Comments - John Droz, Jr: Media Balance Newsletter: December 13, 2021 - Citizens' Task Force on Wind Power - Maine2024-03-29T01:38:56Zhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=4401701%3ABlogPost%3A231451&xn_auth=no“BUILD BACK BETTER” WOULD COS…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2021-12-23:4401701:Comment:2323352021-12-23T11:35:59.469ZWillem Posthttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/WillemPost942
<p><strong>“BUILD BACK BETTER” WOULD COST $4.490 TRILLION OVER THE NEXT DECADE, IF PROVISIONS WERE MADE TO LAST 10 YEARS</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/build-back-better-would-cost-3-95-trillion-overt-the-next-decade">https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/build-back-better-would-cost-3-95-trillion-overt-the-next-decade</a></p>
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<p><strong>Distrust in Government</strong></p>
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<p>I am not surprised at the lack of…</p>
<p><strong>“BUILD BACK BETTER” WOULD COST $4.490 TRILLION OVER THE NEXT DECADE, IF PROVISIONS WERE MADE TO LAST 10 YEARS</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/build-back-better-would-cost-3-95-trillion-overt-the-next-decade">https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/build-back-better-would-cost-3-95-trillion-overt-the-next-decade</a></p>
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<p><strong>Distrust in Government</strong></p>
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<p>I am not surprised at the lack of public trust in Washington, DC, and elsewhere. The games of smoke and mirrors played in Washington are off-the-charts outrageous.</p>
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<p>Never, ever, has there been such a level of deceit, as Democrats have inflicted on the US People, since January 2021, after using a fraudulent election in 2020 (see Appendix), to achieve a coup d’etat, to relentlessly push for a major increase of:</p>
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<p>1) The size and intrusiveness of government, and</p>
<p>2) Democrat command/control over the federal government and the American people.</p>
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<p>Here is a most egregious example:</p>
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<p><strong>Build Back Better' Would Cost $4.490 Trillion Over the Next Decade, if Provisions Were Made to Last 10 Years</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/build-back-better-would-cost-3-95-trillion-overt-the-next-decade">https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/build-back-better-would-cost-3-95-trillion-overt-the-next-decade</a></p>
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<p><strong>PHASE 1; All BBB programs have carefully chosen expiration dates</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Some BBB Bill History</strong></p>
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<p>The cost of the original BBB bill was<strong> $6.0 trillion,</strong> as crafted by left-leaning Sanders. When that proved to be a non-starter, he “whittled it down” to an alleged<strong> $3.5 trillion,</strong> which, he declared, was the “absolute minimum”. Whittled down means, he shortened the duration of some programs from 10 years to 1 year, or 2 years, etc.<strong>,</strong> as explained in next sections. See table 1</p>
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<p>Manchin, a moderate US Senator from West Virginia, who knows how to co-operate with moderate Republicans, had stated, he would consider a BBB bill costing about<strong> $1.5 trillion. </strong></p>
<p><a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/11/10/joe-manchin-dc-can-no-longer-ignore-inflation-as-democrats-poised-to-vote-on-1-75-trillion-infrastructure-bill/">https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/11/10/joe-manchin-dc-can-no-longer-ignore-inflation-as-democrats-poised-to-vote-on-1-75-trillion-infrastructure-bill/</a></p>
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<p>Frustrated Sanders and White House staff further whittled down the cost of the BBB bill from <strong>$3.5 to $1.75</strong> <strong>trillion,</strong> to placate Manchin, mainly by shortening program durations. See table 1</p>
<p><a href="https://rules.house.gov/sites/democrats.rules.house.gov/files/Section_by_Section_BBB_RCP117-18__.pdf">https://rules.house.gov/sites/democrats.rules.house.gov/files/Section_by_Section_BBB_RCP117-18__.pdf</a></p>
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<p>Manchin and Sanders had frequent shouting matches about:</p>
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<p>1) BBB budgeting smoke-and-mirror shenanigans, such as short program durations to reduce costs</p>
<p>2) BBB causing a major increase in the size, bureaucrat headcount, and intrusiveness of the federal government</p>
<p>3) BBB worsening high inflation rates in 2022, and beyond</p>
<p>4) BBB worsening multi-billion US budget deficits in 2022, and beyond</p>
<p>5) BBB worsening the rapidly-growing US national debt</p>
<p>6) BBB worsening US trade competitiveness and US trade deficits</p>
<p>7) BBB worsening the precarious financial condition of the Social Security and Medicare Systems. See Note</p>
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<p>The BBB bill is a Green New Deal cornucopia for boosting Democrat constituencies. See table 1</p>
<p>The BBB bill, aka “budget reconciliation bill,” has morphed into a vast expansion and increase of:</p>
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<p>1) The socialistic welfare state for individuals, and</p>
<p>2) The decades-long bonanza for multi-millionaire subsidy-seekers in the renewable energy sector.</p> Sen. Rand Paul tells Dan Bong…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2021-12-14:4401701:Comment:2314542021-12-14T05:47:39.149ZThinklike A. Mountainhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/ThinklikeAMountain
<p><strong>Sen. Rand Paul tells Dan Bongino COVID restrictions are 'about conditioning the American individual to submit to government'</strong><br/> <a href="https://thepostmillennial.com/paul-bongino-covid-conditioning-american-individual-submit?utm_campaign=64487" target="_blank">https://thepostmillennial.com/paul-bongino-covid-conditioning-american-individual-submit?utm_campaign=64487</a></p>
<p><strong>Sen. Rand Paul tells Dan Bongino COVID restrictions are 'about conditioning the American individual to submit to government'</strong><br/> <a href="https://thepostmillennial.com/paul-bongino-covid-conditioning-american-individual-submit?utm_campaign=64487" target="_blank">https://thepostmillennial.com/paul-bongino-covid-conditioning-american-individual-submit?utm_campaign=64487</a></p> Solar power advocates slam ne…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2021-12-14:4401701:Comment:2313862021-12-14T05:43:40.468ZThinklike A. Mountainhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/ThinklikeAMountain
<p><strong>Solar power advocates slam new California proposal to reduce subsidies</strong><br></br> The proposed policy would reduce payments granted to solar customers for the excess power they generate — a policy known as net-energy metering — and add monthly charges for customers to connect to the grid. …<br></br></p>
<p><strong>Solar power advocates slam new California proposal to reduce subsidies</strong><br/> The proposed policy would reduce payments granted to solar customers for the excess power they generate — a policy known as net-energy metering — and add monthly charges for customers to connect to the grid. <br/> <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/13/solar-power-advocates-slam-new-california-proposal-to-reduce-subsidies.html" target="_blank">https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/13/solar-power-advocates-slam-new-california-proposal-to-reduce-subsidies.html</a></p> Sen. Richard "Stolen Valor" B…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2021-12-14:4401701:Comment:2315352021-12-14T05:30:00.788ZThinklike A. Mountainhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/ThinklikeAMountain
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