Five bullet point nonsense.

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Coal that they buy from us.

China's coal imports from the United States were 2 million metric tons in the first half of 2022, a decline of 67 percent compared to the same period last year

Chinese Imports Of U.S. Coal Collapse By 67% | OilPrice.com

Due to Covid-related lockdowns in China, demand for coal in the country collapsed and coal imports from the U.S. fell by 67%

oilprice.com

Have a nice day!

 

[MarathonMike]

Numbers for consideration and perspective here;

https://www.usdebtclock.org/

The Trump Hater Cult must be math challenged. The National Debt is over 36 TRILLION!!! What part of $320 thousand dollars PER TAXPAYER do they not understand?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Not quite.
Those funds(taxes) aren't invested, rather they go to the general budget/funding.
SS payments come directly out of current tax revenues.

Washington D.C. "new math" used ever since SS started.

Wrong! if you had said current FICA taxes, you would be correct.

 

[Woodznutz]

China's coal imports from the United States were 2 million metric tons in the first half of 2022, a decline of 67 percent compared to the same period last year

Chinese Imports Of U.S. Coal Collapse By 67% | OilPrice.com

Due to Covid-related lockdowns in China, demand for coal in the country collapsed and coal imports from the U.S. fell by 67%

oilprice.com

Have a nice day!

Lots of countries burn our dirty coal. We are increasing exports since the decline of Covid.

 

[rightwinger]

As shown in this link, in order of amounts, it is;
1. Medicare/Medicaid
2. Social Security
3. Interest payments on the Debt*
4. Defense

https://www.usdebtclock.org/

* = At the rate this is growing, it will soon be # 1.

Ok
So what do we cut?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Lots of countries burn our dirty coal. We are increasing exports since the decline of Covid.

That doesn't change the fact that they are burning coal and polluting the air, like I said. Are you trying to prove me correct?

 

[Foxfyre]

What does that $7 trillion go for?

Our Military, healthcare, infrastructure, social programs

Does it? The audit so far suggests very little is actually got to those who needed it or accomplish much of anything tangible for America and Americans.

I have asked again and again for any leftist to tell me what Biden accomplished that was good for America and Americans with all the money he spent in the last four years, and so far nobody has come up with anything.

To ask a federal employee to report five things he/she accomplished in the last week is not an unreasonable request. Any employee doing his her job would knock that out in less than five minutes.

 

[rightwinger]

Does it? The audit so far suggests very little is actually got to those who needed it or accomplish much of anything tangible for America and Americans.

What a ridiculous claim

 

[rightwinger]

I have asked again and again for any leftist to tell me what Biden accomplished that was good for America and Americans with all the money he spent in the last four years, and so far nobody has come up with anything.

COVID vaccines for 200 million plus Americans
$1.2 trillion infrastructure investment
Expansion of Healthcare
Semiconductor investment

 

[Foxfyre]

COVID vaccines for 200 million plus Americans
$1.2 trillion infrastructure investment
Expansion of Healthcare
Semiconductor investment

Those are just titles. So far there is little or nothing to show for the money spent.

 

[rightwinger]

Those are just titles. So far there is little or nothing to show for the money spent.

Titles?
Hundreds of millions of Americans got free COVID shots…..do you deny that?
There has been $1.2 trillion allocated to infrastructure projects that are already started. Even Republicans take credit for them
Medicaid has been expanded nation wide

 

[Foxfyre]

Titles?
Hundreds of millions of Americans got free COVID shots…..do you deny that?
There has been $1.2 trillion allocated to infrastructure projects that are already started. Even Republicans take credit for them
Medicaid has been expanded nation wide

Many hundreds of millions would have been provided COVID shots paid for by their insurance companies. For certain what Trump started in 2020 needed to be continued into 2021. But at some point it should become the responsibility of the people.

Please explain what has been built with the $1.2 trillion allocated for infrastructure projects?

 

[rightwinger]

Please explain what has been built with the $1.2 trillion allocated for infrastructure projects?

