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Biden’s $400 Billion Blunder
His marketing team needs to get their act together.
Introduction (delete later)
Just about a month ago, I wrote an overview of President Biden’s infrastructure plan, formally known as the American Jobs Plan (AJP). After reviewing the different aspects of the plan, this was my position.
For all the exaggerations from conservatives about overspending and the criticisms from the left about under funding, the bottom line is that the Jobs Act is an overall economic boon.
The most contentious part of the plan was $400 billion for caregivers who tend to the elderly and disabled. Putting that in an infrastructure bill was a stretch, but it had to go somewhere.
I’ve always “known” that caregivers are horrendously underpaid, especially since no one I know has ever had “nursing home employee” as a goal. However, this bit by John Oliver really drilled the point home.
But this is not the $400 billion mistake that I’m talking about.
Rather, I’m talking about an additional $400 billion that they FORGOT TO INCLUDE in the original rollout.
The Missing Money
The original rollout of the AJP included the image below, which was widely used in all the…
