Hotcoldwetdry Is Causing Americans To Relocate Or Something

By William Teach August 13, 2021 – 8:30 am

See, before the climate crisis (scam) Americans never relocated. Everyone pretty much stayed in the same place. There were no snowbirds

Climate change is leading many Americans to look for new places to live

In a year of mounting extreme weather disasters linked to climate change, more and more Americans say they are experiencing the adverse consequences of global warming and are looking to move to find relief.

For Leslie Woz, who has lived with her husband in New Smyrna Beach, Fla., for the past nine years and endured three hurricanes, the steady erosion of the coastal dunes because of rising sea levels and storm frequency has become a concern.

“The talk of rising seas is true, and we see the sea encroaching more each year,” Woz told Yahoo News. “As a result, we are very happy that we chose to rent and not buy on the beach. We would like to move to an area that would not have as much risk, but quite frankly, looking at the options across the country — with tornadoes, drought, wildfires, ice storms — we just are not sure where to go.”

There were no hurricanes before ‘climate change’, you know. Certainly not ones that struck Florida! And ice storms are apparently your fault for refusing to replace your affordable fossil fueled vehicle with an expensive EV

As rising global temperatures increase the risks of drought and wildfires across the West, severe hurricanes along much of the coastal South and East, and widespread deadly heat waves, a significant number of U.S. residents have begun to contemplate moving to escape worsening living conditions due to climate change.

A Yahoo News/YouGov poll conducted between July 30 and Aug. 2 found that a clear majority of Americans (55 percent) say they have noticed more extreme weather events where they live (heat waves, fires, storms, etc.), while just 37 percent say they have not. Of those who have noticed extreme weather in their area, a full 15 percent say they are considering the drastic step of moving elsewhere because of it.

Of course, in reality, weather is not anymore extreme than before, but, we wouldn’t want scientific facts to get in the way of a good doomsday cult narrative.

Since the dawn of the industrial age, average global temperatures have risen 1.2 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), and while that may not seem like much, it has already had a profound impact on extreme weather events worldwide. This summer’s extreme weather in the U.S. has proved to be a wake-up call for many Americans, and there is virtually no part of the country now where climate migration hasn’t become a topic of conversation.

No, it hasn’t. The actual numbers are around 1.5F (1C) since 1850. Something entirely normal during a Holocene warm period. Even if the 2.7F was correct, that would be entirely in-line with Holocene warm periods.

The climate will always change. Weather patterns will shift. That is life on Earth. Nothing is static. There’s no reason to assign witchcraft or Gods, er, human activity to it. This is all just another case of the media being advocates, rather than doing their jobs as skeptics and asking questions. I bet if the actions of news outlets were restricted, along with being slapped with carbon taxes, they’d change their minds.

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MSNBC Seems Upset That Freedom Is Winning Over Chinese Flu Fascism

By William Teach August 13, 2021 – 8:14 am

How dare you Americans choose to invoke Freedom! This makes MSNBC’s Zeeshan Aleem upset

Why ‘Freedom’ Is Winning Out Over Covid

It should be noted that MSNBC keeps changing the headline. The above is what Real Clear Politics pulled this morning. It now reads with subhead

Republicans ignored Covid to protect Trump. Now they’re motivated by something worse.
Call it the “Make Covid Great Again” agenda.

Remember when Pelosi and AOC and other Dems were saying to go visit your Chinese takeout place, just get out there and live your life? And liberal news outlets were saying COVID was no worse than the flu? And mad when Trump implemented travel bans? What Aleem means is that most Republican govs didn’t instituted significant restrictions on the citizens

A striking number of the top Republican contenders for a 2024 presidential run are increasingly bucking commonsense measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19 and framing them as tyrannical, even as the delta variant of the coronavirus wreaks havoc on their own constituents. Call it the “Make Covid Great Again” agenda — a commitment to gamble on people’s lives to stand out as conservative leaders and stay at the front of the pack for a potential White House bid.

He means masking. Which didn’t work. And won’t work. And will simply harden the positions of people who could be convinced to get the vaccine into saying “nope, what’s the point?”

“In Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott has banned local governments from implementing mask requirements even as he pleads for emergency medical help in combating a surge in coronavirus cases from the delta variant. In South Dakota, Gov. Kristi Noem welcomed hundreds of thousands of revelers to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, which last year bore characteristics of a superspreader event. And in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis is waging war on school districts seeking to defy his executive order prohibiting mask mandates for students — while the state’s rates of hospitalization from Covid surge past the worst levels of 2020.”