• ALASKA: $16,116,454 to the Native Village of Golovin, Alaska for the Golovin Relocation Project: This project will construct roads for the future relocation of housing and community buildings in the Village of Golovin that are frequently impacted by flooding.
• ARIZONA: $19,000,000 to the City of Flagstaff, Arizona for the Butler Avenue and Fourth Street Safety and Multimodal Improvements: This project will construct multimodal improvements along Butler Avenue from I-40 to Sinagua Heights Drive and Fourth Street from Sparrow Avenue to Crest Stone. The improvements include off-street bike lanes, ADA-compliant sidewalks, mid-block crossings, roadway widening, corridor access management solutions with a raised median and two roundabouts, rapid flashing beacons, and drainage structures.
• ARKANSAS: $2,384,532 to the City of Hot Springs, Arkansas, for the Multi-Modal Trail Network Planning project: This project will plan for the route alignments and 30% design, right-of-way plans, and environmental permitting for approximately four new multi-use trails and extend Belding Street approximately 0.25-miles from Lincoln Street to Malvern Avenue along with added sidewalks and bike lanes.
• COLORADO: $21,359,962 to Mesa County, for the Orchard Avenue (E 1/2 Road) Safety and Connectivity Project: This project will construct ADA-compliant sidewalks, dedicated bike lanes, mid-block crosswalks, new stormwater management features, and accessible transit stops along approximately 1.75 miles of rural Orchard Avenue, which is a main corridor for traffic to Central High School, Long Family Memorial Park, and Bookcliff Middle School. The project will also reconstruct the Grand Valley Canal bridge to allow for safe pedestrian and bicycle crossing.
• FLORIDA: $12,000,000 to the City of Sarasota, for the 10th Street and Boulevard of the Arts Complete Streets project: This project will construct complete streets improvements within approximately 130-acres of Rosemary District bounded by Fruitville Road, Tamiami Trail (US 41), 10th Street, and Orange Avenue. The project includes a roundabout at 10th Street and N. Orange Avenue, a mobility hub, a raised intersection, wider sidewalks, protected bicycle lanes, safety enhancements, Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV) and bike detection technologies, landscaping, lighting, drainage, stormwater, and utilities.
• ILLINOIS: $9,901,960 to the City of Decatur, for the Jasper Street Corridor project: This project will plan, design, and construct complete street enhancements along approximately 3.5 miles of Jasper Street from E. Pershing Street to E. Lake Shore Drive. Improvements will include traffic calming, lane reduction, enhanced lighting, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, and solar powered transit shelters. The project will also add microtransit solutions and eliminate confusion associated with one-way streets.
• MISSISSIPPI: $19,947,355 to the Mississippi Department of Transportation for the I-55 Pedestrian Mobility and Safety Improvements Project: This Project will install ADA-compliant sidewalks on the east and west I-55 Frontage Roads, mark pedestrian crossings, safety signage, crossing push buttons and displays, and lighting, add glare screen fencing on top of the concrete median of I-55, raised medians with pedestrian refuge islands, and pedestrian facilities on County Line Road and Briarwood Drive over the interstate. The current inadequate pedestrian infrastructure along the I-55 Frontage Roads creates burdensome transportation barriers and the insufficient pedestrian safety measures on I-55 are significant factors in the 18 pedestrian fatalities that have occurred in the project area since 2019.
• NEW YORK: $25,000,000 to the City of Olean for the Connecting Communities: A Multi-Modal Vision for West State Street Project: This project will provide a complete street makeover of a 2.5-mile road. Improvements include a two-way protected bike lane or shared-use path, bump-outs and pedestrian refuge islands, marked crosswalks, pedestrian crossing signals and ADA improvements, green infrastructure, five traversable mini-roundabouts, and pedestrian and public transit amenities. Currently, West State Street has no facilities for bikes, scooters, or mobility chairs. Pedestrian crosswalks are 50-feet long, many without crossing signals. All of Olean’s primary schools are north of West State Street. 494 school children live in neighborhoods south of West State. They are too close to ride a bus so they cross this street twice each day.
• PENNSYLVANIA: $17,000,000 to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, for the West Newton Historic Bridge Rehabilitation: This project will rehabilitate the West Newton Bridge that carries Main Street (PA 136) over the Youghiogheny River in Westmoreland County, PA, improve sight distances and stormwater management at the adjacent Main Street and Collinsburg Road intersection, and improve pedestrian safety with a Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacon at the Great Allegheny Passage trail crossing of Main Street.
• WASHINGTON: $9,560,000 to the Port of Benton in Richland, Washington for the White Bluffs Southern Connection Rail Line Rehabilitation: This project will repair and replace the White Bluffs Southern Connection Rail Line serving as the Port of Benton's short line. The project will replace at-grade crossing panels and signal equipment, repair ties and rail tracks through two at-grade crossings, correct and repair track bonding, repair asphalt approaches, and replace out-of-date signal components. The project will also replace up to 9,000 ties, replace all Wye track's ties, rail, and switches. Electronic components in the Jadwin and Battelle crossings will be replaced as well.
• WISCONSIN: $25,000,000 to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, for the National Avenue Complete Streets project: This project will reconstruct National Avenue, in the City of Milwaukee, from 1st Street to 39th Street and add Complete Streets improvements, including separated raised bike lanes, reconfigured traffic lanes, raised crosswalks, a raised intersection, transit platforms and improved sidewalk space.

