Thread by @tomselliott

Thread: Things I find while randomly scanning Democrats’ latest $3.5 trillion spending bill

1) $15 million to Older American Act (OAA) resource centers for people "who are underserved due to their sexual orientation or gender identity”

2) A provision amending ObamaCare so as to boost outreach to “sexual minorities” and people who don’t speak English

3) $24 million in rent support for victims of "stalking" and "dating violence"

* $24 BILLION. (I regret the error)

4) $50 million to “reduce human-wildlife conflicts on National Forest System land”

5) $2.25 billion for @AOC’s “Civilian Climate Corps,” which by her own admission is premised on FDR’s failed Civil Works Administration (CWA).

(Note the guaranteed minimum salary.)

@AOC 6) Price controls for drugs

@AOC 7) Root canals & major tooth restorations to likely be covered through public health plans as of 2028

@AOC 8) Free school lunches for welfare recipients, runaway children, “migratory children,” & foster children

@AOC 9) Free school lunches when school is out for summer

@AOC 10) Doubling most federal cigarette taxes, including on cigars and smokeless tobacco; vaping and rolling tobacco taxes are also going through the roof (this section goes on for many, many pages)

@AOC FYI: The word “tax” is used 1,829 times. The word “taxes” is used 69 times. The word “taxation” is used 7 times.

Supposedly all of these new taxes add up to $3.5 trillion

@AOC 11) Of the $40 billion allotted to the Dept. of Education, funds are to be directed toward “retrofitting and decarbonizing public school faciliies”

@AOC 12) $500 million for federally-licensed “home efficiency” experts to retrofit homes; they’ll specifically have training in “WiFi-enabled home energy communications technology”

@AOC 13) Not sure how else to read this besides the feds moving toward monitoring Americans’ energy consumption