What is lost in all the Pelosi Trump hoopla today is that republicans

[applegrove]

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don't want to raise any taxes to fund infrastructure and Trump gave into them. US is at full employment and doing infrastructure now would result in increased wages. GOP can't have that. Better to wait for a time when everything is automated and unemployment is high. After all if workers don't fight inflation by never taking more of a slice of the pie in wages than they had in 1980, then everyone will have to fight inflation, including the rich.The boom might slow down if wages go up. So no taxes for infrastructure for you Trump. Make it look like it is democrats busting the agreed discussions last month.

[ooky]

1. Didn't Schumer say our infrastructure proposal would be to pay for it by

taking money back from the Republican tax scam? (To which Trump would never agree.)

[applegrove]

2. That too. Tax hikes and wage increases for workers are unacceptable

to the GOP.

[ooky]

3. I think we should just go ahead and pass our own bill in the House now.

Let Trump and McConnell refuse to take it up and we then campaign on it for 2020, accusing Republicans of having nothing.

[applegrove]

4. That would be good.