The infrastructure bill, $550 billion in new spending, I am against it. New spending must come with new taxes. I am among the millions of Americans concerned about our national deficit.
"One of the obstacles the senators faced was how to pay for the legislation," says the USA Today article I read. If they do not know definitively how it will be paid for, it is reasonable to oppose it. "The White House announcement was vague about how to pay for the measure, saying it would be financed 'through a combination of redirecting unspent emergency relief funds, targeting corporate user fees, strengthening tax enforcement when it comes to crypto currencies, and other bipartisan measures.' "
That is not clear-cut enough for me. Nor do I like the part about using what appears to be unused Covid money. If that appropriation of money was not used, don't go looking for someplace else to spend it; Just return the money to the taxpayers.
Be transparent with us, the taxpayers. Tell us exactly how this bill will be paid for. Show us how the payment plan cannot fail. "Targeting corporate user fees" -- what does that mean? Tell us. Explain. We are the taxpayers. We have the right to have this explained to us.
Five-hundred fifty billion is a bunch. Our national deficit should not absorb such an exorbitant amount. I am aware we have definite infrastructure needs. But, the same, we must pay for something if we are going to buy it.
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