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[Unforgiven]

 

[Unforgiven]

'Covid relief Bill'

 

Here are 10 crazy examples of waste and partisan kick-backs that have nothing to do with COVID-19 but are in the new bill.

1. $1 Billion for ‘Racial Justice’ for Farmers

“The $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus package being pushed by President Biden puts more than $1 billion toward ‘socially disadvantaged’ farmers and related groups — including an equity commission, agricultural training and other assistance to advance racial justice in farming,” Fox News reports.

2. $50 Million for ‘Environmental Justice’ Grants

The legislation allocates $50 million for “environmental justice” grants via the Environmental Protection Agency. The Republican Study Committee decried these grants as a “thinly-veiled kickback” because much of this money will end up going to left-wing political groups.

3. $112 Million for California Transit Project

In an expenditure with zero apparent connection to COVID-19, the new bill allocates $112 million for the “Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) expansion” program. The money would largely go to a specific “underground rail project in Silicon Valley for which planning has been going on for several years but hasn’t yet broken ground,” Fox Business reports.

4. $10 Million for Native American Language Preservation

Slipped into the seemingly endless bill text is a $10 million appropriation to “ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages during and after the public health emergency.”

5. $200 Million for Museum and Library Services

Museums and libraries are, for the most part, closed across the country. Yet under this bill, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (did you even know that was a thing?) would be allocated $200 million in taxpayer money.

6. $750 Million for ‘Global Health’

One might expect the U.S. Congress’s COVID-19 legislation to focus on, well, the U.S. But the new legislation allocates a whopping $750 million for the Centers for Disease Control to spend on global health problems and vaccination efforts in other countries.

7. $750 Million for Native American Housing

The bill also allocates $750 million — on top of existing and prior funding — for “housing assistance and supportive services programs for Native Americans.”

8. Expansion of Obamacare Subsidies

House Democrats have long sought to expand Obamacare subsidies and eliminate caps that prohibit them from going to high-income individuals. Unable to find the votes to do so via the normal legislative process, they’ve simply slipped this partisan priority into their “COVID” relief legislation.

9. Billions for Public Schools Whether They Reopen or Not

The behemoth legislation doles out $129 billion for K-12 schools, ostensibly earmarked for helping them reopen. But it’s actually just a handout for teachers’ unions and public schools. They get the money regardless of whether they reopen or not, and much of it is allocated for spending in 2022 through 2028, long after the pandemic.

10. Countless Pet Projects for Powerful Lawmakers

There are too many in the bill to count, but one glaring example of the corruption and cronyism peppered throughout this bill comes courtesy of the $1.5 million it allocates for the Seaway International Bridge. The bridge “connects New York to Canada and is a priority for New York Sen. Chuck Schumer,” the Wall Street Journal notes.

Rampant Corruption is a Feature of Big Government, Not a Bug

One would like to think that this bill and its untold billions in waste, corruption, and pork are an unusually egregious example of Congressional dereliction. Unfortunately, this kind of dysfunction is par for the course.

 

https://stream.org/10-crazy-examples-of-unrelated-waste-and-partisan-kick-backs-in-new-covid-bill/

 

Edited March 10, 2021 by Unforgiven

[US Egg]

It's all good to the Left as long as Trump is isn't President.

[T master]

Back to the Future ! We have taken a step back to 2015 when all was good in the swamp and the spending on BS pet projects and pork plus the fact that gas prices have all but raised to almost exactly where they were then is proof that we have stepped back in time and not forward .

 

And the smile on Gonzalez face shows how happy he is that China is now back in the good graces of the American gov't despite the fact that they basically invented this virus and caused the world economy to go in the toilet which was probably all part of the plan .

 

But now that the vaccine is now showing a positive impact thanks action of the prior administration for fast tracking money to those companies to get the vaccine (which there is and will be no thanks for) and this administration will make it look like it's all their doing .

 

So once again as the great song by Head East says "Same as it ever was" !! 