The full list of projects can be viewed HERE. For more information on the RAISE program, click HERE.

https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/investing-america-biden-harris-administration-announces-132-billion-infrastructure

 

[Foxfyre]

• ALASKA: $16,116,454 to the Native Village of Golovin, Alaska for the Golovin Relocation Project: This project will construct roads for the future relocation of housing and community buildings in the Village of Golovin that are frequently impacted by flooding.
• ARIZONA: $19,000,000 to the City of Flagstaff, Arizona for the Butler Avenue and Fourth Street Safety and Multimodal Improvements: This project will construct multimodal improvements along Butler Avenue from I-40 to Sinagua Heights Drive and Fourth Street from Sparrow Avenue to Crest Stone. The improvements include off-street bike lanes, ADA-compliant sidewalks, mid-block crossings, roadway widening, corridor access management solutions with a raised median and two roundabouts, rapid flashing beacons, and drainage structures.
• ARKANSAS: $2,384,532 to the City of Hot Springs, Arkansas, for the Multi-Modal Trail Network Planning project: This project will plan for the route alignments and 30% design, right-of-way plans, and environmental permitting for approximately four new multi-use trails and extend Belding Street approximately 0.25-miles from Lincoln Street to Malvern Avenue along with added sidewalks and bike lanes.
• COLORADO: $21,359,962 to Mesa County, for the Orchard Avenue (E 1/2 Road) Safety and Connectivity Project: This project will construct ADA-compliant sidewalks, dedicated bike lanes, mid-block crosswalks, new stormwater management features, and accessible transit stops along approximately 1.75 miles of rural Orchard Avenue, which is a main corridor for traffic to Central High School, Long Family Memorial Park, and Bookcliff Middle School. The project will also reconstruct the Grand Valley Canal bridge to allow for safe pedestrian and bicycle crossing.
• FLORIDA: $12,000,000 to the City of Sarasota, for the 10th Street and Boulevard of the Arts Complete Streets project: This project will construct complete streets improvements within approximately 130-acres of Rosemary District bounded by Fruitville Road, Tamiami Trail (US 41), 10th Street, and Orange Avenue. The project includes a roundabout at 10th Street and N. Orange Avenue, a mobility hub, a raised intersection, wider sidewalks, protected bicycle lanes, safety enhancements, Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV) and bike detection technologies, landscaping, lighting, drainage, stormwater, and utilities.
• ILLINOIS: $9,901,960 to the City of Decatur, for the Jasper Street Corridor project: This project will plan, design, and construct complete street enhancements along approximately 3.5 miles of Jasper Street from E. Pershing Street to E. Lake Shore Drive. Improvements will include traffic calming, lane reduction, enhanced lighting, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, and solar powered transit shelters. The project will also add microtransit solutions and eliminate confusion associated with one-way streets.
• MISSISSIPPI: $19,947,355 to the Mississippi Department of Transportation for the I-55 Pedestrian Mobility and Safety Improvements Project: This Project will install ADA-compliant sidewalks on the east and west I-55 Frontage Roads, mark pedestrian crossings, safety signage, crossing push buttons and displays, and lighting, add glare screen fencing on top of the concrete median of I-55, raised medians with pedestrian refuge islands, and pedestrian facilities on County Line Road and Briarwood Drive over the interstate. The current inadequate pedestrian infrastructure along the I-55 Frontage Roads creates burdensome transportation barriers and the insufficient pedestrian safety measures on I-55 are significant factors in the 18 pedestrian fatalities that have occurred in the project area since 2019.
• NEW YORK: $25,000,000 to the City of Olean for the Connecting Communities: A Multi-Modal Vision for West State Street Project: This project will provide a complete street makeover of a 2.5-mile road. Improvements include a two-way protected bike lane or shared-use path, bump-outs and pedestrian refuge islands, marked crosswalks, pedestrian crossing signals and ADA improvements, green infrastructure, five traversable mini-roundabouts, and pedestrian and public transit amenities. Currently, West State Street has no facilities for bikes, scooters, or mobility chairs. Pedestrian crosswalks are 50-feet long, many without crossing signals. All of Olean’s primary schools are north of West State Street. 494 school children live in neighborhoods south of West State. They are too close to ride a bus so they cross this street twice each day.
• PENNSYLVANIA: $17,000,000 to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, for the West Newton Historic Bridge Rehabilitation: This project will rehabilitate the West Newton Bridge that carries Main Street (PA 136) over the Youghiogheny River in Westmoreland County, PA, improve sight distances and stormwater management at the adjacent Main Street and Collinsburg Road intersection, and improve pedestrian safety with a Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacon at the Great Allegheny Passage trail crossing of Main Street.
• WASHINGTON: $9,560,000 to the Port of Benton in Richland, Washington for the White Bluffs Southern Connection Rail Line Rehabilitation: This project will repair and replace the White Bluffs Southern Connection Rail Line serving as the Port of Benton's short line. The project will replace at-grade crossing panels and signal equipment, repair ties and rail tracks through two at-grade crossings, correct and repair track bonding, repair asphalt approaches, and replace out-of-date signal components. The project will also replace up to 9,000 ties, replace all Wye track's ties, rail, and switches. Electronic components in the Jadwin and Battelle crossings will be replaced as well.
• WISCONSIN: $25,000,000 to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, for the National Avenue Complete Streets project: This project will reconstruct National Avenue, in the City of Milwaukee, from 1st Street to 39th Street and add Complete Streets improvements, including separated raised bike lanes, reconfigured traffic lanes, raised crosswalks, a raised intersection, transit platforms and improved sidewalk space.

