The New York Post has an excellent expose’ [See Here] showcasing just how manipulative the legislative tricks are within the mega-trillion dollar human infrastructure and Build Back Better bill.
As anticipated by most political observers, the Democrats are using budgetary tricks to avoid the Congressional Budget Office putting a real price tag on their legislation. The article is easy to understand even though the legislative tricks are far beyond anything any congress has ever attempted.
(New York Post) – After months of criticizing Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema for balking at the original $3.5 trillion price tag, congressional Democrats are finally accepting reality and paring President Biden’s social welfare package to between $1.5 trillion and $2 trillion over the decade.
Does this mean they are responsibly removing the bill’s worst provisions and crafting fiscally sustainable legislation? Of course not!
Instead, welcome to the gimmick Olympics, where progressives are using classic accounting tricks to hide the true cost of the bill.
Instead of producing legislation that truly costs $2 trillion over the decade, lawmakers are crafting as much as $4 trillion worth of new initiatives, but simply using fake expiration dates to score only a few years of each proposal. The idea is to create new federal programs, hook the constituencies on new federal benefits, and then assume that future Congresses and presidents will not dare to allow them to expire. Those assumed extensions will then blow up the cost far above today’s $2 trillion sticker price.
For example, the March stimulus law temporarily expanded the child tax credit from $2,000 to $3,000 per child (and $3,600 for children under the age of 6), and expanded eligibility to higher incomes. Democrats have made clear that they want this policy made permanent at a cost of $1.3 trillion over the decade. Yet the initial reconciliation proposal expanded the policy for just four years, and now the White House is calling for just a one-year extension — effectively hiding nearly $1.2 trillion in upcoming costs. Congress already renews a small number of tax cuts each December, and the child credit will simply become another annual extender.
But the gimmick Olympics do not stop at the child credit. The White House has reportedly proposed three- to four-year expiration dates for other initiatives such as paid family leave, Medicaid expansion and new ObamaCare subsidies. A proposed new child care program — which a study by the left-wing People’s Policy Project shows could raise child care prices by $13,000 per year — would reportedly phase in slowly and expire after a few years. On the other side of the gimmick window, a new Medicare dental benefit would be delayed until 2028, and then have its costs jump once outside the 10-year scoring period.
Most cynical of all is the Democrats’ maneuver on the $10,000 cap on the state and local tax (SALT) deduction. The $10,000 cap is set to expire at the end of 2025, but House Democrats want to eliminate it immediately. So to “pay for” that immediate $90 billion-per-year tax cut, Democrats would actually impose a new SALT cap beginning in 2026 — count that future revenue as an offset — and then quickly cancel the tax before it ever goes into effect. In other words, they are creating entirely fake future policies in order to count the fake savings today. (read more)
Why not make it 17,000,000 Trillion?
Don’t give the any ideas at this point.
They don’t need ideas. They have had a long list of ideas for decades, all of which are designed to rape and pillage U.S. citizens’ wealth and transfer most all of it to the Ruling Class personal bank accounts.
This criminal fraud of a bill is merely another attempt to implement as many of those ideas as possible before we can stop them.
Modern Monetary Theory. No budgets… no deficits… no taxes… just spend money until you run out… then print more. Easy!
“Gimmicks” RAT code for lying, cheating & stealing.
Anybody have the over/under on Manchin and Sinema caving to this chicanery?
Sinema looks like she’s first.
That’s my bet
I’ll take that bet as Manchin has the history of caving and Sinema seems like she is getting annoyed.
If he does he can kiss his political ass goodbye in WVa! Had their fill of Carpetbaggers! Starting with good ole Jay Rockefeller!
Sinema? Can’t say. I get real mixed signals out of AZ. My daughter lives there and it surprised the hell out of me to find out both her Hubby and Mother-In-Law were die hard “Give me the Free Stuff” Burnie Fans! In truth the Hubby doesn’t surprise me. Mama on the other hand? Enough of my sad story!
I’ve heard that about Manchin’s reelection chances for years and yet he gets reelected every time. I don’t know, is it electoral shenanigans or West Virginians have very short memories?
