Here’s everything that’s wrong with the Build Back Better spending bill House Democrats just passed

FEE’s Brad Polumbo writes, “House Democrats voted Friday to pass the so-called “Build Back Better” plan, a multi-trillion-dollar welfare and climate change spending bill. They’re heralding it as a major accomplishment that will uplift struggling Americans and revitalize the economy. So, let’s review all the reasons it’s an utterly terrible piece of legislation.

It's uniquely terrible even by the abysmally low standards we expect from Congress. https://t.co/ztpeoXQix9

— FEE (@feeonline) November 20, 2021

First, the cost is astronomical. The Biden administration and its allies in Congress have repeatedly made false claims about its price tag. They’ve time and time again parroted the claim that the legislation 'costs zero' because it supposedly does not add to the national debt and is 'paid for' with new tax increases. (It actually does add to the debt, but that’s not the point). Yet this is an absurd argument.”

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