Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has rejected the highly interventionist “Build Back Better” policies embraced by fellow developed countries in an election pitch to the business community. The prime minister also called for a reconfiguration of supply chains to “just in case” models while outlining seven critical areas, including semiconductors, needing attention. In a speech…
Australian Prime Minister Rejects ‘Build Back Better’ in Pitch to Business Community
March 9, 2022
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Senate Democrats Try to Revive BBB Programs, Win Sen. Manchin’s Support
In his State of the Union address, President Joe Biden called for the resurrection of several Build Back Better (BBB) policies, including government-financed childcare, paid family leave, and in-home healthcare. Several Senate Democrats are pushing for such a package, but are again facing opposition from Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.). In December 2021 Manchin, after months…
We’re From the Government, We’re Here to Help
Commentary Another day, another government handout. The United States has become an economy that is addicted to cheap money. Subsidies for businesses are wrong. Period. Full stop. And yet another word has recently made its way into our vocabulary … the Public-Private Partnership (otherwise known as a P3). In truth, P3s are not new. They’ve existed…
Documents Show Trudeau Warned of Issued Linked to ‘Build Back Better’ Pledge
OTTAWA—Newly released documents show Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was given warnings about the complexity of plans to “build back better” from the pandemic that could lead to economic uncertainty. The idea of strengthening economic shortfalls unearthed by the pandemic has become a rallying cry for Canada and many of its allies, such as the United…
The Long Sordid Tale of Government Waste
Commentary For the past year, Democrats in Congress have been trying to pass the president’s Build Back Better plan. As described by the administration, it’s the boldest investment in America since the New Deal. It started with an insane $3.5 trillion price tag. The bill stalled thanks to Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema…
Wonder What Build Back Better Looks Like? See California
February 15, 2022
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Commentary President Biden has not given up on his “Build Back Better” bill, despite Senator Joe Manchin repeatedly stating it is dead. That’s because the multi-trillion-dollar bill contains the dreams of the globalist left elite and progressives like Senator Bernie Sanders and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Build Back Better was not coined by Biden or his…
Capitol Report (Feb. 9): Police Leaving the Force Across Nation
February 9, 2022
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A crime wave has swept across the nation—more robberies and the largest spike in murders in six decades. As President Joe Biden works to shed the “Defund the Police” label from the Democratic Party, a bipartisan push is underway on Capitol Hill to invest more in law enforcement. Crime is up all across the country,…
Get Out Your Checkbook: The Government is Sticking You with Its Tab
Commentary U.S. debt is blasting toward the debt ceiling it recently raised—just over a month ago—like a SpaceX rocket heading for low earth orbit. Well, that didn’t take long. The fake conservatives in Congress feigned horror as they watched our black hole of an IOU expand over four-fold since the turn of the millennium… more than…
Democrats Try to Break BBB Into Smaller Bills to Overcome Manchin, Sinema Objections
President Joe Biden and other Democrats have suggested that the party could break the $1.85 trillion Build Back Better (BBB) social spending package into smaller, more targeted bills in order to pass some parts of the scheme after its defeat in late December. Biden and other Democratic leaders spent the latter half of 2021 pushing…
A Scaled-Down ‘Build Back Better’ Would Wreck Neighborhood Child Care
Commentary One of the takeaways of President Joe Biden’s marathon press conference on Jan. 19 was his declaration that “I’m confident we can get pieces, big chunks of the Build Back Better law, signed into law.” One possible big chunk is some version of the bill’s $270 billion-plus new federal child care program. Sen. Joe…
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