The full list of projects can be viewed HERE. For more information on the RAISE program, click HERE.

https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/investing-america-biden-harris-administration-announces-132-billion-infrastructure

That almost all of those should be state projects and not federal projects, again show me what has actually been constructed with that money.

You'll note that list is dated January 2025--the last 20 days of Biden's presidency. He was throwing money out there as fast as he could to deplete the funds President Trump would have to start his presidency. That was calculated and evil.

I doubt any thought was put into any of that and much may or may not be pulled back if there is any way to do that legally.

 

[rightwinger]

That almost all of those should be state projects and not federal projects, again show me what has actually been constructed with that money.

Move that goalpost

You claimed “Liberals” couldn’t identify anything Biden accomplished. I did and you claim they should be state projects

But they weren’t
If states had money for that investment, they would have done them on their own

Thank Biden

 

[Foxfyre]

Move that goalpost

You claimed “Liberals” couldn’t identify anything Biden accomplished. I did and you claim they should be state projects

But they weren’t
If states had money for that investment, they would have done them on their own

Thank Biden

None of those things had been accomplished at the time they were posted. I doubt seriously a single one of them has been accomplished yet.

Again posting titles is not evidence of anything accomplished.

 

[rightwinger]

None of those things had been accomplished at the time they were posted. I doubt seriously a single one of them has been accomplished yet.

So?
Unless you want “shovel ready” projects, Infrastructure investment projects takes time.
The money has been provided and projects have begun

 

[Foxfyre]

So?
Unless you want “shovel ready” projects, Infrastructure investment projects takes time.
The money has been provided and projects have begun

They've had most of four years since the infrastructure bill was passed in August 2021.

 

[rightwinger]

They've had most of four years since the infrastructure bill was passed in August 2021.

