Biden abandons infrastructure talks

[Thinker101]

President Biden abandoned bipartisan infrastructure talks with Senate Republicans on Tuesday over the party’s unwillingness to compromise on raising taxes.

The White House said Mr. Biden decided to jettison talks because Republicans were not ready to “meet the essential needs of our country to restore our roads and bridges, prepare us for our clean energy future, and create jobs.”

Essential needs? What the hell, if these loon want to redefine "infrastructure", why no redefine "essential" too.

Biden abandons infrastructure talks after Senate GOP refuses to back tax hikes

 

[pknopp]

You don't take this to those who are not going to support it. If you really believe in it, take it to the people.

 

[Moonglow]

President Biden abandoned bipartisan infrastructure talks with Senate Republicans on Tuesday over the party’s unwillingness to compromise on raising taxes.

The White House said Mr. Biden decided to jettison talks because Republicans were not ready to “meet the essential needs of our country to restore our roads and bridges, prepare us for our clean energy future, and create jobs.”

Essential needs? What the hell, if these loon want to redefine "infrastructure", why no redefine "essential" too.

Biden abandons infrastructure talks after Senate GOP refuses to back tax hikes

Biden won't get any support from Republicans they are wasting time as per usual.

 

[Esdraelon]

This is the kind of asinine "leadership" we get when one party has near-total control of the media and therefore the message. Watch all of the MSM line up to repeat, word for word this argument. All I can say is God bless Manchin and Sinema and pray they don't get bought or bullied into decisions that could actually lead to civil war.

 

[Moonglow]

This is the kind of asinine "leadership" we get when one party has near-total control of the media and therefore the message. Watch all of the MSM line up to repeat, word for word this argument. All I can say is God bless Manchin and Sinema and pray they don't get bought or bullied into decisions that could actually lead to civil war.

It is the same asinine leadership we get with every president and every Congress...

 

[Esdraelon]

You don't take this to those who are not going to support it. If you really believe in it, take it to the people.

On this, we agree. Ultimately, the people decide who sits in those seats and vote on such issues, well... that was, until 2020 but hopefully, that was a one-off.
Reagan had a totally Democrat-controlled Congress and still got his agenda through by doing precisely what you are advocating here.
The people were behind him and the opposition party KNEW their risk of impeding his agenda. Joe, to say the least, cannot make that claim with a straight face.

 

[Esdraelon]

This is the kind of asinine "leadership" we get when one party has near-total control of the media and therefore the message. Watch all of the MSM line up to repeat, word for word this argument. All I can say is God bless Manchin and Sinema and pray they don't get bought or bullied into decisions that could actually lead to civil war.

It is the same asinine leadership we get with every president and every Congress...

It might come as a surprise to you but government gridlock is not a bug, it's a FEATURE. It was designed into the structure to keep the minority from constantly being crushed. It has always been understood that power is going to change hands regularly and that compromise is essential to good governance. That ended during Obama's time and became worse during Trump.

What the Democrats - with help from some RINOs - did between 2016-2020 was to reject that spirit of compromise TOTALLY. If Manchin and Sinema got in line and voted to ditch the filibuster, this country would come apart and fall into violence. Don't believe it? Tell me, if you saw the Republicans use rules to pass laws against abortion, all environmental protection, and crafted an electoral structure for the states that would guarantee Democrats would never have control again... what would you do? What do you think Democrats would be JUSTIFIED in doing in that situation?

 

[gipper]

President Biden abandoned bipartisan infrastructure talks with Senate Republicans on Tuesday over the party’s unwillingness to compromise on raising taxes.

The White House said Mr. Biden decided to jettison talks because Republicans were not ready to “meet the essential needs of our country to restore our roads and bridges, prepare us for our clean energy future, and create jobs.”

Essential needs? What the hell, if these loon want to redefine "infrastructure", why no redefine "essential" too.

Biden abandons infrastructure talks after Senate GOP refuses to back tax hikes

Let’s see now old Joe campaigned on a $15 MW. That’s gone. He campaigned for a public option and that’s gone. He campaigned on ending Trump’s tax cuts that’s gone.

When he said nothing fundamentally changes he was actually telling the truth.

 

[Lastamender]

President Biden abandoned bipartisan infrastructure talks with Senate Republicans on Tuesday over the party’s unwillingness to compromise on raising taxes.

The White House said Mr. Biden decided to jettison talks because Republicans were not ready to “meet the essential needs of our country to restore our roads and bridges, prepare us for our clean energy future, and create jobs.”

Essential needs? What the hell, if these loon want to redefine "infrastructure", why no redefine "essential" too.

Biden abandons infrastructure talks after Senate GOP refuses to back tax hikes

Biden won't get any support from Republicans they are wasting time as per usual.

They working on an impeachment?

 

[basquebromance]

there's a tension between the immense liberal burden of expectation for the Biden presidency as compared to it's actual record of achievement. when libs notice Biden has done nothing for them, they will leave him in droves, leading to massive landslide electoral defeats in 2022 and 2024

 

[Moonglow]

there's a tension between the immense liberal burden of expectation for the Biden presidency as compared to it's actual record of achievement. when libs notice Biden has done nothing for them, they will leave him in droves, leading to massive landslide electoral defeats in 2022 and 2024

Biden is a hardliner and will do what past presidents have done, the status quo.

