Several Democrats acknowledge that there is a waste of spending on the $ 1.9 trillion COVID aid bill approved by the Senate over the weekend. As reported, only 9% of the legislation seems to be directed towards actual COVID health expenditures. The rest, as GOP leader Kevin McCarthy PROVEN, is saved for special progressive interests.
How else can the $ 100 million savings for the San Francisco Bay Area fast transportation system be explained?
Dear Democrats:
Stop calling it a “COVID Relief” plan. A better name would be “The Hairy Payoff”. pic.twitter.com/YLEwvbakJE
– Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) February 25, 2021
More and more, Democrats cannot explain it. In a debate with Kevin O’Leary, broadcast by “Shark Tank” on CNBC, on Tuesday, Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) agreed that there is “some waste” in the project.
“There is some waste there, there is no doubt that there is some waste there,” Suozzi said. He just didn’t agree on how much waste.
“It’s less than $ 100 billion in waste, it’s much less,” he said.
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Democratic Congressman Tom Souzzi admits there is waste in the Democrats’ wishes bill:
“There is some waste there, there is no doubt that there is some waste there.” pic.twitter.com/7TaTOc0ny8
– Mark Bednar (@MarkBednar) March 9, 2021
“I would have liked to see $ 1,400 incentive checks go more to people and less money to people who are actually working right now,” Suozzi added.
He is not the only Democrat who has doubts about the bill. He’s not even the only Democrat in New York. Representative Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) told CNN that “there will be a line that will probably be somewhat embarrassing.” He said he “doesn’t feel comfortable” with that.
Two House Democrats voted with Republicans against the US bailout plan, including Rep. Jared Golden (ME). He explained why.
“In difficult times, the country needs its elected leaders to work together to meet the most urgent needs of their communities. This bill responds to urgent needs and then buries them under a mountain of unnecessary or untimely spending,” he said. the congressman in a statement. . “In reviewing the bill in its entirety, less than 20% of total spending addresses COVID’s key challenges that are immediately pressing: funding for vaccine distribution and testing, and federal emergency unemployment programs. I support these parts of the bill. and I think we should do more for the people most affected by the pandemic by continuing to expand unemployment programs until economic indicators show that they are no longer needed. ”
The chamber will vote on the bill approved by the Senate on Wednesday morning.