Masking wouldn’t stop this. No mention of Obama’s big party and the skyrocketing infection rate in the Martha’s Vineyard county

But while some Republicans have sought to heed expert advice about Covid-19, it has become a mark of political ambition to paint basic public health protocols to prevent Covid transmission as a Trojan horse for totalitarianism.

We all saw the way many Democrats acted since this began. And we all see them play Mask Theater, putting on the masks for the cameras and taking them off when out of view. Has Aleem asked why press secretary Jenn Psaki fails to wear a mask in violation of Biden’s mask mandate on federal property? Why Biden does so?

DeSantis, who has consistently strived to present himself a natural successor to Trump, warned against the specter of a “Faucian dystopia” at a right-wing conference this summer, calling for conservatives to say “no to lockdowns, no to school closures, no to restrictions and no [to] mandates.”

So, it seems Aleem and Dems want those things?

2024 is certainly a long way off, but in American politics, the presidential race is more or less ever-present. (It’s terrible, but it’s just another exceptional feature of our political system and culture.) There are already a lot of signs that Republican jockeying for the spotlight will further politicize measures to protect the public in a bid to claim the mantle of fiercest freedom fighter. In the meantime, the public will pay the price for their callous extremism.

Freedom is bad in Liberal World.

America’s Elites Want To Control You More Than They Want To Control COVID

Are you wealthier, freer, or happier than you were a year and a half ago? Assuming you aren’t on the board of a large multinational corporation or don’t belong to the political establishment, it’s almost certain that your life, just like the lives of millions of other Americans, has gotten harder since the onset of the pandemic.

But while average Americans have suffered, our elites have taken advantage of the pandemic at every turn to enact new measures that fulfill their overarching agenda. There’s perhaps no example more obvious or egregious than the seismic changes to our voting process that’ve led many to question the legitimacy of our electoral system, but other power grabs have had more acute consequences in our day-to-day lives.

The government-mandated shutdowns, for example, have laid waste to any belief that our freedom to peaceably assemble, even to take part in religious ceremonies, is still intact. For many more, particularly children, lockdowns have stunted their educational and social development, all of which is a small price to pay for our elites to pay for what some are calling “one of the greatest wealth transfers in history.”

It’s worth reading the rest.

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Greenhouse Gases Must Peak In 4 Years. Oh, And Lifestyle And Behavioral Changes

By William Teach August 12, 2021 – 3:00 pm

Who would have thought a scientific report could say things like this?

Greenhouse gas emissions must peak within 4 years, says leaked UN report

Global greenhouse gas emissions must peak in the next four years, coal and gas-fired power plants must close in the next decade and lifestyle and behavioural changes will be needed to avoid climate breakdown, according to the leaked draft of a report from the world’s leading authority on climate science.

Rich people in every country are overwhelmingly more responsible for global heating than the poor, with SUVs and meat-eating singled out for blame, and the high-carbon basis for future economic growth is also questioned.

The leak is from the forthcoming third part of the landmark report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the first part of which was published on Monday, warning of unprecedented changes to the climate, some of them irreversible. The document, called the sixth assessment report, is divided into three parts: the physical science of climate change; the impacts and ways of reducing human influence on the climate. (snip)

The report underlines the lifestyle changes that will be necessary, particularly in rich countries and among the wealthy globally. Refraining from over-heating or over-cooling homes, walking and cycling, cutting air travel and using energy-consuming appliances less can all contribute significantly to the reductions in emissions needed, the report finds.

Eating patterns in many parts of the rich world will also need to change. “A shift to diets with a higher share of plant-based protein in regions with excess consumption of calories and animal-source food can lead to substantial reductions in emissions, while also providing health benefits … Plant-based diets can reduce emissions by up to 50% compared to the average emission intensive western diet,” the report says.

Weird that it always seems to come down “scientists” trying to get governments to force citizens to change their lives, isn’t it? By wealthy, they mean “pretty much everyone in the 1st World”.

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If All You See…

By William Teach August 12, 2021 – 1:00 pm

…is a sea that will SOON! rise up and swamp the land, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is This Ain’t Hell…, with a post on a USAF Captain, part of a maintenance squadron, being lauded for cleaning a toilet.

