There are elements in the president’s infrastructure bill that sound like infrastructure: $550 billion for transportation, including $80 billon for rail (talk about yesterday); $100 billion for universal broadband; $111 billion for water infrastructure; maybe even $100 billion for workforce development. But, the other elements of the president’s proposal have nothing to do with infrastructure; they are new or expanded entitlement programs, like over $400 billion for elderly care and expanded Medicaid, a massive new $200 billion public housing program, and hundreds of billions for the Green New Deal agenda. Most of these programs are not one-time investments; they are social programs that will create new entitlements and will continue to drain the federal budget forever. And, they are no more “infrastructure programs” than raising the minimum wage was “COVID relief” — unless, of course, you are Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and believe everything is infrastructure. But, if everything is “infrastructure,” then the word has no meaning. Responsible investment in real infrastructure would be valuable. But if the Democrats want to enact these new entitlements, social programs and green agenda items, they should level with the American people and call them what they are. Enact these new programs through normal committee and annual appropriations processes, or call their bill what it really is: “The New Entitlements Act of 2021.” https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2021/04/25/lets-call-the-biden-infrastructure-bill-what-it-is-the-new-entitlements-act-of-2021/
There are elements in the president’s infrastructure bill that sound like infrastructure: $550 billion for transportation, including $80 billon for rail (talk about yesterday); $100 billion for universal broadband; $111 billion for water infrastructure; maybe even $100 billion for workforce development. But, the other elements of the president’s proposal have nothing to do with infrastructure; they are new or expanded entitlement programs, like over $400 billion for elderly care and expanded Medicaid, a massive new $200 billion public housing program, and hundreds of billions for the Green New Deal agenda. Most of these programs are not one-time investments; they are social programs that will create new entitlements and will continue to drain the federal budget forever. And, they are no more “infrastructure programs” than raising the minimum wage was “COVID relief” — unless, of course, you are Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and believe everything is infrastructure. But, if everything is “infrastructure,” then the word has no meaning. Responsible investment in real infrastructure would be valuable. But if the Democrats want to enact these new entitlements, social programs and green agenda items, they should level with the American people and call them what they are. Enact these new programs through normal committee and annual appropriations processes, or call their bill what it really is: “The New Entitlements Act of 2021.” https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2021/04/25/lets-call-the-biden-infrastructure-bill-what-it-is-the-new-entitlements-act-of-2021/ AaronBush 发表于 2021-05-22 11:27
The military industrial complex is the biggest entitlement program in the US. It’s been going on for too long
Q “民主” - 以人民生活为主! Democracy - People's livelihood Freedom/Liberty - Self-control! UQ When many children were taught the conventional concepts of democracy, freedom/liberty, Santa Claus, personified God, etc., but certain science is untrusted, people would possibly project well the future world likely they will live. Q World expert in scientific misconduct faces legal action for challenging integrity of hydroxychloroquine study Australian and international scientists publish open letter defending Dr Elisabeth Bik and calling for science whistleblowers to be protected UQ
美国政客在战争和军事开支上倒从不吝啬。伊拉克阿富汗战争至今花费7.5 trillions (1T=1000 billions)。还有一年军事开支，接近1T，世界4%的人口每年疲于奔命地支付着世界50%军事开支。看不出一般百姓从中占了什么好处。
这些昂贵的战争、军费倒是年复一年地把某些人的腰包塞的满满的。他们还披着捍卫自由的幌子，别人拿他们一点办法都没有。让人怀疑美国政治是不是被一小撮人操纵着，民主有多少是货真价实的。
But, the other elements of the president’s proposal have nothing to do with infrastructure; they are new or expanded entitlement programs, like over $400 billion for elderly care and expanded Medicaid, a massive new $200 billion public housing program, and hundreds of billions for the Green New Deal agenda.
Most of these programs are not one-time investments; they are social programs that will create new entitlements and will continue to drain the federal budget forever. And, they are no more “infrastructure programs” than raising the minimum wage was “COVID relief” — unless, of course, you are Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and believe everything is infrastructure. But, if everything is “infrastructure,” then the word has no meaning.
Responsible investment in real infrastructure would be valuable. But if the Democrats want to enact these new entitlements, social programs and green agenda items, they should level with the American people and call them what they are. Enact these new programs through normal committee and annual appropriations processes, or call their bill what it really is: “The New Entitlements Act of 2021.” https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2021/04/25/lets-call-the-biden-infrastructure-bill-what-it-is-the-new-entitlements-act-of-2021/
Besides, Freedom/Liberty should be measured by Self-control!
The military industrial complex is the biggest entitlement program in the US. It’s been going on for too long
Then, We, the people, can live in a world of real Peace!
Freedom/Liberty - Self-control! UQ
When many children were taught the conventional concepts of democracy, freedom/liberty, Santa Claus, personified God, etc., but certain science is untrusted, people would possibly project well the future world likely they will live.
Q World expert in scientific misconduct faces legal action for challenging integrity of hydroxychloroquine study Australian and international scientists publish open letter defending Dr Elisabeth Bik and calling for science whistleblowers to be protected UQ
"自由" - 优化自我控制的合理性程度！ Freedom/Liberty - Optimising Self-control Rationalisation!
Q ‘Treated like slaves’: The plight of Chinese meat workers in Australia The inside story on the lucrative trade in foreign workers who pay recruiters as much as $70,000 for a job in an Australian abattoir. UQ