Oh please. WV votes for Trump by 40 points. Then they elect Democrat Manchin to the Senate to vote against the entire Trump agenda and then to impeach him. Complete fools. And I’m being kind in calling them fools.
Good one.
0 and none. All the posturing is to give them cover. Anyone who thought Manchin would do the right thing is delusional. Manchin is always there except when it matters, hopefully next time WV wakes up on this pos.
Everyone needs to send this to those two.
Since they are democrats we can safely assume they are all in on this since it achieves the purpose they opposed the original bill for, namely the optics of such a large number to their more moderate constituents who can probably be easily fooled.
Smart……
Manchin and Sinema will both agree to a “compromise” bill that is 90% of the bill they pretended to be against.
They do not deserve our hard earned income.
It is not theirs to begin with.
That’s basically the difference between the left and the right. The left actually do believe it’s the government’s money. Then again, plenty of Republicans seem to agree with them these days.
still makes them thieves – WE THE PEOPLE are the Government, therefore, the government’s money is OUR money! They can twist it any way they want but they are criminals. They are not representing the people, they are not upholding their oaths of office. They need to be in jail. Every last damned one of them.
Don’t forget Pelosi said she is “Feeding” everyone, LOL…
They have gone way beyond our income. They are spending our descendants’ income.
Then let them stand up.
They think the world is going to end by climate catastrophe in ten years. They are spending all of the future before it kicks the bucket, so they can go to their graves smiling.
Forgive me, but I am beginning to think they believe they will live forever…and I am praying that they don’t.
They don’t believe that for one second. Their idiot voters do. And they just keep lining up to have their lives ruined. Mind boggling.
The goose that laid the golden egg.
Just what I would expect from an administration that lied, cheated and stole to get into office.
It is time to throw these charlatans out of office, install the duly elected President Trump, and undo every piece of legislation and executive order this cheating administration has passed.
“It is time to throw these charlatans out of office”
A few divisions of posters, jabbering and feet stomping or 300 Spartans with MLRS?
Asking for all Americans?
MLRS? I have some 13M training from the mid 90s. Graduated top of my class. Spent the next 2.5 years driving a Hummer and shuffling paperwork lol
Even if the Congressional Budget Office pegged the price tag to about $7.5 trillion or so, I would not surprised that they would have underestimated it by a factor of anywhere from 2 to 10 in hindsight.
Since when has the CBO ever overestimated the costs of a bill?
Ummm…….Can I circle back to that question sometime later…….
Desperate people do desperate things, desperate governments do whatever they want.
They are pushing for a weakening Dollar using The Big Lie called Modern Monetary Theory which claims any country that prints their own currency can print as much as they want to which is now being echoed by the lead Democrat on the Budget Committee as they try to push through their Socialist agenda. Their goal is to eventually monitor all financial transactions, communications and internet usage in real time to build a CCP style database to weaponize against dissenters and keep the masses in line. They want to tear down the Dollar and institute a single world wide crypto currency. They will be able to know exactly who you support politically including donations in order to establish who to eliminate from society. The one-party elite are creating models of censorship that can be tailored and implemented at a whim. It’s all so obvious. Technology based Totalitarianism. Yet most Republican sit on their hands and take no stance against the political machine behind these agendas.
The Leftist Elites have proven over and over that they are indeed evil incarnate as we know it. Disregarding the individual, natural rights and human life all in order to gain power and control over the masses.
These are dark times indeed. Maintaining and utilizing open communication channels between the populace to discuss and educate each other is the only avenue the people have left to be able to stand up in enough numbers and strength to stave off their destruction and totalitarianism. Something that is unfortunately all to obvious.
The fact is that the world changes but the human heart does not. There will always exist those with power that will steal, lie, cheat and murder their fellow man to gain money and more power for themselves, yet the majority of people cannot bring themselves to recognize or accept it as an embedded character of humanity.
Very well articulated, indeed!
Universal basic income… here we come.
It’s starting in Los Angeles now.
https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1453126949610696705
Soon to be expanded, I’m sure to other parts of California.
Didn’t Stockton Ca do this a few years back? Now have to go find how that turned out.