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Chinese Virus Today: Tax The Unvaxxed, Republicans Seizing

By William Teach August 12, 2021 – 10:30 am

Just wondering, how does taxing work? Would it be considered raaaaacist, since the black and Latino populations have low vaccination rates? From the uber-Progressive (nice Fascism) minds at Washington Monthly

Tax the Unvaxxed

More than 700,000 people are flooding the South Dakota badlands this week for what will surely be the COVID-19 superspreader event of the year, the 81st annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

No complaints about Obama’s big party at Martha’s Vineyard, where infection rates have shot up. Or the big Lollapalooza in Chicago, where infections are going up.

Policymakers—and employers—have radically shifted their treatment of vaccine holdouts in recent days.  Carrots, like million-dollar prizes and college scholarships, are giving way to sticks and cudgels, with vaccine mandates for government workers and proof of vaccination soon to be required for activities like indoor dining. Life for the unvaccinated will be increasingly inconvenient.

It should also become increasingly expensive.

In a recent op-ed for The New York Times, Elizabeth Rosenthal and Glenn Kramon proposed higher insurance premiums for the willfully unvaccinated, in the same way that smokers also pay higher rates. COVID-19 patients are expensive, with average costs ranging from $51,000 to $78,000, depending on age.

It’s a good idea, and we need to do more along the same lines. Does an unvaccinated high schooler want to play on the football team or participate in another high-contact sport like wrestling?  Schools should double the activity fees for those students to cover the cost of expenses such as disinfection or medical expenses for teammates infected in an outbreak.

Does a traveler want to fly unvaccinated? Airlines should add a “public safety fee” along with the fees for checked baggage and extra legroom, with proceeds compensating flight attendants, airport staff, and other professionals for sick days and lost wages.

Restaurants should reinstitute the COVID-19 surcharge many were adding to bills at the height of the pandemic (but waive it for vaccinated customers), setting aside the funds for servers and other frontline workers. Movie theaters and concert halls should institute similar fees (again, waiving them for those who show proof of vaccination). Perhaps local governments should even impose meal and hospitality sales taxes (with exemptions for the vaccinated) to defray the costs of testing, tracking and contact tracing (in essence taxing the willfully unvaccinated).

You vill comply, Comrades. Supposedly, this won’t affect the low income

Granted, many of those remaining unvaccinated are low-income Americans facing challenges of access and scheduling. Black Americans are justifiably distrustful of a government that, historically, has mistreated them. But there’s also a sizeable subset of Americans for whom opposition to vaccination (and masking) is political and ideological, born of misguided fealty to former President Donald Trump or mystifying adherence to conspiracy theories. Vaccination rates are significantly lower in counties that voted for Trump in 2020, and about 30 percent of Republicans say “they will not get vaccinated” (compared to 5 percent of Democrats).

Nope, won’t affect blacks or low income at all!

Republicans are seizing on backlash to new mask and vaccine mandates

Republicans have found a new boogeyman in the battle for the House: the nation’s top public health agency.

As Republicans head back to their districts for the August recess, they are hammering the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and seizing on the backlash to new mask and vaccine mandates — part of a GOP-wide effort to use the fears and frustrations of Americans worried about another round of school closures and lockdowns as cudgels against their Democratic opponents.

Seizing! How horrible! Just because Americans do not want masking, lockdowns, school closures, all those things that barely worked? Terrible! At least back in the first months of the breakout there was a lot of unknowns and contradictory science, now we know that stuff doesn’t work.

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Surprise: UK’s Climate Tsar, Who Wants To Eliminate Fossil Fueled Vehicles, Still Drives One

By William Teach August 12, 2021 – 8:57 am

No one should be surprised in the least. Warmists like Alok Sharma are always big on telling Other People what to do while rarely ever doing the same. That’s how you get John Kerry flying around in fossil fueled jets, including his own. Joe Biden regularly taking fossil fueled helicopters to all sorts of places, followed by driving in a big convoy of fossil fueled vehicles. Obama and Gore owning expensive mansions at the sea shore despite prognosticating doom from sea rise (via Watts Up With That?)

Government climate tsar’s dirty secret: he still drives a diesel car

electric vehicleThe president of the Cop26 UN climate change conference has revealed he still drives a diesel car.

