The Itsfuckedforsure Bill: And the Ghosts of Spending Bills Past.

Unf*cking The Republic

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Government, News, Politics

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🗓️ 20 November 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

President Biden signed H.R. 3684 into law with leaders in Washington breaking their arms to pat themselves on the back. Never mind that the infrastructure bill is either 20% or 40% of what the American Society of Civil Engineers believes is necessary (depending upon your interpretation of the allocated funds), or that it doesn’t begin to address climate change, or that it’s stuffed with old school pork and contains none of the human elements promised to us. It’s a bill that got signed in Washington and that’s apparently all that matters. Find out why it’s great for corporations, guarantees the Republicans take back the White House in ‘24 and why we’re mad at Elon Musk and his hair plugs.

Chapters

00:02:22 Intro

00:05:18 Segment 1

00:21:52 Segment 2

00:37:33 Show Notes

00:38:29 Book Love

00:39:06 Emails + Shoutouts

00:50:58 Outro

Resources

U.S. Department Of Transportation: Public Roads- Summer 1996

Investopedia: Understanding the Infrastructure Bills

ASCE Infrastructure Report Card: Making the Grade

ASCE Infrastructure Report Card: A Comprehensive Assessment Of America’s Infrastructure

New York Times: Biden signs infrastructure bill, promoting benefits for Americans.

New York Times: What’s in the $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill

U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works: H. R. 3684

Brookings: Eight Years Later- What the Recovery Act Taught Us about Investing in Transportation

Britannica: Tennessee Valley Authority

U.S. Department Of Transportation Federal Highway Administration: Interstate Highway System - The Myths

Book Love

Michael Grunwald: The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era

Stephanie Kelton: The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy

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0:00.0	Unfucking the Republic is brought to you by Sam C and Crin G, unfucking insane level members of the show.
0:08.8	So I'd like to begin the episode on a personal note.
0:12.5	By now you know that we're pretty transparent with our numbers.
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0:37.8	always hilarious down-underfuckers who have been hard at work sharing the show that have made
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