Read it and weep
Biden did nothing?
When President Biden signed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in November 2021, he committed to
delivering once-in-a-generation investments to rebuild America's infrastructure and competitiveness. Today,
the Biden-Harris Administration is breaking ground and cutting ribbons on projects across the country to
rebuild our roads and bridges, expand passenger rail, provide clean and safe water, tackle legacy pollution,
expand access to high-speed internet, and build a clean energy economy for all Americans.
To date across the Biden-Harris Administration, more than $480 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding
has been announced for over 60,000 specific projects and awards in all 50 states, D.C., and U.S. territories.
President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and its impact
on America’s infrastructure by the numbers:
60,000+ construction projects are
moving forward with funding from the
infrastructure law.
175,000+ miles of roadway are
being repaired or improved from coast to
coast – enough to cross the U.S.
60 times.
10,200+ projects to build, repair, or
modernize America’s bridges are
in progress.
500+ transportation projects have
been funded across more than 160
Tribal Nations.
500+ port and waterway projects
have been announced by either U.S.
DOT or the Army Corps of Engineers
to strengthen supply chain reliability,
speed up the movement of goods,
reduce the costs of everyday items, and
lower carbon emissions.
Nearly 11,200 public transit projects
have been announced to expand,
improve, or modernize operations.
Projects to build more than 4,600
buses in American factories nationwide
have been announced.
1,100+ airports are modernizing
their terminals, expanding operations,
or improving their runway
infrastructure.
1,400+ communities in all 50
states have been funded to improve
roadway safety for drivers, cyclists, and
pedestrians.
Nearly 170 rail projects nationwide
have been announced, including those
that will modernize and expand
America’s rail network, deliver the first
high-speed rail systems in the country,
replace aging infrastructure on America's
busiest rail corridor in the Northeast,
make freight rail safer, and eliminate or
improve 400+ highway-rail crossings.
Over $11 billion in discretionary
grant funding from key programs –
more than twice the amount than the
previous 4 years combined – has been
announced to rebuild and modernize
rural roads, bridges, transit, ports,

https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/2024-09/BIL.pdf

 

[Foxfyre]

Read it and weep
Biden did nothing?
When President Biden signed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in November 2021, he committed to
delivering once-in-a-generation investments to rebuild America's infrastructure and competitiveness. Today,
the Biden-Harris Administration is breaking ground and cutting ribbons on projects across the country to
rebuild our roads and bridges, expand passenger rail, provide clean and safe water, tackle legacy pollution,
expand access to high-speed internet, and build a clean energy economy for all Americans.
To date across the Biden-Harris Administration, more than $480 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding
has been announced for over 60,000 specific projects and awards in all 50 states, D.C., and U.S. territories.
President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and its impact
on America’s infrastructure by the numbers:
60,000+ construction projects are
moving forward with funding from the
infrastructure law.
175,000+ miles of roadway are
being repaired or improved from coast to
coast – enough to cross the U.S.
60 times.
10,200+ projects to build, repair, or
modernize America’s bridges are
in progress.
500+ transportation projects have
been funded across more than 160
Tribal Nations.
500+ port and waterway projects
have been announced by either U.S.
DOT or the Army Corps of Engineers
to strengthen supply chain reliability,
speed up the movement of goods,
reduce the costs of everyday items, and
lower carbon emissions.
Nearly 11,200 public transit projects
have been announced to expand,
improve, or modernize operations.
Projects to build more than 4,600
buses in American factories nationwide
have been announced.
1,100+ airports are modernizing
their terminals, expanding operations,
or improving their runway
infrastructure.
1,400+ communities in all 50
states have been funded to improve
roadway safety for drivers, cyclists, and
pedestrians.
Nearly 170 rail projects nationwide
have been announced, including those
that will modernize and expand
America’s rail network, deliver the first
high-speed rail systems in the country,
replace aging infrastructure on America's
busiest rail corridor in the Northeast,
make freight rail safer, and eliminate or
improve 400+ highway-rail crossings.
Over $11 billion in discretionary
grant funding from key programs –
more than twice the amount than the
previous 4 years combined – has been
announced to rebuild and modernize
rural roads, bridges, transit, ports,

https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/2024-09/BIL.pdf

I see some bragging. But nothing I can identify as an actual project. Try again.