Alok Sharma, a Tory MP and member of Boris Johnson’s Cabinet, added swiftly that his next car would be electric.

The remarks came in a BBC Newsnight interview on the day a damning climate change report said it was “unequivocal” humans had caused global warming.

Asked “what do you drive” by the presenter, Mr Sharma responded: “I actually have a diesel car along with millions of other people.

“I don’t drive it very much. I take public transport from Reading [his constituency] into London every day. And I can assure you that my next car will most certainly be an electric vehicle.”

Why not get one now? He’s had time. And, does anyone really believe he takes public transportation that much? Maybe too work, since London traffic is insane. Think he’ll take it to Glasgow for the COP26?

This autumn, the Government will spell out how Britons will be encouraged to ditch petrol and diesel cars and gas boilers to help the UK reach “net zero” in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

Sharma is one of the ones pushing hardest for this. As Eric Worrall points out

What can I say – whether its President Obama’s epic maskless birthday bash, Gavin Newsom’s shameful visit to the French Laundry restaurant, Nancy Pelosi’s Hair appointment during a lockdown, the Chicago teachers union leader partying in Peurto Rico, while claiming its “too risky” to return to work, Sharma’s contempt for quarantine rules and travel restrictions everyone else in Britain has to observe, or Sharma’s love for his diesel vehicle, a kind of vehicle he is working to deny to everyone else in Britain, one thing is clear.

Our elites no longer even try to hide their disdain for living by the rules they inflict on ordinary people.

Quite true. And, it’s not like there aren’t lots and lots of errors in the latest UN IPCC report. As usual.

Meanwhile, even Progressives are noticing that it’s all Apocalypse Porn and a doomsday cult. And, why do climate cultists always have to lie about federal tax credits for EVs?

(Dawn Allcot at GoBankingRates) The Nissan LEAF S EV starts at $27,400, while the Kicks starts at $19,550. If you deduct the $7,500 federal tax credit, the LEAF is almost the same price as the Kicks, coming in at $19,900.

In fairness, even Nissan tries this bullshit on their webpage, but, that’s not the way tax credits work.

(US News) “It is not a federal rebate. Instead, it is an EV tax credit that reduces the federal tax liability on your income.”

In fact, they are so complicated that you are typically advised to see your tax professional. No one is going to give you $7,500. Or up to that. It could end up be $2000. Or $4000. But, it is not cash. You don’t actually have that money. Further, you are going to pay full value at purchase, meaning your loan/lease will not reflect that credit. Yet, most position this as a rebate, that you will get all that money. If they have to lie, it’s rather shady.

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The Biden Inflation Tax, Explained

By William Teach August 12, 2021 – 8:29 am

Supposedly, 80 million plus of Americans voted for this guy, so, they shouldn’t complain about the massive reduction in real wages

The Biden Inflation Tax, Made Clear in One Chart

What is all this “Biden inflation tax” talk really about? What is the actual effect of inflation on the lives of real people?

Well, below is a chart that compares yearly wage and inflation rates for each month from 2017 through July of this year using Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Wage rates are in blue and inflation (as measured by the consumer price index) is in red. When blue is on top, as it was during the entire Trump administration, workers’ wages are beating inflation and their standards of living are improving. When red is on top, they’re not.

While President Biden claims that it is “indisputable” that his jobs plan “is working,” this chart unequivocally shows that it is not, at least not for American workers. Rather, inflation is surging, more than wiping out any wage gains those workers might have experienced.

Is this all Comrade Joe’s fault? No Many of the problems now were not that bad even during the height of COVID. Sure, used cars were getting scarce and the prices were rising, but, nothing like the last few months, which will continue for at least 3-4 months. Consider, a 3 year old Civic base model coming off lease with under 36k miles would have gone for around $16-17K. Now? Easily $19-20k. If you can even find one. Want a new car? Few dealers are negotiating. Most are at MSRP. Some are marking above MSRP (a big mistake, people will remember). A goodly chunk of what’s being sold new already has a name on it before it comes off the truck. There are lots in build status, that will arrive in late August and through September, with names on them. That’s not all Joe’s fault. Chips and mining isn’t on him. Or Trump. It’s on China for COVID19

So, why is inflation surging in the Biden era? One factor is an imbalance between supply and demand. Emerging from the pandemic, we are in a period of high demand boosted by unprecedented government largesse. Thanks to that largesse, in June of this year, personal savings were nearly $400 billion higher than in January of 2020. People have money and now they’re spending it.

