3.5 TRILLION !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Republicans say Biden's $3.5T spending bill will spur cultural decline and sap the work ethic - Fox News As Democrats forge ahead with unilateral negotiations on Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion spending package, Republicans – and at least one Democratic moderate – caution the expansive slate of social programs included in the bill could have lasting negative consequences for American workers. The $3.5 trillion spending bill includes many social initiatives championed by progressives, including an extension of monthly child tax credit payments, universal pre-K, free college tuition, paid family leave and expanded child care. Biden and progressive backers say the slate will create a more inclusive economy that will provide new opportunities for low- and middle-income families. . . . critics say Biden’s social spending programs will effectively create a "welfare state" that will hurt the ongoing U.S. economic recovery and expand the government's influence over workers. Susan Collins, R-Maine, made the case during a floor speech earlier this week, arguing Biden’s "expensive entitlement programs" will "break the connection between work and a brighter future." "We will not build a more prosperous, just and equitable society characterized by opportunity, dignity and meaning just by issuing government checks," Collins said. "The time-tested way to achieve those goals for American families is by supporting and rewarding work. It is by recognizing the dignity of work."

- Lord God, we thank You that there are those in Congress and in the Senate who still bring us voices of reason. We pray that those voices would cancel all others, and that only the infrastructure spending bill that You want to see passed this year would do so. In Your Name, Jesus, amen. - "The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God." (Psalm 14:2)