By John Haltiwanger
President Joe Biden (click here) in an impassioned speech on Wednesday framed infrastructure as a matter of national security, saying that China was outpacing the US as he excoriated Republicans who opposed his $2 trillion plan.
After months of Republicans saying Biden is too soft on Beijing, the president is flipping the script. Biden has effectively accused the GOP of aiding China by pushing against his infrastructure proposal, which Republicans have dismissed as too costly.
"My Republican friends ... many of them say it's too big ... They say, 'Why not just focus on traditional infrastructure?'" Biden said of the GOP response to his plan. "We are America. We don't just fix for today; we build for tomorrow."...
"My Republican friends ... many of them say it's too big ... They say, 'Why not just focus on traditional infrastructure?'" Biden said of the GOP response to his plan. "We are America. We don't just fix for today; we build for tomorrow."...
Oops. What was that? "Why not just focus on traditional infrastruture?" Really? That is called obstructionism. Where have we heard it before and for nearly two decades? Why are these bills coming from President Biden and the US House so outragiously high by imagination alone? Because for two decades, the GOP focused on TRADITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
One question. Just one. Will traditional infrastructure end the climate crisis? To me it hasn't at all. Let's get on with the promise of the leadership of President Biden and some of the brave members of the US House and build back better so our children and grandchildren have their lives and hertiage secured.