But the pandemic disrupted production and order flow, hobbling supply chains. Simply, people were unable to work and businesses were unable to anticipate future demand. Bad policies that pay people more not to work than they can make with a job have exacerbated the supply chain disruptions. You can’t produce and deliver goods if you can’t find workers.

Trump worked to get people back to work. Biden has worked to pay people not to work. Comrade Joe and his buds in Congress are looking to dump enormous amounts of money into the economy, which reduces the power of purchasing and increases prices

It doesn’t take an economist to see the inflationary impact. Restaurant Business, an industry publication, recently ran an article bluntly titled “Yes, It’s OK to Keep Raising Prices.” That opinion isn’t limited to restaurants. In the Institute for Supply Management’s July report, 66.7% of service businesses said they are raising prices. In the National Federation of Independent Business’ monthly survey for July, 52% of respondents reported raising prices.

That 6.4% represents selling cars at MSRP vs negotiated discounts. May not seem a lot, but, even a $1,000 discount would save you $20 a month on a 5 year finance loan, and $30 a month on a lease. Lots of backend money from manufacturers is gone. Why would a company sell at a discount if supply is super limited? Oh, someone in Danville, Va, is offering a couple grand off? Go get it. Have fun when you find out what games they are playing (we’ve seen this before). I mentioned the TV I bought on July 11th. Best Buy increased the cost from $499 before $20 discount to $569 before a $40 discount from Sunday to Monday. Is this all Joe’s fault? No. But, he and his Congressional Comrades are doing all the can to make sure inflation continues. Will wages catch up? Doubtful.

 

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Bummer: Marijuana Is Bad For The Climate Crisis (scam)

By William Teach August 11, 2021 – 3:00 pm

Again, I really do not care if people smoke marijuana, just don’t blow it on me. I don’t think it’s that bad, and the science says that many drugs, including alcohol, are far worse. Like Ted Cruz, I think it should be left up to the states to decide. That said, the Cult of Climastrology always finds a way to inject themselves into issues, being the big buzz kills they are, and this is no different. Previously, I’ve seen small websites jump in, now we have the big boys involved

An inconvenient truth (about weed)

Marijuana has never been more popular in the U.S. — and its carbon emissions have never posed a bigger threat to the climate.

America’s patchwork approach to legalizing weed has helped make cannabis cultivation one of the most energy-intensive crops in the nation. And as states increasingly embrace marijuana, a growing source of greenhouse gases is going essentially unnoticed by climate hawks on Capitol Hill.

Nationally, 80 percent of cannabis is cultivated indoors with sophisticated lighting and environmental controls designed to maximize the plant’s yield. It’s a setup that can consume up to 2,000 watts of electricity per square meter, 40 times what it takes for leafy greens like lettuce, when grown indoors.

“For being such a ‘green’ industry, there’s some skeletons in the closet,” said Kaitlin Urso, an environmental consultant with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

One recent model estimated that Massachusetts’ nascent cannabis industry represented 10 percent of the state’s industrial electricity consumption in 2020. Another study found that growing enough bud for a joint — a gram — consumes as much electricity as driving about 20 miles in a fuel-efficient car. Then there’s the still-vibrant illegal market — where there are no emissions rules whatsoever — that consumes fossil fuels at an even higher rate, often using standalone generators or stealing power from neighbors to fuel their operations.

The problem is only going to get worse.

Damned if you do damned if you don’t. I wonder what this will do to the Democrat’s push to legalize marijuana all across the country: which push is more important to them, climate crisis (scam) or getting stoned?

Over the past year, nine states, including New York, approved the production and sale of either medical or recreational marijuana. That means 100 million Americans — nearly a third of the country — now live in a state where weed is legal for anyone over the age of 21. But most cultivators in those states will be growing cannabis indoors because of climate, regulations or individual business preferences, laying the groundwork for skyrocketing electricity consumption created by the new markets.

They grow it indoors because it produces a better product, rather than outdoors. You can do this with pot, versus something like oranges.

Interstate trade is the backbone of efficiency for most products Americans consume. But cannabis, while now allowed in many states, remains illegal on the federal level, creating siloed markets that can only serve local demand and whose economics are difficult to calibrate.

