
<p>Moderate Democrats are growing increasingly frustrated with their progressive peers’ refusal to negotiate the size and scope of President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion social welfare package. ;</p>



<p>Considering the political makeup of the Senate, Democrats will need all hands on deck to utilize the budget reconciliation process if they ever hope to pass the ridiculous proposal. </p>



<p>“I don’t believe that we should turn our society into an entitlement society,” argues Senator Joe Manchin (WV), a moderate Democrat who has encouraged his colleagues to narrow their focus. ;&#8220;I think we should still be a compassionate, rewarding society.&#8221;</p>



<p><strong>As it stands, the so-called “human infrastructure” deal includes: ;</strong></p>



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>$225 billion for expanded paid family and medical leave</li><li>$108 billion for free community college regardless of citizenship status</li><li>$14.5 billion for the feds and USPS to switch to electric vehicles</li><li>$3 billion for something called “tree equity”</li><li>$1 billion to build infrastructure for electric vehicles</li></ul>



<p>The proposal also includes $198 billion for a tax credit system to incentivize companies to transition to clean energy and $3.5 billion to pay a “civilian climate corps” $15 an hour to plant trees. </p>



<p>“Our political task is not just to improve life for working families in terms of decent income, healthcare, educations etc.,” argues Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT). “It is to change the political paradigm so that people demand their full rights as human beings and not just scraps from the table.”</p>



<p>Far from table scraps, the ambitious proposal offers 12 weeks of paid family/medical leave per year and a significant expansion of Medicare benefits in addition to the $400 billion already allocated for home care for the elderly. And let’s not forget the $5 million for a program that aims to turn felons into entrepreneurs. ;</p>



<p><strong>When pressed about the proposal’s exorbitant price tag, Democrats say higher taxes on corporations and wealthy Americans will pay for it. ;</strong></p>



<p>“The cost of the…package is zero,” argues Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA). “Because it would be paid for by finally making corporations and the wealthiest individuals pay their fair share &#8211; which most Americans support.”</p>



<p>Democrats also hope to bring in additional tax revenue by beefing up the IRS and introducing a plan to audit every bank account in America (<a href="https://punchingbagpost.com/irs-plan-to-catch-tax-dodgers-threatens-taxpayer-privacy/">read my article on that here</a>).</p>



<p><strong>Author&#8217;s Note:</strong> Manchin is right. If the progressives get their way, we will have an entitlement society.</p>



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<p><a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/oct/7/progressives-refuse-pull-political-goodies-35-tril/">‘Entitlement society’: Progressives refuse to pull political goodies from $3.5T social welfare bill ;</a></p>