[Over 29 years of fanhood]

4 hours ago, Unforgiven said:

 

Isn’t this the democrat that was challenging the Biden administration for creating a border catastrophe 9 days ago? 🤔 

 

what a coincidence the past 3 years of filings were ‘just noticed’ 

Edited March 10, 2021 by Over 29 years of fanhood

[All_Pro_Bills]

4 hours ago, Unforgiven said:

'Covid relief Bill'

 

Here are 10 crazy examples of waste and partisan kick-backs that have nothing to do with COVID-19 but are in the new bill.

1. $1 Billion for ‘Racial Justice’ for Farmers

“The $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus package being pushed by President Biden puts more than $1 billion toward ‘socially disadvantaged’ farmers and related groups — including an equity commission, agricultural training and other assistance to advance racial justice in farming,” Fox News reports.

2. $50 Million for ‘Environmental Justice’ Grants

The legislation allocates $50 million for “environmental justice” grants via the Environmental Protection Agency. The Republican Study Committee decried these grants as a “thinly-veiled kickback” because much of this money will end up going to left-wing political groups.

3. $112 Million for California Transit Project

In an expenditure with zero apparent connection to COVID-19, the new bill allocates $112 million for the “Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) expansion” program. The money would largely go to a specific “underground rail project in Silicon Valley for which planning has been going on for several years but hasn’t yet broken ground,” Fox Business reports.

4. $10 Million for Native American Language Preservation

Slipped into the seemingly endless bill text is a $10 million appropriation to “ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages during and after the public health emergency.”

5. $200 Million for Museum and Library Services

Museums and libraries are, for the most part, closed across the country. Yet under this bill, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (did you even know that was a thing?) would be allocated $200 million in taxpayer money.

6. $750 Million for ‘Global Health’

One might expect the U.S. Congress’s COVID-19 legislation to focus on, well, the U.S. But the new legislation allocates a whopping $750 million for the Centers for Disease Control to spend on global health problems and vaccination efforts in other countries.

7. $750 Million for Native American Housing

The bill also allocates $750 million — on top of existing and prior funding — for “housing assistance and supportive services programs for Native Americans.”

8. Expansion of Obamacare Subsidies

House Democrats have long sought to expand Obamacare subsidies and eliminate caps that prohibit them from going to high-income individuals. Unable to find the votes to do so via the normal legislative process, they’ve simply slipped this partisan priority into their “COVID” relief legislation.

9. Billions for Public Schools Whether They Reopen or Not

The behemoth legislation doles out $129 billion for K-12 schools, ostensibly earmarked for helping them reopen. But it’s actually just a handout for teachers’ unions and public schools. They get the money regardless of whether they reopen or not, and much of it is allocated for spending in 2022 through 2028, long after the pandemic.

10. Countless Pet Projects for Powerful Lawmakers

There are too many in the bill to count, but one glaring example of the corruption and cronyism peppered throughout this bill comes courtesy of the $1.5 million it allocates for the Seaway International Bridge. The bridge “connects New York to Canada and is a priority for New York Sen. Chuck Schumer,” the Wall Street Journal notes.

Rampant Corruption is a Feature of Big Government, Not a Bug

One would like to think that this bill and its untold billions in waste, corruption, and pork are an unusually egregious example of Congressional dereliction. Unfortunately, this kind of dysfunction is par for the course.

 

https://stream.org/10-crazy-examples-of-unrelated-waste-and-partisan-kick-backs-in-new-covid-bill/

 

This spending bill doesn't have much to do with "COVID Relief" and the names are somewhat disingenuous.  A more appropriate name might be "The Hand Out A Lot of Free Money To Our Supporters And Constituents Pet Projects" bill. 

 

Who would support the Patriot Act if it was called "The Domestic Spying on All American Citizens" bill or the Affordable Care Act if it was called "The Big Health Care Spending Bill Written By The Insurance Industry To Charge You More And Make Them More Money" bill.

 

Since we're talking COVID - "A safe and effective vaccine or "an experimental messenger RNA Gene Therapy Biologic Agent with unknown mid and long term effects or complications.".  Hard to see a lot of people lining up to wait a couple hours to get injected with something presented that way.  But that's what 2 of the approved "vaccines" are.

