Biden's myriad excuses for passing his spending spree

 Michael Goodwin:

In the beginning, Build Back Better wasn’t just the most expensive piece of legislation ever. The multitrillion-dollar price tag was a bargain because the bill would totally transform America, President Biden claimed.

Whatever the problem, from jobs to climate change to child care, BBB was the solution.

Then came inflation, with the White House hiding behind the fictions that rising costs were overstated and transitory. When the price of everyday consumer items jumped, a slimmed-down Build Back Better was drafted for a new assignment: Suddenly it was the cure for inflation, the president insisted.

Comes now a new COVID variant that is shaking health officials and global markets. How long until the White House claims BBB is key to surviving a new round of social and economic disruptions?

The ever-shifting rationale and price tag behind Biden’s signature legislation is an apt metaphor for the confusing incoherence of his presidency. As Winston Churchill said in a different context, “This pudding has no theme.”

What, pray tell, is the Biden presidency about? What are his convictions and where does he want to take the nation?

Merely to raise such questions at this late date signals the problem.
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Biden attempted to be a combination of FDR and LBJ without the mandates.  He had a slim majority in both houses and barely won an election himself.  There is no groundswell of support for the program and the Democrats who support it hope that passing it will garner support that is missing at this time.  Biden is like a conman who keeps thinking up new sales pitches for an unpopular spending spree.

See, also:

Voters turning away from Biden and Democrats as inflation and pandemic persist, polls show

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