Details of How Joe Manchin Was Bought off Reveal the World's Biggest Sucker
By Bonchie | Aug 01, 2022 11:00 PM ET
By now, you’ve probably heard that Sen. Joe Manchin broke his word to not support an inflation-inducing, tax-raising reconciliation bill. After a year of standing firm, the West Virginia senator bent the knee to the radicals in his party, signing off on nearly $400 billion in climate change spending coupled with a corporate tax hike that will be passed directly to consumers.
Instead of rewarding those who had supported him and acted in good faith, Manchin decided it was best to cave to the leftwing hysterics who harassed him in public and accused him of being a criminal. So what exactly did he get out of the deal?
The details are now out, and they make Manchin look even worse.
https://twitter.com/JStein_WaPo/status/1554203968766631938When I read that outline, the thing that jumped out to me the most was how vague and unenforceable many of the provisions are. Absolutely nothing in the first section, which is titled “designate and prioritize projects of strategic national importance,” amounts to anything more than a suggestion to the executive branch. The president and the bureaucracy will still retain control of the process despite the generic requirement for a “balanced list.” And given one of the qualifications for that list is “decarbonization potential,” take a wild guess at what will be prioritized.
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https://redstate.com/bonchie/2022/08/01/details-of-how-joe-manchin-was-bought-off-reveal-the-worlds-biggest-sucker-n605617
