Wasteful Spending - 2023 Omnibus Bill and How Dumb Do Democrats
think Americans are?
Discretionary versus non-discretionary spending and what is
in the 2023 Omnibus Bill. Of this $2.2T bill, about $800B is what
we have given to Biden to give away or whatever he wants without
the permission of "We the People". Congress gave him a blank check.
Non-Discretionary spending is like paying rent or a car payment.
It is basically called mandatory spending. Very little of the waste
in spending that you never hear about is mandatory spending so if
you hear about a bill being pushed through, you can almost be sure
that it could wait until we have a sound plan to get us out of this
monstrous weight sitting on our personal budget, not just that of
the federal government because we pay them as well as the debt
they create.
Mandatory is about paying bills that must be paid to avoid fees,
interest or things that are classified as bills.
Discretionary spending in not having to explain how Congress is
wasting "The People's Money". It is all about spending it on pro-
jects that we could wait on until they can be better afforded.
This type spending is done to buy votes or favor from members of
a committee or party to garner enough votes to pass a bill without
even asking the constituents of the person who are selling their
vote and often make most voters unhappy because they are the ones
being conned, lied to, or ripped off.
So, let's say that a Democrat has a friend that wants some $30M
for helping their local theatre out of debt, and a rural Texas Re-
publican needs to repair a bridge so that the school bus can save
some 20 minutes each way to save gas and have a safer route each
day. The problem is that Democrats control the House. Then there
is a company owned by a Democrat that will do the architectural
study for a very inflated fee but the Republican in that district
needs police protection. So, the Democrats make it known that if
the Republicans will vote for funding for the theatre and the
architect, they will include the much lesser cost to repair the
bridge if the Texas Representative agrees to vote for their bill.
But the other 200+ Republicans all have things from small groups
in their districts asking for funding for various projects, but
but NO Republican gets what they want until ALL of the Democrats
get their requests approved.
Since Trump took office, amidst the pandemic, Pelosi inflated
every request made on the behave of the taxpayers.
Trump submitted 3 requests for a total of $1.3T to supply the
needs of the people but Democrats inflated those to $3.1T and some
billions were included for the Arts, propping up several Democratic
cities that were broke, and even built a wax museum dedicated to
prominent blacks in Baltimore. The list is incredible on wasteful
spending that Dems tried to call Covid relief.
Even the free money that Trump suggested $600 was jacked up to
About $3K, not to mention hundreds of billions they gave to their
pet projects. All you have to do is search for the pork in each of
Bills.
Trump's first request was only $46B for coronavirus aid but
Pelosi increased that to about $800B.
The next was the CARES Act in March 2020. It was $2.2T by the
time it reached the floor. Trump had only requested $1.3T.
The American Rescue Plan of 2021 cost Americans $1.9T. Trump
had not actually requested this because there were still funds in
CARES Act.
Next was the Biden version of the American Rescue Plan Act
that added another $1.9T.
Then Pelosi tried to pass her $3T HEROES Act while there was
still funds in the CARES Act. It failed in the Senate.
There is so much pork in her bills that it is difficult to
find the full content of these bills and where all that money went.
The simple math is that a lot of people who refuse to go to work
because they make more on the free windfall.
Pelosi forced through about $6T because she could.
That is not mentioning the new $2.2 Omnibus Bill designed to
keep the Republicans from curbing their waste for almost a year.
All of the money I mentioned is discretionary. One deal after
another and a giant waste of taxpayer money.
When Obama took office, the national debt was about $9T but by
the time he left office, the debt was nearly $20T.
Trump dealt with the pandemic and still our debt only rose to
about $23T.
Biden and Democrats don't care about the disaster they have
created and now the National Debt is almost $32T.
Many economists think we have reached the point of NO return
and that Americans have allowed the corrupt media, DOJ, Democrats,
the gullible people who do not care enough about the country to
take a moment and question the lies and misinformation they are
being fed by those set upon destroying the economy.
My Dad used to tell me to always vote for those that I feel
would do the most for the country, not just for me.
We have to consider what will our children and grandchildren
have to live with.
When you hear about Congress talking about passing a budget or
spending bill, ask yourself "WHO is going to benefit from this?"
You may be very disappointed.
JFK had it right when he said, "Ask not what your country can
do for you but what you can do for your country.
My Dad was a 21-year Marine who landed at Iwo Jima. My brother
spent 27 years in the Army, some of it in Vietnam, and I spent 21
years in the Army and know what duty, honor, country, and God mean
to a true patriot. God is in charge as He blesses our nation.
Be part of the solution, not part of the problem.
Conservatively,
John
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