Forgive me for being out of the loop lately on the whole Democratic stimulus package. I've been doing the whole, you know, life thing. But I just saw Rachel Maddow's show and I'm in shock. Did she make a mistake? Is there something she's missing?
According to Rachel, and depending on how generously you calculate it, at most, 18% of the Democrat's planned stimulus will actually go to infrastructure. Defined as traditional, transportation infrastructure, the number is only about 7%. Seven percent.
Yet, and this is where the word insane pops into my head, 33% goes to tax cuts? Did we have an election?
In fact, she reports that billions that were allocated to infrastructure (Amtrak, aviation, US Army Corp of Engineers, Water infrastructure and sewer) were gutted to accommodate tax cuts.
Now, the other 49% goes to "states, health, education" and what is unclear from Rachel's show is what exactly this 49% actually entails.
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