Yes….
$3 Trillion …..
You can bet EVERYTHING and several kitchen sinks ARE gonna be added to the bill to get it thru the US Senate looking anything like President Biden wants to be….
He and Pelosi and Schumer are gonna have to buy as many votes as they can from Moderate Democrats…
One can’t image that any Republicans will go for this even if they are offered ‘gifts’ for their supporters back home…
Joe Biden & Co. are looking to make President FDR’s ‘New Deal’ of Big Government look like child’s play….
And?
To get this?
Joe Biden is gonna HAVE as Congress to raise taxes, something Biden has already gotten in his stimulus bill….
He’ll be expecting more tax increases for the rich….
Trump and Republicans 2017 tax giveaway to rich and corporations would be a goner one would expect….
We are looking at a BIG political fight in Congress over this…..
That effort is expected to be broken into two parts — one focused on infrastructure, and the other focused on other domestic priorities such as growing the newly expanded child tax credit for several years. The people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations, stressed that planning was preliminary and subject to change. Some aides said that the package’s final price tag remains unclear…..
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If pursued, the infrastructure and jobs bill could help define Biden’s presidency. The president has faced intense pressure, including from some Democrats, to scale back his domestic policy ambitions and work with congressional Republicans on more incremental legislation following his $1.9 trillion covid relief plan, which every Republican voted against…
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“Anybody making more than $400,000 will see a small to a significant tax increase,” Biden said last week on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
image…. Salon.Com
The Biden administration on Monday announced a new plan to dramatically scale up the use of offshore wind power that it said could create tens of thousands of new jobs while transitioning the country to clean energy.
The plan’s goal is to generate 30 gigawatts of offshore energy by the end of the decade, which could power homes for 100 million people while reducing emissions by 78 million metric tons, an administration official said in briefing reporters.
As part of the target, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said the department will set up the Wind Energy Areas for the New York Bight, an offshore area stretching from Long Island down the coast of New Jersey that includes nearly 800,000 acres for potential offshore wind farms….
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