“We need a Green New Deal for Public Housing,” says Rep. Jamaal Bowman. “We need a Green New Deal for Cities…and we need a Green New Deal for Public Schools.”
by Eric Boehm
Reason.com
In a joint address to Congress on Wednesday night, President Joe Biden outlined what can accurately be described as the most expensive and expansive agenda in modern American history.
Biden has proposed $6 trillion in new spending since taking office and has already signed $1.9 trillion in emergency spending related (loosely) to the COVID-19 pandemic. He wants to follow that with a huge infrastructure bill, a $15 national minimum wage, Buy American rules that offer protectionism for unions, and new entitlement programs—including a new child subsidy program for parents and a permanent expansion of Obamacare health insurance subsidies. He promised to raise taxes on the wealthy and to sic the IRS on rich people who don’t pay “their fair share.”
A few minutes after Biden wrapped up his remarks, Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D–N.Y.) said that’s not nearly enough.