Manchin becomes the adult in the Democratic room and declares full scale opposition to BBB
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., declared Sunday that after months of negotiations he has determined that there is no way he can support the massive social spending bill known as the Build Back Better Act. Speaking with "Fox News Sunday," Manchin said that he has spoken with President Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., but could not reach an agreement on the legislation.
"I've done everything humanly possible," Manchin said, talking about how hard he has worked to try to reach an acceptable compromise on the bill. In the end, however, he said that between ongoing inflation, the national debt, "geopolitical unrest," and the COVID-19 pandemic, the bill being pushed by his fellow Democrats was too much. "When you have these things coming at you the way they are right now … I cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation," he said, stating that if he cannot explain to his constituents why he would vote for a bill, then he cannot vote for it, despite all the work he and other Democrats have put into trying to make it work.
So for now, stick a fork in BBB. It's done. Moreover, now that Manchin has declared his opposition, we might find other patriotic Democrats willing to state the obvious about how massive and unrealistic this bill was.
Moreover, Manchin is right. His constituents (despite was Bernie Sanders apparently believes) are not in favor of this bill. Biden's BBB had tepid overall support and very little (if any) support from conservatives. Manchin, reality here, represents a fairly deep red state.
So perhaps the President and Democrats can turn their attention from unrealistic spending bills and focus on inflation, crime, and a pandemic that is completely out of control.
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He's right. The uncontrolled inflation is real. It's not transitory.
So perhaps the President and Democrats can turn their attention from unrealistic spending bills and focus on inflation, crime, and a pandemic that is completely out of control.
and how about the border, Americans still left behind in Afghanistan, fentanyl overdoses, and a soaring national debt.
Boy I guess this list could go on and on
Is Joe taking another weekend off ?
In sum, inflation isn’t driving these price increases. Corporate power is driving them" always wrong Socialist Roger
Wait, Roger, you stupid fucking shut in, 11 plus months you said inflation was not a real concern.
Now it is?
Thank God this fucker's toast.
Next H.R.1 needs to be shitcanned before nationwide voter fraud is codified into law.
Blogger KansasDemocrat said...
In sum, inflation isn’t driving these price increases. Corporate power is driving them" always wrong Socialist Roger
Leftists possess no capacity for self-awareness, self-reflection and to admit that they're virtually always WRONG about all things related to economics.
Problem? Just throw more money at it.
Out of money? Just raise the debt ceiling and print more.
Resulting inflation? ALWAYS the fault of business, NEVER the fault of leftist economic ignorance.
BY ANNELIES GOGER AND JOSEPH W. KANE, OPINION CONTRIBUTORS144
This holiday season, Americans have a new reason to stress: the dreaded supply chain crisis. The bottleneck of goods has many people doing their holiday shopping early while worrying about rising costs and shortages. Increased consumer demand, production stoppages due to COVID-19 lockdowns and a dearth of truck drivers are all new factors that have put immense pressure on the supply chains that stock our store shelves each December.
But these short-term disruptions are tied to deeper structural problems that didn’t emerge overnight — and are likely to get worse. Public and private leaders need to address several ongoing vulnerabilities in our supply chains instead of proposing Band-Aid solutions to get us through the holidays. We need durable strategies to avoid further economic volatility, respond to a worsening climate crisis, create better quality jobs and livelihoods and increase equity in access to those opportunities.
Shippers and retailers would have been better able to cope with this year’s challenges if public and private leaders had not been so laser-focused on minimizing short-term costs such as labor and inventory. With supportive export-oriented policies and financial deregulation, companies have spent 30-plus years reducing warehousing space, subcontracting and outsourcing production, restructuring work arrangements to cut costs and delaying investments in transportation infrastructure.
In other words, we thoroughly starved the redundancy and agility out of these systems and dramatically increased our reliance on imports, because doing so delivered shareholder profits and “just-in-time” access to cheap goods — until the day our supply chains couldn’t deliver. So it is not surprising that we now face a broken system with no easy fix.
Without a bold response to address these systemic challenges, the economic uncertainties in our supply chains will get worse. Mounting climate risks and costs are disrupting ports and the flow of goods more often. Surging demand and deteriorating working conditions are leading to high labor turnover and “shortages” all along the chain, including truck drivers. Our $28.1 billion goods trade deficit with China also carries geopolitical risks that could escalate quickly and trigger more disruptions. The costs of these uncertainties will eventually get passed along to American consumers.
