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As usual the American people were fleeced again by Biden and company as covid relief packages were just bailouts, nothing more nothing less
States pocketed millions in COVID-relief cash for pet projects
Several lawmakers from both sides of the aisle spoke out on the COVID funds going to state and local pet projects
Broward County, Florida, dropped $140 million in American tax dollars on a new, 29-story luxury hotel overlooking the Atlantic Ocean with 800 rooms and an 11,000-foot spa.
Broward County officials defended their use of the money to build the hotel that would be owned by the county but run by a private management group.
County officials changed course with cash they initially earmarked to the hotel project, putting it in the county’s general fund to offset tax revenue losses, a federally-acceptable use of the money.
The money was then transferred back to the hotel project from the general fund.
Dutchess County, New York, paid $12 million in federal funds to renovate a Yankees-affiliated minor league team’s stadium.
Massachusetts saw $5 million in taxpayer dollars pay off debts of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate.
Dutchess County officials also backed their use of the money, calling it "completely and absolutely consistent" with how Congress instructed to spend the money. The Edward Kennedy Institute did not respond to the AP’s request for comment.
Tax filings showed the Edward Kennedy Institute was operating in the red between 2015 and 2019 to the tune of $27 million.
The expenditures amount to a fraction of the $350 billion made available through last year’s American Rescue Plan to help state and local governments weather the crisis. But they are examples of uses of the aid that are inconsistent with the rationale that Democrats offered for the record $1.9 trillion bill. The cash, Democrats said, was desperately needed to save jobs, help those in distress, open schools and increase vaccinations.
"This AP report confirms what we already knew: The so-called American Rescue Plan was a $2T sham that wasted billions in taxpayer dollars and directly contributed to Biden’s current economic crisis.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics...h-pet-projects
States pocketed millions in COVID-relief cash for pet projects
Several lawmakers from both sides of the aisle spoke out on the COVID funds going to state and local pet projects
Broward County, Florida, dropped $140 million in American tax dollars on a new, 29-story luxury hotel overlooking the Atlantic Ocean with 800 rooms and an 11,000-foot spa.
Broward County officials defended their use of the money to build the hotel that would be owned by the county but run by a private management group.
County officials changed course with cash they initially earmarked to the hotel project, putting it in the county’s general fund to offset tax revenue losses, a federally-acceptable use of the money.
The money was then transferred back to the hotel project from the general fund.
Dutchess County, New York, paid $12 million in federal funds to renovate a Yankees-affiliated minor league team’s stadium.
Massachusetts saw $5 million in taxpayer dollars pay off debts of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate.
Dutchess County officials also backed their use of the money, calling it "completely and absolutely consistent" with how Congress instructed to spend the money. The Edward Kennedy Institute did not respond to the AP’s request for comment.
Tax filings showed the Edward Kennedy Institute was operating in the red between 2015 and 2019 to the tune of $27 million.
The expenditures amount to a fraction of the $350 billion made available through last year’s American Rescue Plan to help state and local governments weather the crisis. But they are examples of uses of the aid that are inconsistent with the rationale that Democrats offered for the record $1.9 trillion bill. The cash, Democrats said, was desperately needed to save jobs, help those in distress, open schools and increase vaccinations.
"This AP report confirms what we already knew: The so-called American Rescue Plan was a $2T sham that wasted billions in taxpayer dollars and directly contributed to Biden’s current economic crisis.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics...h-pet-projects
