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Today, Explained

Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan

Today, Explained

Vox

News, Daily News, Politics

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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It’s infrastructure week in America. President Joe Biden unveiled a plan to spend trillions on bridges, roads, housing, and clean energy to prove it. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's hard to make predictions about a new year just as it starts, but you're probably

0:05.8

safe saying that 2023 will be bad for Hollywood.

0:10.5

All of these companies have either announced layoffs or have said that they are planning

0:16.0

hiring freezes or cost cutting in the new year.

0:19.9

And that's a recession in my mind.

0:22.6

How a Hollywood recession might change what we watch for years to come.

0:27.4

This week on Into It, Vultures Pop Culture Podcast.

0:47.1

So today, I'm proposing a plan for the nation that rewards work, not just rewards well.

0:55.6

It builds a fair economy that gives everybody a chance to succeed.

1:00.4

And it's going to create the strongest, most resilient, innovative economy in the world.

1:06.6

Ellen Wilson, you report on the Biden administration for Vox.

1:09.7

President Joe Biden today unveiled a very big plan, a historically big plan.

1:15.1

What's the name of the game here?

1:16.1

What's he trying to do?

1:17.1

Yes, so Biden today unveiled the American Jobs Plan, which is a $2 trillion infrastructure

1:23.9

and jobs plan for moving the country towards clean energy, creating millions of jobs, and

1:32.5

doing a number of things related to the nation's infrastructure.

1:35.7

It's about infrastructure.

1:38.9

The American Jobs Plan will modernize 20,000 miles of high-wage roads and main streets that

1:45.4

are in difficult, difficult shape right now.

1:49.4

It will fix the nation's 10 most economically significant bridges in America that require

1:56.2

replacement.

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