While there are some short-term strategies that could dull this pain — including “pop-up yards” and upgraded inspection facilities as outlined by the Biden administration — the fact is that we need to prioritize longer-term strategies that rebalance and strengthen our supply chains so our country can be resilient in the long run. Ideally, this will involve accounting for the hidden costs of long-distance supply chains (e.g., environmental costs, increased risk, declining job quality) into the price of imported goods; reshoring more production capacity to the U.S. to diversify supply and create jobs and local business opportunities; and leveraging once-in-a-generation federal investments to jump-start a more innovative, inclusive and clean economy. The Biden administration’s explicit commitment to addressing historical inequities in infrastructure, relief and economic development investments is promising, but good intentions are not enough.
For starters, how we manage and operate supply chains geographically needs recalibration. While our global value chains will continue to be an economic asset, that doesn’t mean we can’t better price goods to reflect the true costs in the short and long term. For example, public and private sector leaders at all levels can build more capacity for stronger regional food systems by changing institutional procurement practices. This would not only help avoid situations like the one we have now, in which some schools cannot get food for lunches — it would also support local farmers and food processors, recirculating capital in the community that otherwise would flow out to multinational companies and their shareholders.
Second, the climate emergency adds renewed urgency to account for the cost of high carbon emissions in our supply chains, as we ship components and finished goods across long distances, often multiple times. Our physical infrastructure systems, including roads and ports, are overstressed, degraded and outdated. They need to incorporate new designs and technologies that reduce emissions, minimize flood risks and address many other problems. The new infrastructure bill holds promise in supporting just that, but these efforts should not end there. Producers, shippers and financial services companies have a role to play too, as we’re seeing with the potential implementation of new carbon border taxes to account for the climate costs of goods with bigger carbon footprints.
In addition, staffing our supply chains should not just be about quickly hiring or licensing more low-wage, temporary workers for the holiday season. We need to be cultivating a more diverse pipeline of the logisticians, engineers, entrepreneurs and managers of tomorrow. Employers, policymakers, educators and other leaders need to ensure that more jobs pay a living wage and build more pathways into them. Expanding access to earn-and-learn opportunities, strengthening support for small and medium-sized businesses and increasing access to career information, professional networks and supportive services like child care can all help. Federal, state and local leaders can look to the new American Rescue Plan Act and infrastructure bill dollars to support these goals.
Unfair competition within supply chains for many goods is also a growing problem. Over time, large companies have come to dominate the market for many products and services, such as food retailing. They are able to use their outsized market power and greater access to information to squeeze upstream or downstream suppliers, stifle competition, raise prices on consumers, limit the bargaining power of workers and extract capital that would otherwise recirculate in a city or region. Antitrust legislation in the U.S. does not address many of these negative impacts — but it should.
To move beyond short-term solutions, the nation should look to produce and buy more domestically, including more locally. And we need to invest in the people, infrastructure, technology and supportive institutions that make that possible. It is time to recognize that unfair competition is a culprit too, and it has largely been out of view in the clamor over logistical bottlenecks and empty shelves.
Making the economy and society more resilient to all kinds of shocks is a policy choice. And it is imperative for policymakers to act now, before the risks of climate change, geopolitical conflict and other disruptions escalate further. If we do nothing to address these deeper problems, we risk losing a lot more than the convenience of cheap goods for the holidays.
Annelies Goger and Joseph W. Kane are fellows at Brookings Metro.
Properly designed regulated capitalist is the greatest economic system in history.
BBB is dead
The infrastructure bill is the biggest in history. Remember the Clinton administration created millions of jobs but they low wage jobs. Obama made the same mistake.
The infrastructure bill will continue for a decade. Just like Eisenhower freeway system made us the largest and strongest economy in history.
I'm watching football games all day long.
I might peek out later
Properly designed regulated capitalist is the greatest economic system in history.
Hmmm...
Which salad dressing today? Croutons or no?
And alky, "properly designed regulated capitalism" by whose standard? Some fuckwit like Krugman or Lil Bobby "Third" Reich?
"FREE" market capitalism is best, and when some asshole can self-proclaim that they're the ones qualified to pick economic winners and losers they're full of shit, like you.