Well, the teenage Mayor of Stockton didn’t win a second term
Correct me if I’m wrong… but I think California is sitting on a lot of cash right now… both their own, and compliments of others. I’m sure it’s burning a hole in someone’s pocket.
And the state has managed to lose over 50 billion dollars of covid relief to fraud.
Your tax dollars hard at work paying people to not work-
Fraud? Or “fraud”?
Chicago also. Using Federal COVID Relief funds, I understand.
They have perfected the bait and switch.
Thou oh Lord, are a shield for me. The glory and the lifter of my soul! You all need it. Can’t survive this state of America as it is right now. Its screwed up, big time.
Not even sure I am at all proud to be American anymore. One Big Lie of a nation.
I’m proud to be a American. Not proud at all about crooked politicians and judges. All you crooked folks gonna regret and pay one day. You can count on it.
I don’t respect those who voted Dem and some are or were my friends. YOu can’t believe in American values if you voted Biden.
Love my country, hate my government.
The Masters lost their slaves over a century ago and now they want a new class of slaves that they’ll take care of … while the slaves will have to pay their new Masters to take care of them. Slaves don’t need money when their Masters (read Democrats) will take care of all their needs. And what are the slaves’ needs? The Masters will decide that; slaves just need to know their place, obediently obeying the Masters.
Anyone who lives in AZ, I’m posting this for you. It’s the real deal. Ordered a half beef myself.
https://azgrassraisedbeef.com/shop
Anyone in Oklahoma, here you go. Great people.
https://www.dunagan-farms.com/
Stock up now
All over the country there are butchers who offer 1/4, 1/2, or whole cow cut to your specifications and delivered ready to freeze. I have no doubt that almost anyone can find a local one.
Buy a freezer, put a cow in it. Good investment for hard times ahead. Heck, buy three.
Why not make it half the pot…….$7.5 Trillion is weak….let’s go for half the govt deficit, maybe $17 Trillion by now.
It’s fascinating, how long can the world’s reserve currency stay afloat using a Xerox to create paper dollars others will accept at present value?
Gradually at first, then all of a sudden reality will arrive.
Found in the bin… 🙁
Pres. Trump had a great domestic infrastructure plan………the RINOs would not support it……or anything Pres. Trump did.
Not enough graft for the scumbag Cretins in DC.
Yep. They did not want the very smart and affordable private/public partnerships.
Much less graft and fewer political kick-backs with a program like that.
Nothing in it to personally enrich the politicians.
“count the fake savings today” – count savings that haven’t occurred
Just like taxing unrealized gains – tax capital gains that haven’t occurred
Fantasyland.
“I will happily pay you on Tuesday for a hamburger today…”
There truly is nothing new under the Sun, is there?
<“I will happily pay you on Tuesday for a hamburger today…”>
The Libs wimp out 🙂
Rather the “wimpys” lib out.
Because we do nothing and keep electing them.
We tried. Internet voting machines doing us in. Legislators, where you at? We all know your not for us. You for urself. You like it.
Wow, see, that’s the problem right there…you still think our votes count. They haven’t for a long time. Do you really believe that the 2020 election was clean? If the answer is no, then how can you think we have elected anyone within the last 2 decades (or more)?
Has anyone ever heard the name “Left-wing Conspiracy”? Me neither.
What a bunch of crooks!!
“Not only are Democrats driving the economy into the ditch, overseeing major inflation fears, doing everything possible to spike gas prices, etc., they’re spending like it’s an Olympic event and not only are they going for the gold, they’re taking every performance-enhancing drug in existence in that pursuit.”
The fake economy of being close to those who run the literal money-making machine is taking over the real economy of beneficial transactions.
Wife are spineless and cowardly rino’s beijing mitch and weak chined mccarthy doing to expose and put their republican pitbulls like Jordan, Nunes, Boebert, MTG, Gaetz and the others on the offense doing what shifty schiff is famous for – leak the inner dealings to the conservative press!!
You hit the nail on the head. Finally someone gets it. Replicans just as guilty.
