The signing of the $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill- the most significant infrastructure investment in American history

also today:

President Biden's massive $1.75 trillion spending bill would drop a component of the child tax credit program that could lead to billions in payouts to illegal immigrants.

Tucked away on page 1,647 of the Build Back Better Act, the Democrats' social spending package, is a provision that would repeal the Social Security number requirement to obtain child tax credits. This change would expand child tax credits to parents of illegal immigrants who don't have Social Security numbers.

Steven Camarota, a Center for Immigration Studies researcher, estimated that eliminating the requirement could result in up to $2.3 billion in additional child tax credit payouts to illegal immigrants

Camarota also estimates an $8.2 billion payout from the expanded child tax credits to illegal immigrants with U.S.-born children.
"In addition to dropping the Social Security number requirement, receipt of payments for illegal immigrants is made all the easier because reconciliation also eliminates the work requirement for next year," Camarota said. "In the past, some illegal immigrants who worked off the books sometimes had trouble demonstrating employment income, but now that won't be a problem."

The child tax credit extensions are not related to the Biden administration's floated idea of payouts to illegal immigrant families separated at the border.


I can’t wait for 2022 elections!!!! People are fed up. Everything going up in price…gas, food, utilities, you name it. Wages aren’t increasing at the same pace. And then we get ILLEGALS coming to the U.S. getting handouts. This is wrong and this will absolutely costs Dems vote next year.

EnterAName said:

Anyone have a projection of when I should start seeing changes? I hope the money is spent well. I hate to see workers redoing already smooth roads in rich/tourist areas for the 5th time while neglecting rough car-damaging roads that have been that way for years.

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Pull up a chair because you going to be waiting for a few lifetimes. I wonder how that money will be divided up. My guess is alot is going over to the bigger blue states.

The republican party is engaged in culture wars. They really don't have a mechanism to make something like this happen. When they can do things like this, then they can gain the ear of Black people.

RussianVodkaSux said:

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Love to see it. This is America.This bill is so big for America and on the global stage. Also, that book Betrayal is dropping tonight by Jonathan Karl. I am stupid tempted to buy this book tomorrow because although we been knew what the ex president was and continues to try to do, he has some of the play by play and who was doing what to put this attempted on going coup in motion.. I need that in my possession.

Ezra Miller said:

Huge transfer of wealth here. I wonder if cities and states will be able to implement anything before the economic crash.

Also, was the "human infrastructure" language taken out? That was the most egregious part for me. What about the 50% tax break and handouts for corporate media?

Conventionaly most left-leaning sites are only discussing the road projects without discussing the social changes that were concerning for many.

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The social changes are not in this bill. It’s in the other bill that has yet to be voted on by the Senate.