Thread by @dcpetterson

Senate Dems deliver.

The Senate passed a $3.5 trillion budget resolution along party lines 50-49. It's is a blueprint to be fleshed out in committees for a spending bill.

It's a massive investment in the future, and much-needed repairs for today.

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npr.org/2021/07/14/101…

I'll steal text from the linked article, so you can read it here.

Your taxes will NOT be increased, if you make less than $400,000/year, but it IS paid for, and the sources of revenue are spelled out.

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The article not only tells us what's in the package, but which committees have to write which peices.

It contains massive investment in education, including paid community college tuition, universal pre-K, and spending for HBCU's.

Also a commitment for immigration reform.

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Paid family leave, ACA expansion, Medicare to include dental, vision and hearing and a lower eligibility age. Expanded child tax credit, long-term senior care. Paid for with corporate and international tax reform, more progressive tax rates, carbon polluter fees.

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Big investments in agriculture conservation, forestry and drought programs, climate research, Civilian Climate Corp (!), movements toward clean electricity and vast, agressive reductions in carbon emissions.

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Affordable housing initiatives, rental assistance, revitalization, public housing.

This budget proposal will reshape America in vast ways, a giant leap for the liberal programs Democratic president have been advocating for decades.

There's more...

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Investments in clean energy & climate (in addition to the agriculture stuff mentioned above): financing clean energy programs, climate research, energy efficient materials production, solar energy for low-income markets, clean water, energy efficient buildings and vehicles.

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Even the Homeland Security portions will include investments in green materials. (No border wall.)

Investments in education, house, energy, and language programs for Native Americans.

Expansions of small business and VA programs.

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During the four years of the Trump Reich, Republican struggled to get anything done at all. Other than approving fascist judges, the only major bill they enacted was the 2017 #TaxScam.

American languished and deteriorated. Federal programs became hollowed out.

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It's far easier to tear something down than to build. To break things, all you need is malicious neglect, and perhaps a few crowbars.

Democrats are rapidly moving an aggressive agenda to not merely repair America, but to rebuild anew.

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cnn.com/2021/08/11/pol…