Maybe it’s because I’ve been around awhile, paying taxes for close to six decades, working my ass off most of that time, but my inner Galt is kicking in hard. Tired of funding DC madness.
Great article on the narcissism of these power mad elitists and why they’re doing what they’re doing.
https://www.barnhardt.biz/2021/10/18/on-why-diabolical-narcissists-like-hillary-clinton-want-to-get-caught-and-it-isnt-for-the-reason-you-think/
That is definitely one to share.
Wow! That is a great article and VERY prescient! She didn’t mention the evil midget or his giggling bug-eating counterpart Biil G, but I would certainly put them in the same category!! Along with the Governors of several states, including NY, Washington, Oregon, California, and Michigan!
Ann Barnhardt has been through the fire. She is an exceptional deeply spiritual person. When you read and understand what she is saying, veils fall from your eyes. Your understanding of the meaning of current events widens and deepens. God has given her the gift of discernment over and above that of many who are speaking out today. She is all about spiritual truth and not about herself.
Yep, this is spot-on. Not to brag, (ha) but I’ve had firsthand experience with a DN. The primary factor that makes it so difficult for we “normal, regular” people to understand is that we simply do not think that way, it’s completely foreign, unrelatable, insane. Yes, yes it is. It’s only by accepting the unimaginable that one can successfully fight these demons. It’s astounding how many of them there are, in varying degrees.
People who live in a state of nature and those that live by the laws has become quite stark.
If these idiots in Congress pass this nonsense, I’m going to grab all the benefits I can get out of; pay off all my family’s debt; go long in Bitcoin and an index fund; and then high tail it out of here to Belize when the time is right.
Ah, Belize! Come for the beaches, stay for the decapitations!
At least I’ll have the beach. I can decapitated if I’m out at night in any large city here in PA.
RAPE, PILLAGE, PLUNDER; AMERICA YOU’VE BEEN HAD!
NOTE: First, my thanks to President Trump for his role in exposing the entire military/industrial/political/deep state complex and the swamp they employ. Last, my thanks to Little Joe, Crying Chuck, Loony Nancy, and so many others in the swamp. Special thanks to each of you for reinforcing my lessons learned throughout your years in politics. Little Joe do you remember the time we listed you, Billy Clinton, and a whole gaggle of politicians as subjects in that international drug trade investigation? Hint, it was during your first term in the Senate. Why don’t you impress the folks by explaining the term, ‘Green Lining?’ Little Joe you also have my congratulations in that you are one of the three subjects who has gone on to be President of the United States of America!
Soldier/Cop/Mercenary, Retired
President Trump’s remarks/actions since entering politics and this article reinforces the confession/lessons learned first presented in 1989 (most presented in 1989, rest added during President Obama’s last two years in office) to the citizens of this old soldier/cop/mercenary’s community while serving as their police chief.
Soldier/Cop/Mercenary, Retired
A Soldier/Cop/Mercenary’s Confession/Lessons Learned
* Soldiers (ground combat soldiers, that is) do not fight first and foremost for their country, the flag, motherhood, girls back home, or apple pie! Before all else, soldiers engaged in ground combat fight for their fellow soldiers and their unit. Why? Because in every war/police action/whatever including WWII the strategies and tactics adopted by mostly incompetent/corrupt military and civilian managers (notice I said managers not leaders) were/are designed to maximize the profits of the military/industrial/political complex with little regard for the those personnel charged with employing the same. In short, the American soldier has been/is nothing more than a “mercenary” since 1969 with the creation of the “All Volunteer Army (VOLAR)”.
* The Seven C’s of Leadership according to a survey of 1646 Vietnam era ground combat veterans listed of the order of their importance (according to the vets) are; Candor, Competence, Consistency, Commitment, Courage, Compassion, and Courtesy. The reason the soldiers in the survey chose the word “candor” is because to them candor encompasses both omission and co-mission. To a combat soldier lack of absolute candor, be it co-mission or omission, are equal sins! In short, soldiers expect/demand absolute candor from their leaders before all else. Note: The democrats have proven they are masters of co-mission, while republicans have proven they are masters of omission!
