Infrastructure bill
lundi 28 juin 2021 à 02:00There is a bipartisan deal to pass an infrastructure bill. What it does not include, Democrats say they will pass via budget reconciliation process, a sort of loophole-in-a-loophole.
It seems that the crucial question is not what this deal includes, but what is included in this deal plus the budget reconciliation bill. I'd like to see what Sanders says about it.
One thing that is clearly dangerous is the plan to sell public assets. Another is "public-private partnerships", which is a nice-sounding name for making the public support the profits of businesses.
Reportedly the investments are slanted towards use of fossil fuels. Some of that can't be avoided, but it's clear that plutocratists will try do as much of that as they can.