Biden’s $1.5T budget bill funnels millions
in pork to vulnerable Democrats
Posted By: Ribicon, 3/13/2022 6:26:55 PM
President Biden’s $1.5 trillion government funding bill funnels millions of dollars in pork to vulnerable Democrats in November’s midterm elections while benefiting Republicans who helped secure its passage. Mr. Biden’s 2,741-page budget bill, which passed with bipartisan support last week, was the first in more than a decade to include earmarks. The discretionary spending measures were long banned under Republican control of Congress but returned last year under Democrats’ unified control of the House and the Senate. Although Republicans also benefit from the budget’s allotments, some of the biggest winners from the inclusion of $8 billion in earmarks are Democrats facing tough reelection challenges. Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, for instance,
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Isn't this what America is all about, extracting money from the taxpayers and driving the nation into insolvency, all for the personal political and financial gain of our esteemed political class?