GOP Proposes A Paltry $568 Billion Infrastructure Bill.
A GOP bill that pales in comparison to the Biden Administration’s infrastructure proposal will barely scratch the surface of fixing America’s ailing bones. (The Hill)
“A group of Senate Republicans led by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) on Thursday unveiled a $568 billion infrastructure proposal, a much smaller counteroffer to President Biden’s $2.3 trillion American Jobs Plan.
Republicans sent the offer to Biden shortly before noon Thursday.
The proposal seeks to define infrastructure more narrowly compared to Biden’s expansive view of the issue, focusing on roads and bridges, public transit systems, rail, wastewater infrastructure, airports and broadband infrastructure.”
China invests in infrastructure and builds big things, America no longer does. We have succumbed to political infighting that paralyzes any effort to build large projects that will last generations. Canada was forced to foot the up front costs to build a desperately needed new bridge between Michigan and Ontario because America refused and was bogged down by the litigious owner of another crumbling bridge between the two nations that would inevitably become obsolete once the new one is finished. This is America’s chance to reclaim the title of undisputed World leader that is second to none but to do so will take a herculean heavy political lift. A shot of adrenaline may be necessary.