 

[Moonglow]

President Biden abandoned bipartisan infrastructure talks with Senate Republicans on Tuesday over the party’s unwillingness to compromise on raising taxes.

The White House said Mr. Biden decided to jettison talks because Republicans were not ready to “meet the essential needs of our country to restore our roads and bridges, prepare us for our clean energy future, and create jobs.”

Essential needs? What the hell, if these loon want to redefine "infrastructure", why no redefine "essential" too.

Biden abandons infrastructure talks after Senate GOP refuses to back tax hikes

Biden won't get any support from Republicans they are wasting time as per usual.

They working on an impeachment?

I think it's a raspberry drizzle..The states have already raised gas taxes to pay for state infrastructure the feds might as well also...

 

[Hossfly]

there's a tension between the immense liberal burden of expectation for the Biden presidency as compared to it's actual record of achievement. when libs notice Biden has done nothing for them, they will leave him in droves, leading to massive landslide electoral defeats in 2022 and 2024

Biden is a hardliner and will do what past presidents have done, the status quo.

Hitler thinks Biden is a hardliner too!

 

[BlueGin]

You mean the “ infrastructure” Democrats allowed rioters to vandalize and burn over the last year?

All of a sudden they care about “ infrastructure “?

Interesting.

 

[Moonglow]

there's a tension between the immense liberal burden of expectation for the Biden presidency as compared to it's actual record of achievement. when libs notice Biden has done nothing for them, they will leave him in droves, leading to massive landslide electoral defeats in 2022 and 2024

Biden is a hardliner and will do what past presidents have done, the status quo.

Hitler thinks Biden is a hardliner too!

Hitler wouldn't let you smoke a joint but you could shoot up meth together.

 

[Lastamender]

President Biden abandoned bipartisan infrastructure talks with Senate Republicans on Tuesday over the party’s unwillingness to compromise on raising taxes.

The White House said Mr. Biden decided to jettison talks because Republicans were not ready to “meet the essential needs of our country to restore our roads and bridges, prepare us for our clean energy future, and create jobs.”

Essential needs? What the hell, if these loon want to redefine "infrastructure", why no redefine "essential" too.

Biden abandons infrastructure talks after Senate GOP refuses to back tax hikes

Biden won't get any support from Republicans they are wasting time as per usual.

They working on an impeachment?

I think it's a raspberry drizzle..The states have already raised gas taxes to pay for state infrastructure the feds might as well also...

I stopped reading after "I think".

 

[Lastamender]

there's a tension between the immense liberal burden of expectation for the Biden presidency as compared to it's actual record of achievement. when libs notice Biden has done nothing for them, they will leave him in droves, leading to massive landslide electoral defeats in 2022 and 2024

Stop saying liberal. It is way past that. There are no liberals.

 

[candycorn]

President Biden abandoned bipartisan infrastructure talks with Senate Republicans on Tuesday over the party’s unwillingness to compromise on raising taxes.

The White House said Mr. Biden decided to jettison talks because Republicans were not ready to “meet the essential needs of our country to restore our roads and bridges, prepare us for our clean energy future, and create jobs.”

Essential needs? What the hell, if these loon want to redefine "infrastructure", why no redefine "essential" too.

Biden abandons infrastructure talks after Senate GOP refuses to back tax hikes

The GOP was given the opportunity to address the nation's infrastructure needs. That would give Biden a victory though so we can't have that.

The disappointing thing from me, a Biden supporter, is that they just didn't take the $1T or so that the GOP was apparently on board with spending and pass it like the moment after they offered it. Then come back and ram through whatever wasn't addressed by the GOP measure.

If it really is a crisis...you don't play politics like the GOP has done. Its one of the reasons I will never be a democrat.

 

[Concerned American]

It might come as a surprise to you but government gridlock is not a bug, it's a FEATURE. It was designed into the structure to keep the minority from constantly being crushed. It has always been understood that power is going to change hands regularly and that compromise is essential to good governance. That ended during Obama's time and became worse during Trump.

I'm right there with you but I think the gridlock really began midway through the HW Bush admin--Clinton got a couple months of bipartisanship and W got a modicum because of 9/11, but beyond that this country has been totally gridlocked and ruled by technicalities and underhanded tricks.

 

[Darkwind]

President Biden abandoned bipartisan infrastructure talks with Senate Republicans on Tuesday over the party’s unwillingness to compromise on raising taxes.

The White House said Mr. Biden decided to jettison talks because Republicans were not ready to “meet the essential needs of our country to restore our roads and bridges, prepare us for our clean energy future, and create jobs.”

Essential needs? What the hell, if these loon want to redefine "infrastructure", why no redefine "essential" too.

Biden abandons infrastructure talks after Senate GOP refuses to back tax hikes

The GOP was given the opportunity to address the nation's infrastructure needs. That would give Biden a victory though so we can't have that.

The disappointing thing from me, a Biden supporter, is that they just didn't take the $1T or so that the GOP was apparently on board with spending and pass it like the moment after they offered it. Then come back and ram through whatever wasn't addressed by the GOP measure.

If it really is a crisis...you don't play politics like the GOP has done. Its one of the reasons I will never be a democrat.

The GOP did have an infrastructure goal. But the Democrats made it perfectly plain for everyone to understand that they would oppose anything that might make Trump look good.

So your argument is nonsense.