Biden Policy Thread - III...

[uafanataum]

Good people on both sides

A GOP lawmaker says he's been receiving threatening phone calls after voting for Biden's $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill

Michigan GOP Rep. Fred Upton said he received a threatening voicemail where the caller said, "I hope everyone in your ****ing family dies."

www.businessinsider.com

I believe some people have become so entrenched that they have lost all perspective and willingness to negotiate with " the other side." I have some family members that are so sure that democrats are evil that they will not let me speak one good word about them without getting into an argument. One even told me that evil democrat Joe Manchin was keeping them from getting their money and when I pointed out that most
democrats wanted to pass the bill and that no republicans did they just started spewing lies at me that I am not sure even foxnews would try.

 

[MikeInBama]

Meanwhile gas and energy costs increase. When is that green energy panacea going to hit?

 

[uafanataum]

Meanwhile gas and energy costs increase. When is that green energy panacea going to hit?

Never. There will never be enough liberals in congress to pass that. Notice I said liberals. Not democrats.

 

[Tug Tide]

Well, I currently work for a company that will be greatly affected by this bill, and the delays put a hold on some projects; others are affected more than us because we have plenty of work at the moment.
We just disagree - I’m not at all on board with all this celebratory nonsense.
I work hard too. They get paid a lot more than I do, or ever did.

I doesn’t matter if this was signed by POTUS 5 minutes after the House vote. There’s weeks and months of behind the scenes work by staff at Treasury, Transportation and a host of other agencies that has to be done to get the ball rolling here.
I feel certain the people working under his Cabinet members and the people under them are working their collective tails off to get this off the ground as quickly as possible.
Then you have municipalities all across the country that will have to take time to prioritize which projects they try to address first. This isn’t going to a quick spending spree, it was never designed to be that way

 

[TexasBama]

Well, I currently work for a company that will be greatly affected by this bill, and the delays put a hold on some projects; others are affected more than us because we have plenty of work at the moment.
We just disagree - I’m not at all on board with all this celebratory nonsense.
I work hard too. They get paid a lot more than I do, or ever did.

I couldn't imagine any project being funded sooner than a year from now, maybe a year and a half.
And if any of the money is earmarked for grants, add another year.

 

[Bamaro]

Meanwhile gas and energy costs increase. When is that green energy panacea going to hit?

Green energy is not about cheaping out on current prices. Its about trying to save the planet AND economy by doing whats right for the future.

 

[twofbyc]

I doesn’t matter if this was signed by POTUS 5 minutes after the House vote. There’s weeks and months of behind the scenes work by staff at Treasury, Transportation and a host of other agencies that has to be done to get the ball rolling here.
I feel certain the people working under his Cabinet members and the people under them are working their collective tails off to get this off the ground as quickly as possible.
Then you have municipalities all across the country that will have to take time to prioritize which projects they try to address first. This isn’t going to a quick spending spree, it was never designed to be that way

Biden just said minutes ago, I think 75 billion, is going to be expedited. I wasn’t under any illusion this was going to be immediately dumped into the economy, as you suggest.
but it’s already been delayed months; how long ago did the Senate approve it?
THAT was my point: every day it’s delayed is another day the wheels don’t get turning, and it’s already senselessly been delayed too long.

 

[twofbyc]

I doesn’t matter if this was signed by POTUS 5 minutes after the House vote. There’s weeks and months of behind the scenes work by staff at Treasury, Transportation and a host of other agencies that has to be done to get the ball rolling here.
I feel certain the people working under his Cabinet members and the people under them are working their collective tails off to get this off the ground as quickly as possible.
Then you have municipalities all across the country that will have to take time to prioritize which projects they try to address first. This isn’t going to a quick spending spree, it was never designed to be that way

And as far as municipalities go, I can’t speak to any others but around here, that priority is already set.

 

[Tug Tide]

Biden just said minutes ago, I think 75 billion, is going to be expedited. I wasn’t under any illusion this was going to be immediately dumped into the economy, as you suggest.
but it’s already been delayed months; how long ago did the Senate approve it?
THAT was my point: every day it’s delayed is another day the wheels don’t get turning, and it’s already senselessly been delayed too long.

It wasn’t delayed, it was negotiated

 

[twofbyc]

It wasn’t delayed, it was negotiated

Potato, potahto - senate version wasn’t negotiated/changed in the house; only the passing date. Political theater for which credit is due not just to Manchin/Sinema.
It was delayed.

 

[92tide]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1461721710001012736

 

[tattooguy21]

So many things can change in 9 days. Tough to keep up. Same "journalist." And they wonder why people don't take today's journalism seriously.

Biden's policies enacted upon entering the presidency are NOT a direct impact on current prices. At least, not to the effect that many believe. It doesn't work that fast. His policies will absolutely destroy us in 8-10 years, but hey.....no one cares about that down the road stuff.

Speculators started upping prices as early as mid June last year. Common tendency if you actually want to see the pattern.....when democrats get elected oil prices climb. Oil price climb for 2 reasons from a speculative side with politics: they expect the guy is gonna make oil lives harder (which, he did and they often do) and then once the president actually does it, it "justifies" the previous priceincrease and gives them reign to continue the climb, making it easy to finger point at the sitting President, as opposed to the speculators. His numbers drop, and maybe he gets friendlier with them and they reduce the pain.

 

[Tug Tide]

I saw my first Biden “I did that” sticker at a gas pump near the house. I peeled it off and stuck it to the inside of my wallet. I’m going to find a nice road construction project and put the sticker on a sign for it.

 

[Chukker Veteran]

I’ve been pleasantly surprised with most of what Biden has done but I find myself wondering who will run next time. I guess Harris is the natural choice and I don't have any problems with her, but could she win? Biden seems competent but tired.

Three more years in the hot seat will further age Biden, just like it has every other President. It seems a stretch to think he could keep it up for seven more years.

 

[B1GTide]

I’ve been pleasantly surprised with most of what Biden has done but I find myself wondering who will run next time. I guess Harris is the natural choice and I don't have any problems with her, but could she win? Biden seems competent but tired.

Three more years in the hot seat will further age Biden, just like it has every other President. It seems a stretch to think he could keep it up for seven more years.

I am hearing that he plans to run again in 2024.

 

[92tide]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1465702470454157313

 

[uafanataum]

US will resume policy for asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico - NewsBreak

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration has struck an agreement with Mexico to next week reinstate a Trump-era border policy that forces asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court, U.S. officials said Thursday. Revival of the “Remain in Mexico” policy comes under a...

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This article irks me because of the title and the first paragraph. If one was to only read that part they would assume Biden is going back on his word. If you read the whole thing then you see it was court ordered. The media gets on my nerves.

 

[92tide]

U.S. government deficit down 17 percent from same period a year ago

The improvement reflected government revenues that have been rising at a faster pace than spending over the past two months.

www.pbs.org

 

[TexasBama]

U.S. government deficit down 17 percent from same period a year ago

The improvement reflected government revenues that have been rising at a faster pace than spending over the past two months.

www.pbs.org

Who could have foreseen this?

 

[chanson78]

I’m not sure it’s fair to tout a reduction in the deficit due to Biden‘s policies when there are many things that have changed in a year due to things that were going to happen whether he was President or not.