Trump is a narcissist and that is being polite. He couldn't pass his own infrastructure bill when he was in office in his 1st 2 yrs. with a R congress and senate majority .Only person who has kept his congressional district Red for Decades in NJ
Trump calls for Republican primary challenger to Chris Smith after he backed Biden’s infrastructure plan
Former President Donald Trump singled out Smith and 10 other House Republicans who voted for the bipartisan infrastructure bill.www.nj.com
That's because politicians love the status quo. They love a stalemate. Nothing gets done. Oh constituents how we tried for you but the other side wouldn't budge. See whats going on now. Biden can't pass his own agenda with a D congress and senate.
I agree in general but in both parties extremists have their own agenda and hold things up. That is why on this bill it was a big achievement to get this done . Without the far left and trump loyalists on board .
They passed a bill that is about 30% of what they aimed for with control of the house and senate. If that's a win considering D's controlled both, that's a sad W for the D promises and talking points for the last 12 months.
The infrastructure bill is great for the country. With this bill alone, Biden accomplished more than Trump ever did and this is from a half senile old man. Trump could not get it done. This is not only a big win for Biden, it’s a big win for the country
It's never a big win for the country when you add $400 billion to the debt.
I guess you missed the rocking economy for 3 straight years under Trump. If this bill is such a big W it should lead to a greater economy the next 3 years, people with less daily worries, which should result in big momentum for the D's going into midterms. I doubt all of it.
More Whataboutism. Can we judge Biden's presidency on what HE actually does? Anybody can spend money without consideration on how to pay for it.
Under trump and his tax cuts the deficit grew to almost 7.8 trillion dollars. Our infrastructure is light yrs.behind many other countries.
The deficit grows regardless of who is president because Congress refuses to cut spending. Raise taxes the deficit grows. Tax cuts the deficit grows. God forbid the Kennedy Center doesn't get another $100 million.
Trump did both spent and raised taxes. CLINTON was the last president to cut the budget from a Regan deficit to 0
Credit? Yes, he get's credit, but let's not make it seem he took down the Berlin Wall.
Since Trump measures the economy by the stock market., let’s look at the Dow. Well, Under Biden, the Dow is up from 29,000 to 36000. Election Day to now. Under Trump, in four years, it went from 19,000 to 29,000. I would say Biden is far outperforming Trump.
If it's real infrastructure, I agree with you. I think most folks want tax dollars spent on actually fixing, finishing or improving roads, bridges, tunnels, transit stations and the like. If the $ is going to BS handouts, projects that make no sense, etc, it's a different situation.
You are using the phrase incorrectly.
Merge, you are downplaying it. The infrastructure bill is a huge win. Everyone should be thrilled about it. Some people still are confusing this with the BBb bill. This is a hard infrastructure spending. Those who want to down play the importance of this are ignorant or just will refuse to give Biden or any D credit for something.
It's a good thing the market is going up. Just think where we would be if it didn't with the inflation rate soaring.
By your statement about bipartisanship don’t both sides get “credit”? I do however give d’s credit for rolling back some of the complete horse crap that some Dems wanted/want
Undeniable political W for Biden. Again, let’s hope this is real infrastructure spending and improvement here for areas of realistic and pragmatic need. I never trust or know how this type of money gets allocated and spent until it actually does.
The two sides that deserve credit are the Dems and the very few people who are left that are traditional Republicans.
That makes no sense at all and is why the U.S. is nearly $30 trillion in debt.
I just find it amazing that we ask American's on daily basis to only spend what you can afford to spend yet the government spends what's good for them whether they can afford it is irrelevant. This might have something to do with the crypto craze and at attempt to make paper money irrelevant
However, you must admit that infrastructure spending also produces jobs and creates more money for corporations which will in turn lead to increased tax revenues.