I would have thought that would be better for Hotcoldwetdry, since it limits the fossil fueled transportation.

To reach Biden’s 2050 climate goal, the nation has to do just about everything right. Every fossil fuel power plant will need to close or capture its carbon emissions; millions of buildings will need to abandon fossil fuels for electric appliances; all new cars on the road will need to be electric. Any sector going in the wrong direction, especially a rapidly growing one like cannabis, will hamper progress toward that goal.

Or, you can just F off and mind your own business. Stop trying to push your cult on everyone.

Many climate advocates say legalizing cannabis on the federal level, especially before more states create new markets, would be the quickest way to ease the emissions problem, but the bill with the best odds is still a long shot. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) introduced a legalization measure last month that does not yet have the votes to pass.

This is really all about shifting control from state and local hands to the Central Government, yet another takeover by the federal government.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) had more specific concerns. As more states, and potentially the federal government, move toward legalization, the progressive icon said she would prioritize ensuring small businesses have an opportunity to grab major market share in the nascent industry and access to efficiency upgrades to make them competitive.

She does have a point. If Los Federales legalize it you’re going to see big companies get involved, driving out small business. But, small business would still be driven out as they wouldn’t be able to afford or comply with climate cult policies.

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If All You See…

By William Teach August 11, 2021 – 1:00 pm

…is a horrible fossil fueled boat, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is White House Dossier, with a post on Biden starting to tank with Independents.

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Senate Democrats Approve $3.5 Trillion America Changing Reconciliation Package

By William Teach August 11, 2021 – 10:30 am

Good job, 19 Republicans who voted for the $1.2 trillion “infrastructure” bill: that will be used to pass the insane $3.5 trillion America changing bill

Senate passes framework of $3.5T budget reconciliation package in party-line vote

Illegitimate President Joe BidenThe Senate voted early Wednesday to pass the framework of the hotly contested, $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package after a nearly 15-hour-long vote-a-rama in Washington, D.C., and if there was any camaraderie on the bipartisan infrastructure bill, it seemed to have taken a holiday after this vote.

The vote was procedural and the initial step in the budget reconciliation process that could eventually allow Democrats to pass the package without a single Republican vote. The vote on Wednesday was 50-49, and straight down party lines.

Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., said the resolution paves the way “for legislation that would redefine the very role of the federal government in the lives of average Americans, all under a 50-50 Senate, a razor-thin majority in the House, and a President who was elected on moderation.”

“After Democrats shamelessly used COVID as an excuse to pass a partisan $2 trillion liberal wish-list in March, Budget Chairman Bernie Sanders has brought the rest of his party along for another $3.5 trillion that seeks to increase dependency of the middle class on the federal government, re-engineer the economy to benefit liberal interest groups, and provide tax breaks to the ultra-wealthy in Democrat-run states,” Toomey said in a statement.

Well, you and the rest of the Senate Republicans should have worked to stop the 19 idiots from voting for the initial “infrastructure” deal.

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., praised the vote and said the budget will “bring a generational transformation on how our economy works for average Americans.”

“It’ll cut taxes for American families, it’ll lower costs for everyone,” the Senate majority leader said. “It’ll create good paying jobs while tackling climate change. And it will be paid for by making our tax code more progressive and more fair, asking corporations in the wealthy to pay their fair share.”

It’ll see corporations pass on those taxes to Americans. And cause lots and lots of companies to move their registration to other countries.

(Breitbart) The $3.5 trillion represents a top line budget number, which includes many items self-designated socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) facies, such as expanding medicare, global warming initiatives, and suburb displacement with low-income housing, subsidized housing, subsidized childcare, and subsidized racial equity and environmental justice.

There is, as you know, lots and lots of Progressive crazy in that bill, and they’ll add lots and lots more of Progressive (nice Fascism) crazy into it. It will, as Chuck says “bring a generational transformation”, not just of our economy, but how the federal government controls your life. And, I have to wonder, will the passage finally cause a split in the nation, where Red states say “enough, we’re no longer dealing with this”? That the U.S. is no longer the nation as deemed in the Constitution, hence, split it? Especially when they are going to take another shot at passing their For The People Act, a virtual takeover of all elections by the Federal government. Which they might try and slip into the $3.5 trillion, along with mass amnesty.

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