Biden COVID-19 relief plan is a Trojan horse for a sweeping liberal agenda

[Counselor706]

President-elect Joe Biden just unveiled his proposal for a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package. Democrats insist it is targeted to respond to the crisis and only full of “commonsense” measures and much-needed emergency spending.

Yet, even a cursory glance at the specifics of the package reveals that it’s a Trojan horse for a sweeping liberal agenda that Biden could never otherwise get passed.

Yes, the proposal does include billions for vaccine distribution, testing, school reopenings, and the like. But it also includes blatant partisan priorities, such as a federal $15 minimum wage.

Biden knows that this far-left, job-killing policy would never make it out of Congress in a straight up-down vote. The Democrat’s hope here is obviously that he can sneak a doubling of the federal minimum wage into an “emergency” package that lawmakers feel obligated to support. We should all hope this duplicity is unsuccessful.

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[LukSkyFokker]

You know what a blithering idiot is? You're starting to blither.

 

[Liar]

Oh hey, "job-killing". Now there's a weasel word I haven't heard in such a long time that it almost feels... quaint.

 

[ishtat]

The OP needs to think a bit and chill. 60 votes not 50 are needed to get the bill through the Senate. The New Administration has included a number of 'Progressive' items which can be bargained away. That way the Progressives got their items in the sheet and the GOP will be able to say they got the bill modified.

This process is called legislation bargaining. It is what used to happen before McConnell went on legislative strike in 2012.