Edited March 10, 2021 by All_Pro_Bills

[ALF]

The Trump tax cuts also added to the National Debt at the time of full employment when it was not necessary . It passed by reconciliation along party lines.

 

The CBO estimates that implementing the Act would add an estimated $2.289 trillion to the national debt over ten years,[8]

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_Cuts_and_Jobs_Act_of_2017#:~:text=The Senate passed the final,Trump on December 22%2C 2017.

 

 

Edited March 10, 2021 by ALF

[TH3]

5 hours ago, Unforgiven said:

'Covid relief Bill'

 

Here are 10 crazy examples of waste and partisan kick-backs that have nothing to do with COVID-19 but are in the new bill.

1. $1 Billion for ‘Racial Justice’ for Farmers

“The $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus package being pushed by President Biden puts more than $1 billion toward ‘socially disadvantaged’ farmers and related groups — including an equity commission, agricultural training and other assistance to advance racial justice in farming,” Fox News reports.

2. $50 Million for ‘Environmental Justice’ Grants

The legislation allocates $50 million for “environmental justice” grants via the Environmental Protection Agency. The Republican Study Committee decried these grants as a “thinly-veiled kickback” because much of this money will end up going to left-wing political groups.

3. $112 Million for California Transit Project

In an expenditure with zero apparent connection to COVID-19, the new bill allocates $112 million for the “Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) expansion” program. The money would largely go to a specific “underground rail project in Silicon Valley for which planning has been going on for several years but hasn’t yet broken ground,” Fox Business reports.

4. $10 Million for Native American Language Preservation

Slipped into the seemingly endless bill text is a $10 million appropriation to “ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages during and after the public health emergency.”

5. $200 Million for Museum and Library Services

Museums and libraries are, for the most part, closed across the country. Yet under this bill, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (did you even know that was a thing?) would be allocated $200 million in taxpayer money.

6. $750 Million for ‘Global Health’

One might expect the U.S. Congress’s COVID-19 legislation to focus on, well, the U.S. But the new legislation allocates a whopping $750 million for the Centers for Disease Control to spend on global health problems and vaccination efforts in other countries.

7. $750 Million for Native American Housing

The bill also allocates $750 million — on top of existing and prior funding — for “housing assistance and supportive services programs for Native Americans.”

8. Expansion of Obamacare Subsidies

House Democrats have long sought to expand Obamacare subsidies and eliminate caps that prohibit them from going to high-income individuals. Unable to find the votes to do so via the normal legislative process, they’ve simply slipped this partisan priority into their “COVID” relief legislation.

9. Billions for Public Schools Whether They Reopen or Not

The behemoth legislation doles out $129 billion for K-12 schools, ostensibly earmarked for helping them reopen. But it’s actually just a handout for teachers’ unions and public schools. They get the money regardless of whether they reopen or not, and much of it is allocated for spending in 2022 through 2028, long after the pandemic.

10. Countless Pet Projects for Powerful Lawmakers

There are too many in the bill to count, but one glaring example of the corruption and cronyism peppered throughout this bill comes courtesy of the $1.5 million it allocates for the Seaway International Bridge. The bridge “connects New York to Canada and is a priority for New York Sen. Chuck Schumer,” the Wall Street Journal notes.

Rampant Corruption is a Feature of Big Government, Not a Bug

One would like to think that this bill and its untold billions in waste, corruption, and pork are an unusually egregious example of Congressional dereliction. Unfortunately, this kind of dysfunction is par for the course.

 

https://stream.org/10-crazy-examples-of-unrelated-waste-and-partisan-kick-backs-in-new-covid-bill/

 

The horror of not helping white people!

[Backintheday544]

31 minutes ago, ALF said:

The Trump tax cuts also added to the National Debt at the time of full employment when it was not necessary . It passed by reconciliation along party lines.

 

The CBO estimates that implementing the Act would add an estimated $2.289 trillion to the national debt over ten years,[8]

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_Cuts_and_Jobs_Act_of_2017#:~:text=The Senate passed the final,Trump on December 22%2C 2017.

 

 

They all have Biden derangement syndrome (BDS). You can see it with how angry and constipated their posts are sounding.