* The American people are the most effectively lied to people in modern times thanks primarily to politicians, bureaucrats, academicians, and the media.
* Arrogance plus ignorance equals stupidity (A + I = S).
* The greatest threats to the American people are the corrupt and/or incompetent politicians/bureaucrats/academicians found at every level of government/academia, and the majority of the American so-called media.
* The American Profession of Arms and our brothers/sisters in the Blue have failed to protect the American people from all of their enemies, both foreign and ‘most especially’ domestic.
* There are only two primary requirements to be a career soldier and/or cop in America. One must be smart enough to do the work and dumb enough to take the job.
* American soldiers and police officers must in addition to mastering all of their professionally mandated tasks learn to accomplish the same with at least one arm tied behind their backs and their vision impaired 50% or more.
* Far too many of the politicians, bureaucrats, academicians, and media types I have encountered during my years as a soldier/cop/mercenary I most kindly refer to as; self-serving, witless, cowards. Note: I originally referred to the aforementioned folks as; “Self-serving, witless, cowardly, pissants!” After retiring to the deep woods I dropped pissants once becoming acquainted with the little guys; in that I learned pissants are not self-serving nor witless, and certainly not cowards!
* After carefully watching the whole of the political class since May of 1960, I can say without reservation that most of the group will sell their souls and our bodies just to remain in power.
* Want to see what the United States of America will look like if the left takes control of the government? Take your pick: New York City, Baltimore, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, or the complete packages; California, New York, Illinois, etc, etc, etc…..
* If the so-called Progressive movement continues unchecked a number of able veterans are going to be presented with a challenge/decision. Are the American people worth another drop of our sweat and/or our blood?
* The end goal of the elites and their minions is not (nor ever has been) socialism, communism, or capitalism. The elites of world have used all manner of ideologies, religions, terrorism, brute force, etc. to drive the masses/peasants/serfs/whatever in one direction. That direction leads to one of the oldest forms of human control ever employed in the history of mankind. That form of human control is Feudalism!
Soldier/Cop/Mercenary, Retired
PS The following is for you Americans who still can control you levels of sensitivity/anxiety in the face of the real threats/actions that are going to bring this nation to its knees. All of the lessons learned above (save the last three, which were added during Obama’s last two years in office) and those listed below were written for the prelude of a book titled: “Rape, Pillage, Plunder; America You’ve Been Had!” (After Obama was elected to his second term I added; “And It’s Your Own Damn Fault!”). The book has not been published in that the Department of Defense has denied four requests to publish the same due to classified information they claim is in the book. That so-called classified information primarily deals with the number of politicians and bureaucrats sitting at the federal, state, county, and city levels of government during the Carter years who made the list of subjects in an investigation of the international drug trade and money laundering. Three of those politicians went on to be President of the United States of America.
The excluded lessons learned are: Sorry, I have ‘chickened out’ and omitted four of the lessons learned presented in 1989. If any of you are interested in reading the same just send me a self-addressed envelope with a note from your doctor stating you can handle high levels of stress. I know, many of you think I am also a coward.
Basically selling us into slavery…
Meanwhile the dirty tricksters are skimming the cream off for themselves and their buddies, leaving ordinary people left to pick up the tab. There are gangsters running the federal government!
They continue to lie because they are scum….and we let them do this. [So what are we?]
How about a nation wide boycott on federal taxes!!! Forever!
i’d settle for newt’s flat tax proposal making a comeback.
that’ll have the corruptocrats reaching for the xanax!
They act like there is going to be an economy to rob. Not with the current trajectory.
I hope Washington gets nuked…..
We are all so screwed
not quite yet.but if people do not wake up soon….
As soon as I get these last few parts for my time machine….
I’m going back to kill all these criminals ancestors…
All that would do would be to give us fresh criminals.
Progressive = Communist
Yes, a mixed bag of Bolsheviks and Maoist.
Jurrasic Pork was coined in the early 1990’s
END The Fed !
It should be every GOP senator on the news telling us this, not a blogger. Instead, where are they?
Every citizen of AZ, every citizen of W. VA, they need to know.
Their plan is to fundraise off of it and say they’ll repeal and replace it.
