Biden To Hold Bipartisan Meeting With Lawmakers On Infrastructure Plan Today

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#71

The sad part is neither Sinema nor Manchin will be at this table. They will not be able to see for themselves the fool’s errand they have created for themselves by demanding bispartisanship for this and any other bill that comes along.

They should be at the table to confront firsthand the idiocy of the GQP they so desperately want to court and ‘bring to the table’. They should see firsthand the results of that effort without any clean up by the media. They should see it in its raw form so they understand once and for all that nothing will happen with their demand for bipartisanship.

The two knuckleheads should be in the room as this is going on. For sure.

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#72

And it was their plan, and they controlled runaway Democratic spending so they didn’t have to raise taxes on the job creators that would have tanked the economy, which proves that trickle down works, tax cuts more than pay for themselves, . . .

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#73

…and this was Trump’s plan all along.

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#74

I thought her ad was great. Hard hitting, without a false note.

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#75

Republican infrastructure plans do involve cans…

…and boots to kick them down the road…

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#76

Yup. Think prisons. Privatized, for the good of a very select few, and certainly not the public.

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#77

They didn’t do anything positive while a Republican was president either.

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#78

I’m sure they are fully aware of who and what they are dealing with in the GOP.

And they can certainly read the newspapers just as well as the rest of us.

Political theater does not need an immediate audience. It plays out in the media, not on the proscenium.

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#79

This meeting is FOR Joe and Senator Pink. Prolly at their request.

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#80

American water is the largest private water utility in the US, but there are still plenty of old-school water utilities and public works departments funded through tax dollars

“ Privately owned water systems serve about 12 percent of Americans. But the figure is much higher — 30 to 70 percent — in Indiana and 14 other states, including many with industry-friendly policies. Indiana has adopted six laws benefiting for-profit water companies in the past two years.”

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#81

Back in the day this stuff was done for the reporters while the actual compromise happened before it took place. Now I’m not sure why it’s being done, other than to give the Manchinian candidate cover. Biden surely understands that no is only word coming from Treason Inc at the end of the day.

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#82

Nothing quite so stupid as selling off in perpetuity a strategic asset in return for short-term payoffs. The maths never work out for a government to do so.

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#83

And yet it is perpetually suggested as a solution… by those whose donors would be the ones profitting

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#85

I just keep thinking about how Britain has screwed itself royally over the last decades, selling off its tail lines and everything else they could think of, and then finding that that one-time payoff resulted in crap down the road.

Governments can and should think long-term, so I’m okay with things like public/private partnerships and multi-decade leases, but the government should never give up its property in perpetuity.

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#86

Almost every day I pass my city’s old water treatment plant. I can remember when I was a kid that it was still working. But now with the expansion in housing since the 80s I guess that’s when the city switched to American Water.
And though the city is not in charge of producing drinking water, or electricity they still maintain Water and Electric departments. I and my fellow residents get quicker and better service when there is a water main break or tree limb takes down some electric wires.

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#87

Aaaaaw! You mean Susan Collins isn’t going to be there? I had this wonderful dream where Ms. Concernment was waxing eloquently at the meeting about how America could only afford so much infrastructure and that a corporate tax hike would mean the destruction of mankind as we know it, and President Biden turns to her and says, “Blow it out your ass, Sue.”

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#88

I was thinking of the glitzing that [Individual-1] seemed to indicate he wanted. I figure flight attendants dressed like show girls, neon signage on the exterior, faux gold gilt on every surface, in-seat diet coke dispensers and YMCA plays on monster inbuilt speakers automatically on arrival.

As far as updating the aircraft with modern tech and engineering by way of new aircraft, I have no problem with that. However, I might go with keeping the sound system if it plays lefty anthems transiting flyover country.

My song choices on that are dated, so suggestions for something more current might be in order.

#89

Uh-Oh …

There’s hoping the Secret Service “sweeps” that baby clean down to its bare bones!

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#90

Sorry, I should have mentioned that the Russians never paid for it or took possession of it. It’s been in these United States all along.

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