Bloated Bipartisan $1.1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Is Neither Reasonable nor Centrist
District of Columbia | August 12, 2021
The bipartisan group of senators that just passed a $1.1 trillion federal infrastructure bill is attempting to sell it as a reasonable, centrist compromise. Yet it is neither reasonable nor centrist.
If approved by the House, the bill would immensely expand the size and power of the federal government, waste hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars on things that aren’t federal responsibilities, and promote expensive, far-left causes like climate change and taxpayer subsidies for green energy companies.
But that’s not all.
Take that $1.1 trillion infrastructure bill and add to it a second bill that’s more than triple the cost, waste, and government expansion—a $3.5 trillion budget bill (the largest in history) that “has to” be passed along with the infrastructure bill.
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Improving America’s infrastructure is certainly a worthwhile goal. But this infrastructure bill won’t deliver on its promises because of its failure to properly prioritize projects. For example, things like mass transit and Amtrak would get about the same amount that’s allocated for highways, even though buses and rail account for only a tiny fraction of Americans’ travel… (Excerpts from the Heritage Foundation)