Both Sen Rand Paul and House Minority Whip Steve Scalise are warning Americans that the Democrats are lying about their massive spending plans. The ‘party of the people’ are targeting middle and lower class folk with their packages and bills that use a sleight of hand with the numbers.
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise told “Sunday Morning Futures” that Democrats are “tying the infrastructure package hostage” to the reconciliation bill and argued that linking the two “would devastate America’s economy.”
Scalise stressed to host Maria Bartiromo that the two being linked amounts to “a multitrillion-dollar package.”
“Even if they get this so-called compromise, a $1.5 trillion bill, it would devastate America’s economy and really be a kick in the gut to middle-class families,” he continued.
In a letter on Saturday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told Democrats that she wants the infrastructure bill passed before the end of October.
“There is an October 31st Surface Transportation Authorization deadline, after last night’s passage of a critical 30-day extension. We must pass [Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework] well before then – the sooner the better, to get the jobs out there,” she said.
On Sunday, Scalise pointed out the irony of the October 31 deadline, noting that Pelosi “is saying that on Halloween that is going to be the next vote on this package.”
“That should be scary to every family in America because it would raise taxes that every family would pay, not just the rich,” he told Bartiromo.
“It would kill millions of jobs. It would make us less competitive. It’d be a gift to countries like China.”
“But they’re [Democrats are] tying all of that and holding the infrastructure package hostage to this bill that’s directly linked together,” he continued
He then stressed that the policies outlined in the package would have devastating impacts on lower and middle-class families.
Scalise provided an example saying the package includes “a tax on natural gas.”
“We know they [Democrats] hate fossil fuels, although they fly around in private jets, they surely drive in cars fueled by gasoline, but they don’t want you to,” he said.
Scalise then noted that “probably half of the families in America fuel their homes” and if it’s a cold winter or a hot summer, “it’s going to cost you 14% more in your electric bill.”
“That breaks President Biden’s promise that you won’t pay anything more if you make less than $400,000,” he continued.
“That tax will actually hit the lowest income people the hardest.”
Sources: Fox News, Summit.news
