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INFOGRAPHIC🔎President Biden’s ambitious #Infrastructure plan includes a varied package of initiatives, from traditional projects like roads and bridges to #Climate initiatives and programs outside the traditional infrastructure scope. (Thread👇) theepochtimes.com/biden-admins-2…
Below is a summary of proposed expenditures under the $2 trillion-plus #AmericanJobsPlan that Democrats will try to pass through a nearly evenly split Congress in the coming months, which Biden says is the 1st in his 2-part economic plan.
Biden's plan includes $621 billion for transportation infrastructure and resilience projects, including $115 billion to modernize bridges, highways and roads.

This also includes funding to improve #AirQuality, limit greenhouse gas #Emissions, and reduce congestion.
$100 billion is meant to build high-speed #Broadband infrastructure to reach 100% coverage.
$213 billion is allocated to produce, preserve, and retrofit more than 2 million affordable and sustainable #Housing developments.

This includes the creation of a $27 billion Clean Energy and Sustainability Accelerator to spur private investment into the #Energy sector.
The plan includes $12 billion for community college infrastructure. States will be responsible for using the dollars to address both existing physical and technological infrastructure needs.
$18 billion has been set aside for the modernization of #VeteransAffairs hospitals and clinics.
A larger chunk of the plan includes $400 billion for expanding access to affordable home- or community-based care for the aging population and people with disabilities.
$100 billion is set aside for programs targeted at underserved groups and getting students on paths to careers, including $5 billion in support of community violence prevention programs and $48 billion in workforce development infrastructure and worker protection.
$111 billion would be used to replace 100% of the nation’s lead pipes and service lines to ensure clean, safe drinking water.
A hefty $300 billion would be used to strengthen manufacturing #SupplyChains, including $50 billion for a new office at @CommerceGov to monitor domestic industrial capacity, $46 billion to jumpstart #CleanEnergy manufacturing, and $52 billion for domestic manufacturers.
$180 billion would go towards investments in R&D and future technologies, including $35 billion to address the #ClimateCrisis, $15 billion in trial projects for #Climate research priorities, and $15 billion to create 200 “centers of excellence” at historically black colleges.
$10 billion would be used in the modernization, sustainability, and resilience of federal buildings.
$25 billion has been set aside to help upgrade child care facilities and increase the supply of child care in areas that need it most.
Another $100 billion would be used to upgrade and build new public schools, through $50 billion in direct grants and an additional $50 billion leveraged through bonds.
$111 billion would be used to form a more resilient grid that goes toward “achieving 100% carbon-free electricity by 2035.”

This includes a $10 billion investment in mobilizing conservation and resilience workers and the creation of a new Civilian Climate Corps.
Some programs and investments outlined in the plan didn’t include a price tag:
- LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT
- WAGE PROVISIONS
- UNIONS
- CLEAN ENERGY
- WORKPLACE TOOLS
- JOB ACCESS
- COMMUNITY INVESTMENT
- TECH ADVANCEMENT
- JOB TRAINING
- HOUSING
Economists say the plan amounts to a massive federal power grab—potentially the largest in decades—while criticizing the Biden administration’s broad definition of #Infrastructure.

See full infographic: theepochtimes.com/biden-admins-2…

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Here’s where Trump and Harris stand on key issues this election.

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Economy TLDR:

Harris: Her “opportunity economy” prioritizes support for the middle-class and boosting small businesses while also increasing taxes on the wealthy.

Trump: Focuses on increasing energy production and cutting government spending to bring down inflation, while reducing taxes to stimulate economic growth.

FULL LIST:

HARRIS
- Calls for an “opportunity economy” focused on the middle class.
- Proposes a federal ban on corporate price gouging on food and groceries to tackle inflation.
- Pledges to lower prescription drug costs by “taking on pharmacy middlemen” who profit from higher consumer costs.
- Suggests strengthening Social Security and Medicare by increasing taxes on the rich.
- Calls for raising the minimum wage.
- Vows not to interfere with the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decisions.
- Calls for increasing tax deductions on small-business startups from $5,000 to $50,000 to boost new business applications and innovation.
- Promises to build on the Biden administration's efforts to revive American manufacturing and jobs.
- Proposes an “opportunity agenda for Black men” that includes forgivable business loans, better regulations for cryptocurrency, and legalizing recreational marijuana.

TRUMP
- Pledges to reduce inflation by increasing American energy production, cutting wasteful government spending, and preventing illegal immigration.
- Seeks to lower commodity prices by ending global wars.
- Promises no cuts to Social Security and Medicare, including no changes to the retirement age.
- “Strongly” feels presidents “should have at least a say” in the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decisions.
- Wants to maintain the U.S. dollar’s status as the world’s reserve currency.
- Supports the use of cryptocurrencies and opposes the creation of a central bank digital currency.
- Promises to bring crucial supply chains back to the United States and sign fair and reciprocal trade deals.
- Pledges to reverse “the electric vehicle mandate” by canceling the Biden administration’s rule on automobile emissions.
- Proposes tariffs of at least 60 percent on Chinese imports and a 10 percent universal tariff on all imported goods.
- Proposes setting a "temporary cap on credit-card interest rates" at roughly 10 percent.
Taxes TLDR:

Harris: Supports tax cuts for the middle class, expanded child tax credits of up to $3,600, increased taxes on wealthy individuals, and the elimination of taxes on tips.

Trump: Seeks to reduce corporate taxes, maintain lower individual taxes, and permanently expand the child tax credit of $2,000, as well as eliminate the tax on tips and overtime pay for workers.

FULL LIST:

HARRIS
- Plans to cut taxes for middle-class Americans by restoring the earned income tax credit.
- Seeks to reinstate the COVID-19-era increase in the child tax credit to a maximum of $3,600 per child, which is currently at $2,000, and proposes a one-time tax cut of $6,000 for families with newborns.
- Pledges no tax hikes for people earning less than $400,000 a year.
- Proposes raising top individual income tax rate to 39.6 percent on income above $400,000 for single filers and $450,000 for joint filers.
- States she wants to roll back the Trump administration’s corporate tax cuts, increasing the top rate from 21 to 28 percent.
- Plans to tax long-term capital gains at 28 percent for those earning more than $1 million a year.
- Proposes a 25 percent unrealized capital gains tax for individuals with a net worth greater than $100 million.
- Pledges to eliminate taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers.

TRUMP
- Promises to make permanent the provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA).
- Seeks to make permanent the expanded child tax credit introduced in the TCJA, which raised the maximum benefit from $1,000 to $2,000 for each child under 17.
- Says he wants to cut the corporate tax rate from 21 to 15 percent.
- Pledges to eliminate taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers.
- Vows to end taxes on overtime pay for workers.
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But he wanted to appease his mother. "I would do anything for her."

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