Democrats’ Payoff To Progressives Act -By The Numbers

 

Democrats Are Using A National Crisis To Sneak In Hundreds Of Billions In Funding For Unrelated Progressive Priorities

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$350 billion for states, even though states took in more money last year than they did in 2019.

Democrats also changed the funding formula to ensure most of the dollars go to blue states that imposed strict economic lockdowns.

$300 billion for “long-standing policy priorities that are not directly related to the current crisis” according to the non-partisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB).

$128.6 billion in extra money for school reopening, even though there are tens of billions from prior bills that remain unspent.

Currently, state education agencies have between $53 and $63 billion in unspent coronavirus relief funds available to them.

California alone has up to $8 billion in unspent funding, while New York has up to $5 billion in unspent money.

$86 billion for a pension bailout.

$30 billion for transit grants.

$112 million for an expansion of a “controversial” underground rail project in Nancy Pelosi’s hometown of San Francisco.

$4 billion for “socially disadvantaged” farmers and ranchers.

$820 million for Amtrack’s Northeast Corridor and $166 million for long distance rail travel

$800 million for global food programs.

$200 million for the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

$135 million for the National Endowment for the Humanities.

$135 million for the National Endowment for the Arts.

$77 million for the Government Accountability Office to conduct oversight of Democrats’ progressive wish list.

$50 million to the EPA for “environmental justice” and climate change programs.

$50 million to the EPA for air pollution programs.

$10 million for ”language preservation.”

$1.5 million for the Seaway International Bridge between New York and Ontario, a pet project for Chuck Schumer.

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