Here's just one example -
Potheads who thought government legalization of pot would lead to heaven on earth forgot about one tiny detail: getting the government involved in anything either makes it more expensive or ruins it completely.
In the case of legal pot in California, it’s both.
Many pot smokers in California probably wish they were still buying from the cartels, given how expensive their marijuana has become. And with the dearth of legal pot shops in much of the state, potheads are bypassing the high taxes and spotty service in the existing stores to keep buying on the street.
Also, since California’s progressive establishment decriminalized pot, industry officials can’t ask the state to crack down on enforcement to protect their investments.
More than two dozen industry executives signed a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom, pleading for relief.
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2021/12/18/pot-industry-in-california-on-verge-of-collapse-n1542547
Government is like being 'woke.' Everything it touches related to economics is guaranteed to turn to shit.
Leading California cannabis companies warned Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday that the state’s legal industry was on the verge of collapse and needed immediate tax cuts and a rapid expansion of retail outlets to steady the shaky marketplace.
The letter signed by more than two dozen executives, industry officials and legalization advocates followed years of complaints that the heavily taxed and regulated industry was unable to compete with the widespread illegal economy, where consumer prices are far lower and sales are double or triple the legal business.
Four years after broad legal sales began, “our industry is collapsing,” said the letter, which also was sent to legislative leaders in Sacramento.
The industry leaders asked for an immediate lifting of the cultivation tax placed on growers, a three-year holiday from the excise tax and an expansion of retail shops throughout much of the state. It’s estimated that about two-thirds of California cities remain without dispensaries, since it’s up to local governments to authorize sales and production.
The current system “is rigged for all to fail,” they wrote.
https://ktla.com/news/california/california-pot-companies-warn-of-impending-industry-collapse/
Roger, has zero self-awareness, just like RRB said.
Roger do you have that perfect gift picked out for your butt buddy roomie?
I'm watching football games all day long.
I might peek out later
you sound just like the POS "pastor"
don't forget to raise your hand if you need to go to the bathroom
"Resulting inflation? ALWAYS the fault of business, NEVER the fault of leftist economic ignorance." RRB
EXACTLY
Jennifer 'pro-voting' Rubin
https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/1472604222503800833
If Manchin is no on both BBB and voting, Biden is done. Democracy is hanging by a thread. Hard to think of anyone more destructive
Scott Adams
I thought the Founders killed democracy by creating a Republic (that is operating as intended).
FACT CHECK - TRUE
White House Says Manchin Broke His Word
December 19, 2021 at 12:27 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 271 Comments
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Sen. Joe Manchin’s remarks that he would not vote for President Biden’s Build Back Better Act are “at odds with his discussions this week with the President, with White House staff, and with his own public utterances,” Axios reports.
Said Psaki: “Weeks ago, Senator Manchin committed to the President, at his home in Wilmington, to support the Build Back Better framework that the President then subsequently announced. Senator Manchin pledged repeatedly to negotiate on finalizing that framework ‘in good faith.'”
“The White House was given a 30-minute heads up via a staffer for the West Virginia senator.”
Playbook: “The relationship between the White House and Manchin is deeply frayed… Essentially, Psaki is calling Manchin a liar. Picking up the pieces from here won’t be easy.”
Manchin Refused Call from White House
December 19, 2021 at 1:13 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 12 Comments
As Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) prepared to announce on Fox News that he wouldn’t vote for President Biden’s Build Back Better Act, top White House officials scrambled to call the senator and talk him out of what he was about to do, Politico reports.
Said a senior official: “We tried to head him off, but he refused to take a call from White House staff.”
Oh look, James is here to spam.
He simply can debate.
Does the Out House Glory Hole Girl have audio to release on the Senator Manchin discussions?
Cunt on Comedy Central doing stand up.
"During an interview aired on Friday’s edition of Comedy Central’s “Tha God’s Honest Truth,” Vice President Kamala Harris argued that “the cost of living is too expensive for too many people. It has been this way even before the pandemic.” And the Build Back Better reconciliation bill will decrease the cost of living.
