Thread by @RepChipRoy

19 Republican senators just voted for a $1.2 trillion “infrastructure” package that’s filled with leftist garbage.

There’s been a lot of smoke and mirror efforts to hide what’s in this bill, so let’s take a look at what they actually voted for.

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First, the bill isn’t focused on hard infrastructure and instead provides billions to Green New Deal programs.

For example, it funnels $16.2 billion to renewable and energy efficiency projects and $7.5 billion to electric vehicle chargers. (2/14)

Even when it funds "hard" infrastructure, it also wastes your money on programs that have no business being in an “infrastructure” bill.

Of the $65 billion for broadband, over $14 billion goes to a permanent federal welfare program to pay individuals’ internet bills. (3/14)

Americans should also know that the money for “roads and bridges” will ALSO pay for things like a $10 million program to “benefit pollinators on roadsides” or a $250 million program to remove “invasive plants.” (4/14)

Contrary to what some Rs say, the bill is not “paid for.”

Supporters griped when CBO determined it would add $256 billion to the deficit.

The top “pay for” – $210 billion in unused COVID relief – is just repurposed deficit spending that will make record inflation worse (5/14)

Further analysis from UPenn's Wharton School found the bill would add $351 BILLION to the deficit and wouldn’t significantly help economic growth through 2050

But supporters claim $56 billion of total cost would be covered by such growth. (6/14)

foxbusiness.com/politics/butti…

Third, contrary to some R's claims, it is chock-full of woke language and Critical Race Theory.

Check out this line on the “disadvantaged business enterprise program,” which could have been written by CRT hustler Ibram X. Kendi himself... (7/14)

PLUS, it includes $2.75 billion for a “digital equity” program (CRT in practice), because “Achieving digital equity is a matter of social and economic justice…”

This part also explicitly prohibits discrimination against “actual or perceived… gender identity.” (8/14)

Fourth, this bill creates a pilot program that could lead to the government tracking and taxing every mile you drive (meaning double taxation for most drivers) (9/14)

This program also obviously poses a nightmare for civil liberties.

If implemented nationally, the federal government or a third party could track every mile you drive with on-board devices, smart phone apps, etc. (10/14)

Next, the Rs voting for this are willfully handing federal bureaucrats MORE POWER.

Pete Buttigieg would get final authority over an extra, unheard-of $105 billion in grant programs – a far cry from his $368 million budget as mayor of South Bend. (11/14)

rollcall.com/2021/08/02/inf…

Texans specifically lose out in this bill. It provides almost as much new money for transit and rail as roads and bridges. 92% of Texas commuters rely on roads to get to work

FYI — Amtrak from San Antonio to Austin takes nearly 2.5 hrs (~2x the time it takes to drive) (12/14)

Not to mention this whole thing is swampy from the get-go.

Analysis found that almost 2,000 corporations and organizations have lobbied the federal government to get their cut of this spending. Basically, it's a massive corporate welfare bill. (13/14)

washingtonpost.com/business/2021/…

Finally, this bill is a bipartisan trojan horse for a $3.5 trillion Pelosi/Schumer spending package that would:

-Give amnesty to millions of illegal aliens
-Massively expand the welfare state
-Decimate Texas' energy industry
-Raise taxes by trillions

cnn.com/2021/06/24/pol…