Democrats are not going to sit by and just play defense in the fight against the GOP fascism. Today they are releasing the outline of a massive infrastructure plan. This gets ahead of what is going to be a Trump/GOP massive tax cut for corporations and the rich which will be wrapped in a giant lie that it’s actually an infrastructure plan.
A group of senior Senate Democrats on Tuesday plan to unveil their own $1 trillion plan to revamp the nation’s airports, bridges, roads and seaports, urging President Trump to back their proposal, which they say would create 15 million jobs over 10 years.
The Democrats said their infrastructure plan would rely on direct federal spending and would span a range of projects including not only roads and bridges, but also the nation’s broadband network, hospitals run by the Department of Veterans Affairs and schools.
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Their 10-year blueprint included $75 billion for schools, $210 billion for roads and bridges, $110 billion for aging water and sewer systems, $180 billion for expanded rail and bus lines, $70 billion for deeper ports and upgraded airports, $100 billion for an updated electrical grid, $10 billion for veterans hospitals, and $20 billion for broadband installations.
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Advisers to Trump have said they would rely on federal tax credits and public-private partnerships rather than federal spending to pay for a new infrastructure program.
This will clearly show the public the difference between the Democrats plan to help everyday Americans and the GOP swampland approach to give their Oligarch masters another opportunity to pillage the U.S. treasury. This is going to be a game of multi-dimensional chess, so we need to be careful of what’s going to be reported in the media, and what the actual goals are.
Of course, the Democrats have absolutely no chance of getting their plan passed. And they’re going to have to publicly claim they’re willing to “compromise” with the Republicans. But the longer they can stretch the process out (remember what happened when the ACA was being written?) the more they can expose the corrupt approach Trump/GOP/Putin is taking, while showing America the Dems are fighting for the people.
So the Democrats are continuing their resistance in congress, and it has to be done in a unique congressional way. The Democrats are fighting!
The next time someone at DailyKos starts with the “they’re all the same” nonsense, or “they’re all corrupt”, just keep in mind that the extreme left has it’s own version of Tea Party craziness and now is not the time to ignore reality and give in to delusion!
Resist!