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Why GOP Opposes President Biden’s 2T Plan


Biden’s American Jobs Plan

It is well documented that rural areas have no access to current information on government programs and how they affect their lives. As an example many do not know that Medicare is Government program and the ACA supplemented it. Due to the misinformation provided by their representatives in Congress many have missed out on medical care. It is possible that broadband access could have provided essential information on communication, health, weather and issues that directly affect their lives. We must be reminded that many members of Congress on both sides benefit from the Tax reform bill of 2017 directly or indirectly while taxpayers who make below $400 thousand pay the bills.

President Biden’s proposed $2 trillion infrastructure plan allocates:

  • $621 billion on roads, bridges, public transit, rail, ports, waterways, airports, and electric vehicles to improve air quality, reduce congestion, and limit greenhouse gas emissions
  • $400 billion to bolster caregiving for aging and disabled Americans
  • $300 billion toward boosting manufacturing, specifically semiconductor, medical, and clean manufacturing
  • $213 billion toward building, renovating, and retrofitting over two million homes and housing units
  • $180 billion to advance US leadership in critical technologies, upgrade research infrastructure, and establish the US as a leader in climate science, innovation, and research and development
  • $111 billion to rebuild water infrastructure and replace all of the nation’s lead pipes and service lines
  • $100 billion to build new public schools and upgrade existing buildings, and $12 billion to states to use towards infrastructure needs at community colleges
  • $100 billion in order to give every American access to affordable, reliable, and high-speed broadband
  • $100 billion to workforce development to help dislocated workers, assist underserved groups, and get students on career paths before they graduate high school
  • $18 billion to modernize the Veterans Affairs’ hospitals and $10 billion to modernize federal buildings

Biden’s proposal would be paid for by raising corporate tax to 28% and the global minimum tax to 21%, placing a 15% levy on book income for the largest corporations, and corporate inversions.

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Believe The Lies Or Believe Your Eyes


We have viewed politicians with suspicion while running for an office and when they are in office based on what they have done and said while in the office. When first stepping into the political arena we want to believe they will bring change for the better according to our personal beliefs and desires, more often than not we are all disappointed, elated or neutral. The past 4 years of the former administration has shown that we have been in the grips of the most vile administration and Congress elected in years. The worst of our long serving legislators now has a slim grip on the government after having had a tighter hold previously. The “tax reform” bill of 2017 has made the “user fee” a heavier load for the voters while touting the reduction of Corporate taxes which was supposed to result in more “trickle down” benefits for the voters, the trickle never happened and was quickly ignored by us-“the voters” when a cloud of other issues was brought above us. We became so swept up in immigration and the ensuing misinformation about immigration along with the untold story of the reduction or stoppage of the aid to the countries where the immigrants originated. This funding reduction and cessation exacerbated the immigration issue along with the halting and piled on legalities of processing immigrants. The user fees are what we as consumers pay to finance the tax reductions for the 1% who pay less or no taxes compared to the 99% of taxpayers. Now the “neer do wells” we call Congress are backing the reworking of voting rules in “their” home states which limit the voting options for us (the voters). These “changes for the better” affect the neediest of us of all colors and ethnicities while the perpetrators if these so called “improvements” keep fomenting the big and small lies for their own benefit. It is our (we the people) duty and right to stand against the people WE elected on any laws that go against our collective interests. Our power is the vote and we can exercise it anytime we want. Our (the voters) major failing has been voting by Rote which is what the political establishment wants and attempts to keep us doing with mass media presentations and great sounding sound bites that mean nothing when analyzed. It is the job of all voters to pay attention to who we elected and what they get and have gotten out of “serving”. Just to put things in perspective: the average annual pay for a Congressional member is $174,000. annually with other office perks like staff and office funding, additional money for committee assignments. At the end of a 20 year term this will be a lifetime earning of about $42,000,000. with an average retirement amount of $73 -80 thousand annually. Before you commit to any party and their members bear in mind that they are politicians and politicians lie for a living and will steal candy from a baby!

