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lapfog_1

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2. The 3.5T was already a compromise
Sat Oct 9, 2021, 09:24 AM
Oct 2021

but ok... Manchin wants only 1.5T, fine.

3.5 - 1.5 = 2.0 / 2 = 1T. So the "let's meet in the middle" is $2.5T

And, please, let's find $1T by losing some things out of the package and NOT by doing everything but at reduced funding (meaning that every program simply will not meet the goals).

As a senior... it sucks that Medicare doesn't cover vision or some dental and that you have to be 65 to qualify... etc But I'm ok with losing this. Not happy about it, but OK... free community college... ok we can lose that too. Again, not a great choice. Extend the ACA... I know... I want universal health care, Medicare for all... but we can wait more time for it.

Climate Change is everything. It is the whole ball of wax. The planet will be fine but the human race will not be. The Cons talk about saddling the children with a huge bill to be paid (the debt)... but if we don't deal with climate change, the "children" (and their children) will face death and destruction that we can't even imagine (famine, drought, storms, floods). Not to mention a huge bill to adapt that will cost more Trillions.

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