Republicans posture as party of working people
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Biden s Infrastructure Plan Is Not About Infrastructure - James B Meigs, Commentary Magazine
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The media debate over the $2 billion American Jobs Plan that President Joe Biden rolled out last week is getting bogged down in a tedious discussion over what, precisely, constitutes “infrastructure.” Republicans and right-wing propagandists have fixated on the inane talking point that too much of the bill goes to policies beyond the “roads and bridges” that they claim constitute infrastructure, and too many journalists at mainstream outlets have taken their bait.
There are a lot of reasons reporters should not seriously entertain this critique. “Infrastructure,” as Biden noted in a Wednesday speech, is a malleable term whose meaning has expanded over time. The plan’s GOP critics are acting in bad faith, as they have previously described many of the policies they complain were included in the plan, like broadband and skills training, as “infrastructure.” The White House proposal is called the American Jobs Plan, not the American Infrastructure Plan, which clearly s