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President Joe will not pass the 3.5 tril plan

Journal by fustakrakich

Consider it dead, along with voting/medical rights, despite Pelosi's theatrical drama

Using a legislative maneuver called reconciliation, the budget resolution is protected from being filibustered in the Senate, allowing a simple majority to approve the legislation in each chamber.

With the evenly divided Senate, Manchin is a needed vote for Democrats. They can pass the budget bill with 50 votes, meaning all Democratic-voting senators need to vote "aye" because no Republicans are expected to support the massive legislation.

But, Manchin wrote Thursday, "I, for one, won’t support a $3.5 trillion bill, or anywhere near that level of additional spending, without greater clarity about why Congress chooses to ignore the serious effects inflation and debt have on existing government programs."

Wall Street bailouts (roughly 3.5 trillion every two and a half years)? No problem

Probably just as good, we're not supposed to have that much pork in our diets anyway.

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  • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Saturday September 04 2021, @04:21AM (3 children)

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Saturday September 04 2021, @04:21AM (#1174382) Journal

    The only people doing any stealing are the bankers you support. I'll assume you profit from this theft also.

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    La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..

  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday September 04 2021, @10:38AM (2 children)

    by khallow (3766) on Saturday September 04 2021, @10:38AM (#1174418) Journal

    The only people doing any stealing are the bankers you support.

    I already mentioned said old people getting a wealth transfer from young people. So your narrative is already disproved. Move on.

    • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Saturday September 04 2021, @03:57PM

      by fustakrakich (6150) on Saturday September 04 2021, @03:57PM (#1174473) Journal

      The banks are run by old people, so... touche

      You are deluded to believe you have disproven anything I have said, You simply recite and profit from neoliberal propaganda of the financial industry. You are paid to believe I am wrong, so you must

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      La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..

    • (Score: 3, Touché) by Runaway1956 on Saturday September 04 2021, @09:11PM

      by Runaway1956 (2926) on Saturday September 04 2021, @09:11PM (#1174544) Homepage Journal

      Yeah, we gotta do something about those gangs of old people running the streets, and robbing from kids.

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