Then they’ll do nothing when they win control of Congress.
They’re Lucy with the football.
War is Peace
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength
Digging Hole Deeper is Build Back Better
The Democrats are ushering us into a new Dark Age, so why call them progressives?
….’progressively’ going increasingly backwards …
p.s. remember the cost per gallon of vehicle fuel, just 1 year ago?
Have you seen the price recently?
(its at about the year, 2014 prices…progressively going backwards in 2021, to 2014 prices.)
i.e. ‘progressing ‘ backwards…. ( in more ways than one. economically, culturally, politically, non-science… uncivil…)
imho
Biden keeps sending us money on top of money. CTC.
out of nowhere came an additional 5,000$, we found on our card all that after a huge stimulus, we already get good money on the first and an additional 8$ hundred CTC on the 15th ,
Everyone living here at the subdivision subsidized housing is jumping up and down , all smokers, smoking flavors , flavors are brand name cigarettes, no more looseys or roll your own cigar cut tobacco , everyone has kids , everyone OD ing ,narcan, needles ,pizza boxes, KFC, crack pipes , dumpster overflowing with white trash garbage, new TVs , stereos , new bikes ,The cops are straight out on 911 mis dials , clueless cops ,
We are the only ones who don’t smoke or drug , we are the only ones who see the free money as a real bad sign , instead of pizza we stock up on canned sockeye salmon , the juicy ones , Rubinstein red wild caught , no KFC, instead stocking up on corn beef in a can , canned spam , nuts , medications, bug repellents ,bug out bags , we have a hide away close by with canoe , ice fishing gear, wool clothes, gortex boots ,when they come vaccinating , we have hot tents with portable wood burning stove, wood in the storage unit, sleds ,sheds, ,snow shoes, gun, flour ,yeast , ammo , we are the cautious ones , frightened even , because we know what’s coming, we’re not jumping up and down , our feet are turning corners before we do . We are the lost Catholics praying for direction, like water ship downs , like rabbits, bring on your gimmicks you cracked brained slave drivers, we’ll take a couple of you down with us ,
Like Andrew Breitbart said
“War”
I just looked up your CTC- child tx credit-payments the government is sending you in advance. It is really quite shocking. And the question bothering the Dems is how can they give those same sums to illegal aliens. There’s a definite “catch ” in the system of CTC. There really is no free money. The IRS and Biden regime doesn’t give money away for nothing.
Survival is not a bad goal but what kind of a country will we will have if the only people left living are like hermits and have no care or concern for liberty or country. Is that the best way to face tyranny?
Planning & plotting the absolute guaranteed financial & cultural destruction of America by using greed, envy and fear! NEVER would I have ever believed the United States Congress would be the ones to “light the fuse”. Notice; it wasn’t Putin, so the CCP must be behind it all!
You get the feeling the Democrats will get their future slush fund one way or the other.
But will Hunter have to pay taxes on his unsold art? What about pics he hasn’t painted yet.
Time to write your Senators and Representative and advise them that there will be significant backlash against anyone and all that support that doltish budget. If the public understands that inflation is rampant now, what do they believe to be the consequences of such pork filled, wasteful budget? And these clowns want to pass a “billionaire tax” as well?
Send a form letter to every Senator, and them know that such financial folly will return to them at election time, sooner or later.
Useless grifters selling out my country while lying that they’re saving it. I just call it what it is, the grifter program. Saves time.
I have lots of realized loses, will gain much $ in this scam. Are the smartest the stupidist?
Bamboozling the American people with their media partners makes them think we are fooled. FJB
If we all decide to claim, let’s say 10 dependants on our federal employment tax withholdings, that would effectively pay $0 to the feds. If we all decided to change our withholdings immediately we might make a big FU statement to Biden and cohorts.
I’ve done that and it looked great on my paycheck but sucked big time when time to file my taxes that following year…
There is also a penalty if you don’t withhold enough. I was charged that penalty, although not very big, because a broker failed to follow my request for witholding taxes on a Roth conversion and when I discovered it at tax time it was too late to fix it because of the Dec. deadline for Roth conversions.