Now that Democrats control the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate and the White House, there is little Republicans can do to slow the massive spending packages that Democrats are poised to push through into law.
Among those is the $2 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, which includes funding for more than just coronavirus-related government programs.
U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) voiced his frustration about what has been done in the name of COVID-19 relief on Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5’s “The Jeff Poor Show.” He described the legislation as “theft” and said it was Alabama taxpayers that were paying off bills for Democrat cities throughout the country.
“The best stimulus plan is to open this country up and get people back to work,” he said. “This is ridiculous. This time last year, we were getting into this pandemic, and we thought two or three weeks and open it back up.. ‘Everybody, protect yourself and go to work and save this country, save your family, save yourself.’ And we’ve had all this science come at us, and a lot of it has been good. We have lost a lot of people. That has been a huge problem, very unfortunate. But now it is time to get back to work because we’re losing people because of mental health, because of a lot of things that are coming off of not going to work, not going to school.”
“It is an absolute disaster,” Tuberville continued. “We’ve created more of a disaster for the long run than this pandemic ever thought about. We’ve done it because of the rules and regulations that Joe Biden and his administration and the House and Senate have tried to push. The American people deserve answers for a lot of things, especially the border. Why did they steal this $2 trillion? Now, this is theft. This is not passing it and giving it out. Alabama taxpayers are paying off the bills for San Francisco, Chicago and New York — paying their bills. They can’t pay them themselves. They can’t manage their own money. It’s just an absolute disaster. of what they did with this.”
Tuberville also warned about the forthcoming $3 trillion infrastructure proposal coming from the Biden administration. The freshman U.S. Senator said a tax increase could accompany that measure.
“I’m telling you — this $3 trillion that is coming for infrastructure, which I’m not against infrastructure, but we really better be careful what we’re doing here,” he continued. “We better be accountable. But get ready. Here come the taxes. They’re right behind it. Everybody that said, ‘Well, Joe Biden is not going to raise taxes’ — you’re getting ready to get hit right between the eyes. Their huge tax plan is coming.”
@Jeff_Poor is a graduate of Auburn University and the University of South Alabama, the editor of Breitbart TV, a columnist for Mobile’s Lagniappe Weekly, and host of Mobile’s “The Jeff Poor Show” from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. on FM Talk 106.5.
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