The American Rescue Plan HAS sent TONS and TENS of Billions to states and local government’s coming off the pandemic…
THIS IS a secret to American’s…
Democrats and the President, who need ANY help they can get for NOvembers midterm elections have been running around with this as a political ace buried in their pockets….
Republicans will surely makwe sure to grab the spotlight on the improvements for their own….
“This is akin to our New Deal,” Mr. Stoney said.
Unlike the New Deal, however, this $1.9 trillion federal investment in American communities has barely registered with voters. Rather than a trophy for Mr. Biden and his party, the program has become a case study in how easily voters can overlook even a lavishly funded government initiative delivering benefits close to home.
Mr. Biden’s popularity has declined in polls over the past year, and voters are giving him less credit for the country’s economic recovery than his advisers had anticipated.
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Getting voters excited about the American Rescue Plan is a tall order when so many are preoccupied with the price of gasoline and the cost and availability of other basic goods — concerns the emergency-spending bill was not designed to address.
A Gallup poll in March found that more Americans said they worried a great deal about inflation than any other issue. Crime and homelessness, both targets of rescue spending, were not far behind.
The American Rescue Plan, which also funded direct relief payments to voters and health programs like vaccine distribution, has been criticized by Republicans and some economists for pumping too much money into the economy and probably contributing to inflation.
Mr. Stoney said he had encouraged the White House to work with mayors and treat them as the “tip of the spear” in promoting its aid. Many Americans were still in a gloomy mood because of the pandemic, the mayor said, and Democrats had not done a very good job of communicating about the plan.
“Not just the president, but it’s difficult even for us sometimes to break through some of the noise that’s out there,” he said….
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This piece in the NY Times IS a effort by the Democrats in boosting Biden and their party from the possible predictive Republican Red Wave coming in November…..
image…Doug Mills/NY Times