Dems "Waste" More, Want More

Rapid Response

Even Democrats are admitting that there is wasteful spending in their $1.9 trillion wish list, and for good reason – there’s a lot of it.

When confronted on the obscene levels of pork in their “relief” bill, Democrat Rep. Tom Suozzi admitted there is “waste.”

Democrat Rep Suozzi concedes there’s “waste” in the Dems’ wish list: “no question there’s some waste”https://t.co/OhauSK46fi pic.twitter.com/GXhqwxPst5
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 9, 2021

Here are a few lowlights:

$600 million for San Francisco, nearly erasing the city’s budget deficit after it spent money on "free alcohol, marijuana and tobacco to homeless people."
$800 million for foreign food aid.
$470 million for the humanities, arts, and museums.
$100 million for the EPA to address “pollution.”
$20 million for “language preservation.”
$86 billion for a pension bailout that pre-dates COVID-19.
$1.7 billion for Amtrak.

All told, less than 10% of the Democrats’ wish list is for directly combating COVID-19 and just 1% is for vaccines.

Here’s more on what’s in the bill – and what’s not – from RNC Research.

Americans deserve meaningfully targeted legislation, not hyper-partisan and wasteful pork. But once again, Democrats are putting special interest groups over the American people.