re: #139 lawhawk

GOP hasn’t prioritized infrastructure spending for decades. The ARRA of 2009 was a fraction of what it should have been because the GOP slashed the size - and economists identify the too-small stimulus as a reason that it took far longer for the economy to recover from the Great Recession than it should have.

Biden’s not making the same mistakes.

He’s not going to let GOPers obstruct, delay, and water down the infrastructure bill either. He’s identified that the infrastructure needs have support of a majority of Americans, and tax hikes on the wealthy likewise get support. GOP in Congress care only about tax cuts, and don’t care about anything else (see also John Oliver’s latest on “The Debt!”)

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The rich will continue to profit handsomely as they benefit from efficiencies in infrastructure just as everyone else does. It’s just that they will not see the tax cuts as they once did.

Biden is being president to/for all Americans
Not just the R senators in DC

This change in focus - delivering directly to America what it needs and forcing the senate to come along (or not) -, and that his plans are popular is pissing the Rs off cause there’s no counter argument and they can’t stop it