AOC Hails Biden Infrastructure Bill As Good Start; Pitches Bigger Investment - Rachel Maddow - MSNBC

[Rhiannon12866]

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez talks with Rachel Maddow about the Biden administration's proposed infrastructure bill and why she thinks it needs to have a more immediate impact for voters and make a significantly bigger investment. Aired on 03/31/2021.

[OnDoutside]

1. Since Biden wants earmarks brought back, I would have thought

the 2 Trillion dollars was a starting point,not an end point ? IE when every congressman and senator insists on their pet project being included, then surely that figure will increase ?

[mucifer]

2. If we get this passed I think we could get more passed if congress improves after

the 2022 election.

[OnDoutside]

7. Well after the ARP, a massive Infrastructure Bill and HR1/HR4, as well as the massive

Covid Distribution success, if Dems can't gain a significant advantage in 2022, it would be time to pack the bags, climb the wall and say Hola Mexico !

[George II]

3. $2.2T is the biggest proposal ever in our history. $10T is FIVE times the biggest proposal....

....in our history.

Any details on funding or on what it will be spent?

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Here ya go:

President Biden unveils his $2 trillion infrastructure plan – here are the details

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The proposal would:

Put $621 billion into transportation infrastructure such as bridges, roads, public transit, ports, airports and electric vehicle development

Direct $400 billion to care for elderly and disabled Americans

Inject more than $300 billion into improving drinking-water infrastructure, expanding broadband access and upgrading electric grids

Put more than $300 billion into building and retrofitting affordable housing, along with constructing and upgrading schools

Invest $580 billion in American manufacturing, research and development and job training efforts


More: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/31/biden-infrastructure-plan-includes-corporate-tax-hike-transportation-spending.html

[George II]

5. I was talking about the "bigger investment" that was "pitched". Biden came prepared with details...

I read some of them last night. Very well conceived and highly workable. Makes a lot of sense. This is a proposal of the magnitude of the "New Deal".

Biden is really impressing me, has been from Inauguration Day on. I attribute it to his knowledge of how the government works, his decades of experience (being VP for eight years didn't hurt) and he's probably got the best staff working on these things than any President in history.

[Rhiannon12866]

6. I have to agree, he was the right choice for this time

He has decades of experience in dealing with Senate issues, our biggest obstacle right now, not to mention, as you said, already eight recent years in the executive branch - which no one else who ran could come close to. And he "knows people," the best and most experienced who he has gotten to know over the years, something we have been sorely missing until recently. He has accomplished more in a matter of weeks than we've seen during that entire time, not to mention that he actually wants the best for this country and the American people!

[OnDoutside]

8. I listened to the Bulwark podcast earlier, and Charlie Sykes had another Never Trumper on,

one I had never heard of before this, Amanda Carpenter.

Anyway, when it came to the Infrastructure Bill, it was back to the comforting old fiscal conservative horseshit that it was too big and they're including too many things in it ! As they went through $650bn of it, subject by subject, they'd say "ok, I'd be ok with that" and then there was something like 170bn for schools, yer one blew up saying they already gave 170bn in the ARP !

While laughably vague, it does underline for me that Democrats need to get the messaging out to the public not only what they are proposing with each allocation but why it will benefit them.