 

None of them cared about all the pet projects Republicans tossed in the TCJA.

 

Dems get 2 guaranteed chances at reconciliation. Let them pass their stuff. This is what Americans voted for.

[BillStime]

5 hours ago, Unforgiven said:

 

How quickly these idiots forget that Trump had a Chinese bank account that had millions flowing through it for the entirety of his term.

 

And let’s don’t forget about Ivanka’s cherished Chinese trademarks received while Daddy was in office.

 

 

 

[B-Man]

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/03/biden-fires-eeoc-general-counsel-for-protecting-religious-rights.php

 

 

Biden Fires EEOC General Counsel for Protecting Religious Rights.

 

 

Joe Biden has fired EEOC general counsel Sharon Fast Gustafson. At least, he has tried to. I’m not sure he can.

 

Nominated in 2018, Gustafson, a respected attorney, was finally confirmed by the Senate in August 2019 for a term of four years. However, Biden asked her to cut short her tenure after only about a year and a half. When she refused, he ordered her firing.

 

To my knowledge, a changeover in administrations has never led to the firing of an EEOC general counsel. The first general counsel under whom I served at the EEOC, Abner Sibal, was appointed by Gerald Ford but continued to serve until December 1978, half way into the Jimmy Carter presidency.

 

 

In fact, under her leadership, the EEOC has been quite active, filing 93 merits lawsuits in district court across the full range of actions prohibited by the anti-discrimination laws the Commission enforces. Gustafson’s office has resolved 165 lawsuits for a total monetary recovery of $196 million. I understand that this is the largest amount recovered by the EEOC through litigation during a comparable time period in the past 16 years.

 

What, then, is there to dislike about Gustafson? The only thing I can think of is her vigorous opposition to discrimination based on religion in the workplace which, in the context of one piece of EEOC litigation, has displeased LGBT activists.

 

Religious discrimination cases make up only five of the 93 merits cases the EEOC has filed under Gustafson. Clearly, her concern with religious discrimination is not crowding out litigation to combat other forms of unlawful discrimination.

 

Gustafson did establish a Religious Discrimination Work Group that hosted a series of listening sessions in which a diverse group of representatives, including Christians, Hindus, Jews, Muslims, and Sikhs, recommended ways the EEOC could improve its response to employees who experience religious discrimination. The report on the work of this group was posted on the EEOC’s website.

 

Almost immediately after Biden’s inauguration, the report and accompanying press release were removed from the website. Similarly, an 8-minute podcast on the Religious Discrimination Work Group’s listening sessions was removed. Now, Biden wants to remove Gustafson, herself.

 

I agree with the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s take on the firing of Gustafson:

 

By firing her, President Biden has once again signaled his administration’s deep-seated antipathy to religious liberty wherever such liberty clashes with the pet politics of Democrats. . . .

 

The decision to terminate Gustafson while simultaneously erasing the record of her work for religious liberty is a sure sign that Biden’s plans for national unity are nothing more than partisan politics masquerading as bipartisan consensus.

 

 

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2021/03/05/biden-fire-trump-eeoc-general-counsel-who-refused-resign/4601765001/

 

 

 

 

[All_Pro_Bills]

4 minutes ago, BillStime said:

How quickly these idiots forget that Trump had a Chinese bank account that had millions flowing through it for the entirety of his term.

 

And let’s don’t forget about Ivanka’s cherished Chinese trademarks received while Daddy was in office.

 

 

 

We could go on forever like this.  So I could claim Biden & family took millions in payoffs from China and other foreign entries.  But where does that get us?  Defending one slime ball vs. another slim ball.  Can we agree that both political parties have ethically and morally challenged people?  And end this well when your guy did it you didn't say anything so you can't say anything now theme.    

[BillStime]

1 minute ago, All_Pro_Bills said:

We could go on forever like this.  So I could claim Biden & family took millions in payoffs from China and other foreign entries.  But where does that get us?  Defending one slime ball vs. another slim ball.  Can we agree that both political parties have ethically and morally challenged people?  And end this well when your guy did it you didn't say anything so you can't say anything now theme.    

