatest scam in history.”
Some House Republicans, who secured a majority in the chamber in the next Congress, have signaled support for reworking the climate bill.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) told CNBC that “you’ve got to use a scalpel and not a sledgehammer” on the legislation.
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However, it’s unlikely that the IRA would be completely overturned.
Most of the funds in the IRA have already been awarded.
White House spokesperson Andrew Bates warned against Republicans and the incoming Trump administration attempting to undo Biden’s agenda.
In a memo first obtained by NBC News, Bates said:
Repealing President Biden’s signature laws would be a historic redistribution of wealth from working Americans to Big Pharma and China.”
Bates added that, despite potential pushback, projects under the IRA “have been locked in.”
He also suggested that Republican districts are benefiting from the IRA.
“That includes the creation of over 330,000 clean energy jobs — disproportionately in House districts represented by Republicans,” he wrote.
“Because of the Inflation Reduction Act, we’ve already saved more than 3.4 million Americans $8.4 million on clean energy upgrades to their homes, and more than 300,000 Americans have saved over $2 billion upfront on [electric vehicle] purchases.”
Bates didn’t include any evidence for these claims, however.
Hasn’t the American people voted against this?
So this is what “the peaceful transfer of power” looks like. Sabotage the government against the will of the people. Trump can undo everything Biden is doing, but this will allow them to tie up Trump in court for a year or two.
Trump should simply ignore the courts and proceed at full speed—just like the current Administration does.
Trump can pull those funds. After all, the climate change clown show is an unequalled record of incorrect predictions. When Al Gore is on your side, you know that low IQ is a requirement.
Sneaking = Shame
I assume Biden grifters told 'friends' about the sale first.
Maybe they'll 'remember' Biden a few months after he leaves office. Hunter will drive by to pick up cash bags of their 'thanks'. This is the same. These 'nonprofits' make a bundle and don't do crap.
Remember the stuff about all the car chargers Biden was going to build with the billions his friends were given? They build less than 10 chargers.
1. An incumbent President running for re-election should only be able to grant pardons up to election day. Make him issue those underhanded pardons before the vote. If he loses, then no more pardons.
2. The transition period should be two weeks. People no longer have to travel by horseback to get to their new jobs and setup living arrangements.
3. Congress should be in recess during the transition period except for emergencies.
4. Any EO's and important decisions should be in consultation and agreement with the incoming President.
Raiding the treasury.
Pure abuse of power
“ Most of the funds in the IRA have already been awarded.”
Well, figure out a way to UNAWARD the funds.
These bastards always think government actions have the authority of God behind them.
Screw that. This is a fiscal crisis. Chop, chop, chop up the government beast. Cancel awards and tell the awardees “Tough luck.”
“The Biden administration is seeking to rapidly disperse taxpayer-funded climate cash”
“Disperse” sounds so much gentler and kinder than “piss away.”
No greater loser than the Obama acolyte…
Will Team 47 also find the letters, DJT, missing from the keyboards?
You won’t hear a peep from the Establishmedia about being a dictator.
Someone else remembers Team Clinton’s pettiness.
Also the numbers 4 and 7; probably the 5 too.
How is this pedo-criminal getting away with this without going through Congress? While the RAT turd rollers worry about their “precious “democrazy”, we’ve got a fascist dictator running the country.
CAN TRUMP & NEW CONGRESS CLAW BACK THESE FUNDS????
Exactly the communist deep state Blob also ignores the Supreme Court and doesn’t care about laws because they are lawless.
The low-level leftists minions performing these actions need to be informed they will be held personally accountable even after the corrupt ‘big guy’ leaves for the nursing home.
Curious since the Global Warming thing has been replaced with Global Cooling.
The government has this powerful weapon called LAWFARE. Any of these “green energy” companies that don’t willingly surrender the money back to the Trump Administration should be sued to oblivion.
CLAWBACK also comes to mind.
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