Congress passes $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, delivering major win for Biden
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Congress has passed a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, delivering on a major pillar of President Joe Biden's domestic agenda after months of internal deliberations and painstaking divisions among Democrats.

Great. Now, when Democrats inevitably get clowned on in the midterms, they won’t blame the Le-

Okay, I can’t keep a straight face.

  • CyborgMarx [any, any]
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    3 years ago

    $110 billion per year, minus the inevitable grift, the bloated contracts, in five years we're gonna read "scandalous" articles about how the majority of the money supposed to have been spent hasn't even been touched

    Also watch deficit hawks pop out of the woodworks in the next months

    • pooh [she/her, any]
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      3 years ago

      China spent $8 trillion on infrastructure in 2020, for comparison.

      :xi-lib-tears:

      • CopsDyingIsGood [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Do you have a source for this? I would love to whip this out in an argument with some libs lol

        • pooh [she/her, any]
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          3 years ago

          https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2021/08/07/biden-infrastructure-bill-message-china-502739

          Numbers from the National Bureau of Statistics show that China spent about $8 trillion on infrastructure investment in 2020. The U.S. spent $146 billion in federal money over the same period. A comparison of 2018 infrastructure spending as a percentage of GDP by 48 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries ranked China first at 5.57 percent compared to 0.52 percent for the U.S.

        • pooh [she/her, any]
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          3 years ago

          Yep https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2021/08/07/biden-infrastructure-bill-message-china-502739

      • emizeko [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        54 times as much investment in infrastructure

        meanwhile bridges and apartment buildings are collapsing in USA

    • 6bicycles [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      “scandalous” articles about how the majority of the money supposed to have been spent hasn’t even been touched

      No way in hell isn't cash not getting appropiated to build more lanes of highway because congestion causes CO2