Ask @Unforgiven

[Over 29 years of fanhood]

4 minutes ago, All_Pro_Bills said:

We could go on forever like this.  So I could claim Biden & family took millions in payoffs from China and other foreign entries.  But where does that get us?  Defending one slime ball vs. another slim ball.  Can we agree that both political parties have ethically and morally challenged people?  And end this well when your guy did it you didn't say anything so you can't say anything now theme.    

that’s a side show. The real story is this guy was a democrat publicly railing Biden administration against border crisis a week ago, and now all the sudden the last 3 years of suspect filings were ‘discovered’. 
 

coincidental?  

[leh-nerd skin-erd]

1 hour ago, Backintheday544 said:

They all have Biden derangement syndrome (BDS). You can see it with how angry and constipated their posts are sounding.

 

None of them cared about all the pet projects Republicans tossed in the TCJA.

 

Dems get 2 guaranteed chances at reconciliation. Let them pass their stuff. This is what Americans voted for.

I think Biden has Biden Derangement Syndrome but be that as it may, the vote for Trump was in many (if not most) cases a vote against traditional politics as Dems went full tilt knuckles deep into the politics of the past.  The heroes have always been Kennedy’s, Clinton’s, and Biden has assumed his rightful role as keeper of the flame.  They represent the soft racism of the passively bigoted class of Dems past among other things.  
 

The interesting part to me has been that after the Trump admin  and all the cries for change, you promptly did what you alway do—vote for the status quo guy with roots back to the 1970s.  Nothing says change like the same old hash. 
 

And...here we are.  Establishment politicians step on the American taxpayer with laundry lists of entitlements and pork, paying off friends and families, more wealth redistribution and you’re happy as a pig in sh8t.  
 

Good stuff.  

Edited March 10, 2021 by leh-nerd skin-erd

[wnyguy]

2 minutes ago, leh-nerd skin-erd said:

I think Biden has Biden Derangement Syndrome but be that as it may, the vote for Trump was in many (if not most) cases a vote against traditional politics as Dems went full tilt knuckles deep into the politics of the past.  The heroes have always been Kennedy’s, Clinton’s, and Biden has assumed his rightful role as keeper of the flame.  They represent to soft racism of the whole yet passively bigoted class among other things.  
 

The interesting part to me has been that after the Trump admin  and all the cries for change, you promptly did what you alway do—vote for the status quo guy with roots back to the 1970s.  Nothing says change like the same old hash. 
 

And...here we are.  Establishment politicians step on the American taxpayer with laundry lists of entitlements and pork, paying off friends and families, more wealth redistribution and you’re happy as a pig in sh8t.  
 

Good stuff.  

Yeah but.........Trump

[Chef Jim]

1 hour ago, ALF said:

The Trump tax cuts also added to the National Debt at the time of full employment when it was not necessary . It passed by reconciliation along party lines.

 

The CBO estimates that implementing the Act would add an estimated $2.289 trillion to the national debt over ten years,[8]

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_Cuts_and_Jobs_Act_of_2017#:~:text=The Senate passed the final,Trump on December 22%2C 2017.

 

 

 

What kind of whataboutism nonsense is this? 

 

This bill added nearly that much to the national debt in 10 minutes.  

[ALF]

12 minutes ago, Chef Jim said:

 

What kind of whataboutism nonsense is this? 

 

This bill added nearly that much to the national debt in 10 minutes.  

 

Yep what goes around comes around

[leh-nerd skin-erd]

14 minutes ago, ALF said:

 

Yep what goes around comes around

What goes around always goes around because that’s what politicians do.  They have and always will, and your sending Mr Biden to the WH is evidence to them that you’re 100% comfortable with it.  
 

 

[ALF]

1 minute ago, leh-nerd skin-erd said:

What goes around always goes around because that’s what politicians do.  They have and always will, and your sending Mr Biden to the WH is evidence to them that you’re 100% comfortable with it.  
 

 

 

I wrote in John Kasich  fwiw . Trump destroyed any chance at bipartisan cooperation for who knows how many years.