Harris said, “Build Back Better is something that the president and I care deeply about. It was our original idea, even when we were campaigning. It’s about saying look, if — first of all, the cost of living is too expensive for too many people. It has been this way even before the pandemic. And we need to bring the cost of living down. So, Build Back Better is saying let’s bring the cost of child care down, that working families — families shouldn’t have to pay more than 7% of their income in child care. We’re saying prescription drugs are too expensive. We know, you and I know, I have family members who have diabetes, it’s too expensive to pay for insulin and insulin is the only thing that can save a diabetic’s life. And so, we’re saying, bring down the cost so that folks wouldn’t have to pay more than $35 a month for their insulin. We’re talking about elder care. So many folks are raising their young children and taking care of their parents and it is impossible to take care of their basic needs without having some assistance and that means bringing the cost down so people can afford to live and satisfy their basic needs and their responsibilities. So, we’re going to keep pushing, and we’re in extensive talks across the aisle with both folks, in terms of Republicans and Democrats, but we’re not going to give up on it at all.:
So they moved the cost of living up 6.8% , almost as much as all four years of Pres. Trump.
Biden may not have the enthusiasm of his fellow Democrats at the moment, but less than a year into his presidency and nearly another year before the next major election, he does seem to have their patience.
Fyi nobody debates with the goat fucker
12:46 Finally something intelligent from KansasDim. The first part of this post is worth reading, for a change.
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Roger Stone Says Steve Bannon Behind Capitol Breach
December 19, 2021 at 1:20 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 32 Comments
Roger Stone took to the far-right messaging platform Telegram to suggest that Steve Bannon was behind the call to “breach” the Capitol building on Jan 6, the Daily Beast reports.
Said Stone: “It is highly likely that Bannon really gave the order to breach the Capitol and maneuvered patriots into dangerous positions. A neophyte Steve Bannon was willing to try crazy things like this to curry favor with Trump who had no interest in Bannon’s bullshit.”
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Or maybe Trump have PLENTY of interst in Bannon's BS.
Hospitals Struggle as Covid Beds Fill
December 19, 2021 at 1:00 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 48 Comments
Associated Press:
“Ohio became the latest state to summon the National Guard to help overwhelmed medical facilities. Experts in Nebraska warned that its hospitals soon may need to ration care. Medical officials in Kansas and Missouri are delaying surgeries, turning away transfers and desperately trying to hire traveling nurses.”
TAEGAN GODDARD COMMENTS:
"This is before the Omicron wave has even peaked."
OHIO WENT FOR TRUMP, BY THE WAY.
Blogger Decent, honest teller of truth said...
12:46 Finally something intelligent from KansasDim. The first part of this post is worth reading, for a change.
You’ve yet to achieve that, pedo
Manchin is a liar, huh Reverend.
Only problem is there is a list of documented Manchin demands, including a cap of 1.5 trillion.
If you go through the list you will find that much of it was ignored. The argument apparently is that the list was just a negotiation starter and that Manchin was being unreasonable for not meeting them halfway.
That is just a wrong assumption on the part of the President, not a lie.
There is nothing public Manchin has stated that makes anyone think he lied. We are just apparently supposed to believe that things were promised behind the scenes. Unlikely.
Hospitals Struggle as Covid Beds Fill
Seems like Fauci is a complete failure!
Harris complains about the four years of inflation prior to her taking office.
Biden in one year 6.8%
U.S. inflation rate during MAGA
2020 was 1.23%
2019 was 1.81%
2018 was 2.44%
2017 was 2.13%
7.6 % for all of the MEGA years
6.8 % for just one year of Biden
C.H. Truth said...
Manchin is a liar, huh Reverend.
That’ll bring Manchin around
Hey Reverend...
Pennsylvania had 195 deaths yesterday. About the same size as Sweden who has 50 for the whole month.
Weren't you just arguing that Sweden was a failure? How about a blue state that held some of the strictest mandates and restrictions?
Again... facts and numbers are more powerful than a bunch of words
"Caliphate4vrDecember 19, 2021 at 1:14 PM
C.H. Truth said...
Manchin is a liar, huh Reverend.
That’ll bring Manchin around.
No evidence given by Reverend to back up the Out House Glory Hole Girl statement that Senator Manchin , lied.
Ignorant Hoe Harris, complaining about Inflation during the Trump years.
James agrees with Harris, he too is an ignorant beggar.
7.6 % for all of the MEGA years
6.8 % for just one year of Biden
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