Commentary President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan is being framed as another must-pass bill that is necessary to fight the ravages of COVID-19. According to Biden, the American Rescue Plan would “change the course of the pandemic.” Considering the United States is vaccinating more than 1 million Americans per day and COVID-19 case counts are dropping like a rock, it doesn’t seem like a course change is necessary. In reality, Biden’s American Rescue Plan is light on public health programs but heavy on proposals that would move the United States closer toward socialism. In fact, the ill-named American Rescue Plan contains a plethora of items that have nothing to do with public health, but lots to do with government dependency, wealth redistribution, and other tenets of socialism. The 591-page bill, considered short by today’s standards, spends very little on public health programs to address the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a Newsweek fact check, “overall spending …
Opinion: Biden’s American Rescue Plan Is a Stealth Step Toward Socialism
February 24, 2021
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