President Joe Biden’s transformational infrastructure proposal brings to mind the Talmudic idiom, “If you grab for too much, you’ll get nothing.” The $2 trillion American Jobs Plan is a compilation
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Last week President Joe Biden travelled to Pittsburgh and introduced his $2.5 trillion spending package, which the White House has branded as infrastructure and a jobs bill.
The American Jobs Plan is a once-in-a-generation investment in America unlike anything we have seen or done since we built the Interstate Highway System and won the Space Race decades ago.
It’s big. It’s bold. And we can get it done. President Biden (@POTUS) March 31, 2021
But the vast majority of the bill isn t about infrastructure at all and the White House is clearly trying redefine the term in order to get it passed. In fact, they re headed back to talking points about killing grandma, wanting dirty water and the war on women to get the job done.
70 economists are calling for a large-scale infrastructure investment REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo/File
Seventy economists signed onto a new letter saying it s time for a big investment in infrastructure.
The letter points to President Joe Biden s new infrastructure package, which would cost $2 trillion.
One economist told Insider that the idea it s some crazy exorbitant package doesn t hold water.
Seventy economists have signed on to a letter saying it s time to go big on infrastructure. A multitrillion-dollar investment in infrastructure like the one President Biden laid out last week will help pave the way for sustainable and equitable economic growth and pay for itself in the long run, the letter, coordinated by political action group Invest in America, says.
Mississippi Republicans speak out against Bidenâs infrastructure plan (Source: WDAM) By Brandon Richard | April 4, 2021 at 2:25 PM CDT - Updated April 5 at 7:56 AM
DESOTO COUNTY, Miss. (WMC) President Joe Biden unveiled his massive infrastructure and jobs plan last week, which could provide much-needed help to the Mid-South.
But two top Republicans in Mississippi are speaking out against the presidentâs plan.
Biden says itâs time to rebuild the countryâs infrastructure, from crumbling roads and bridges to the aging electric grid.
He proposed a $2 trillion infrastructure and jobs plan and wants to raise corporate taxes to pay for it.
Blunt Urges Biden to Cut Infrastructure Package by 70 Percent for ‘Easy Win’ on GOP Backing
Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) on Sunday accused Democrats of padding the infrastructure plan with unrelated pet spending projects, while urging President Joe Biden to pare it down by around two-thirds, saying it would then easily win Republican backing and give the White House the coveted badge of bipartisanship.
Biden campaigned on being able to work across the aisle and broker big deals on Capitol Hill on issues that were important to the country, but on his recent $2 trillion pandemic relief bill, he won zero backing from Republicans, who railed against its “liberal wish-list” spending items and denounced the legislative process around its adoption as nakedly partisan.