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PoLIticians


We all should be aware that political office was supposed to be and should be about service first however since the inception of this country that has not been the case. We created our political system on other countries and tailored it to our use. The one thing that was not lost in translation was the hyperbole and out right lies. (hence the appropriate spelling of the word PoLItician). It is ironic that two letters in the center of the word explains the person and their actions. Our political system has brought us to the point where the fabled character Pinocchio would be considered truthful. The politicians for the past several years have made lying an art form. This crosses all party lines and has unfortunately made the few that tell some truth pariahs in their own constituencies and parties. The Congressional members who have not supported vaccinations secretly got the vaccines but have not or did not support it for their constituents. They have supported laws that change voting rights and because they determined that one party voted a certain way more than another but ignoring the fact that their own base is also affected (there has been no outcry from that base so far). The GOP could surely be labeled the “TRUMP” party as the current office holders are concerned about losing his “base” who appear to be open to real sounding Lies or “non facts” rather than the unpopular truth. The Trump party has taken misinformation to an art form that the GOP has embraced for their own purposes against the interest of the country and the voters on both sides. We should be reminded that when we vote, we are voting for a person (or should be) who we believe to have integrity. The supporting party is just a vehicle to help one get elected and not necessarily the credo of the individuals even though some follow blindly in the face of real evidence. It is our job (voters) to be aware of what the truth is as we will not find it on every news outlet yet it is out there. Finding the truth involves the work of investigation of news sources and how honest they are. News reporting is supposed be based on what is actual and then neutrally reported as presented with no coloration, that part is best left to the opinion columns. There is no greater crime than deceiving the people who elected you to government office.

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Defininition


“Men are most apt to believe that they least understand“

Michel de Montaigne

The last 4 years of the Trump administration has shown how gullible some of us are, the GOP has embraced the lie line in pursuit of “their” agenda to the detriment of their constituents and the Country. The GOP has made commitment to the “big lie” regarding the election and making talking points about what they have done and attempted to do but ascribing those talking points to the Dems. The prime example that has been offered without foundation is “packing the courts”, which Mitch McConnell did during the Trump Presidency. Now Senator Grassley is asking for additional vetting of John Kerry when he made no such demands on the unqualified members of TOTUS’s cabinet and inner circle. No Matter your political preference, it is important to understand the basis of all political actions by either party. Remember that the average pay for members of Congress is $174000.00 annually plus additional money for committee assignments and office perks for supplies and staffing, this rounds out to about 42 million dollars paid out over 20 years in office (notice I did not say service!). Upon retirement the average annual payout is 75 to 80 thousand dollars. A real parallel to our current political landscape can be found in the Star Wars saga from the series beginning to the last issue of the franchise. You do not have to be a fan but the progression is remarkable similar. If we as voters are not paying attention we will have another soul sucking government under the NEO GOP led by dictator like elected officials whose sole aim is their well being and taking us back to pre civil war government or worse Putinesque style government.

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Where We Are


These past four years and counting have given us ( the voters) an opportunity to see what real government is about. For years many of us have been spoon fed the idea that Government is the enemy yet we have elected the same representatives time after time by party, ideals or espoused ideas while ignoring the character of the candidates. It is unfortunate that the GOP aka Dupublicans) in one form or another has been the party of NO, small government and regression. This is not to say the The DEM’s (aka Scamocrats) are better or worse but it seems more voter friendly. These two parties have been a desperate struggle for the support of the people but primarily through fear and semi to full on lies. The leaders have spent years peeing on our shoes and telling us it’s just raining! We again have a President whose aim is to take care of the voters (at last) while the antis of all sorts are trashing what’s being done by screaming about the cost to future generations, If these actions are not taken now no matter the expense, there will be no future generations to speak of. TOTUS left us in poor shape and the Congress under the GOP allowed it, the GOP is the party that has spent millions for recounts on an election decided by the people ( ESSENTIALLY ATTEMPTING TO NEGATE OUR VOTES!). Now the same party in many states are redrafting voting laws to depress the vote in future elections, all of this smacks of theft by the people we voted in to help us, not themselves. As voters we have the duty and right to look carefully at who we have elected and their actions regarding our well being, if we cannot positively state that those electeds are working for us then we need to change the deal by voting them out. WE need to remember that what happens to one of us, affects us all no matter how little or how much. Quickly about immigration: TOTUS stopped sending aid to our Southern partners which assisted them in curtailing crime and boosting their economies. Once this funding stopped then the baser elements of those countries emerged, increasing the migration flow and allowed the creation of arcane immigration rules that essentially created the “border Crisis”. Where we are now is we have a President who understands what is needed and is bucking a headwind of neer do well Congressional members who have convinced some of us that big government is bad and poor state government is good. States are limited in what they can accomplish, the Federal government is not hence the many executive orders and big spending bills that should have been done years ago. If it is not clear now, it will be as the GOP continues on its backwards trek into reconstruction while attempting to stop NEO Reconstruction. There is no upside to the GOP’s opposition to the Biden plan for Americans and they know it yet they espouse the idea that this spending on much needed infrastructure which will produce jobs is wrong. It might be well to look at China and Europe’s transportation systems of high speed rail which could have been accomplished here if our Neer do wells in Congress had backed it. The issue with elected officials is that they are swayed by a generous flow of money from Lobbyists and large dollar donors but their actions do not benefit the voters that they owe allegiance to.

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