{"id":369323,"date":"2021-04-01T14:30:58","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T18:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=369323"},"modified":"2021-04-01T14:30:59","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T18:30:59","slug":"biden-admin-warned-infrastructure-bill-could-be-considered-racist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-warned-infrastructure-bill-could-be-considered-racist\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin Warned Infrastructure Bill Could Be Considered Racist"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-admin-warned-infrastructure-bill-could-be-considered-racist%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=369323&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4508.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden is set to announce a multi-trillion-dollar infrastructure bill this week and, while much of the bill remains a mystery, the plan is expected to include major refurbishments to to physical infrastructure, including America\u2019s existing federal highways and railways.<\/p>\n<p>But, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/us-policy\/2021\/03\/29\/biden-infrastructure-taxes-spending-plan\/\">Thursday report in the Washington Post<\/a>, the White House is being warned that too much focus on \u201cphysical\u201d infrastructure could lose the bill support among minorities, because such a focus would represent \u201cnostalgia\u201d for an era where \u201cworking class whites\u201d benefitted from government welfare, and could be considered both \u201cracist\u201d and \u201csexist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome people close to the White House said they feel that the emphasis on major physical infrastructure investments reflects a dated nostalgia for a kind of White working-class male worker,\u201d the Post noted Thursday. \u201cIn private discussions with the White House National Economic Council, the Council of Economic Advisers and the Domestic Policy Council, SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry urged the administration to follow through on its promise to approve major investments in the care economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The problem lies, of course, with \u201ccentrist\u201d Democrats, who are supportive of physical infrastructure improvements because Republicans are also likely to back spending on roads, bridges, and buildings, particularly if they can be convinced that their constituencies will ultimately benefit from such work.<\/p>\n<p>Far-left Democrats want the multi-trillion-dollar bill, President Joe Biden\u2019s second such spending bill in less than three months, to include aspects of the Green New Deal as well as sweeping welfare programs, and the \u201ccentrists\u201d are winning the battle for the White House\u2019s attention, especially given that their priorities are less likely to cause a jump in the bill\u2019s price tag, forcing the White House to find new sources of revenue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past two months, leading business groups privately told the administration that the infrastructure package should be focused primarily on physical capital projects \u2014 such as roads and bridges \u2014 rather than on the caregiving priorities, such as child care, three people familiar with the internal conversations said. Lobbyists urged the White House to jettison the care economy investments, which also would reduce the amount of tax revenue necessary to fund the package,\u201d the Post said.<\/p>\n<p>There are plenty of reasons why physical infrastructure investments may seem more reasonable to the Biden administration, particularly given how difficult it could be getting a second major spending bill through a narrowly divided Senate, but activists pressing for \u201ccare\u201d investments seem to believe the only reason the White House is avoiding \u201ccare\u201d investments is long-standing racial bias and Patriarchial thinking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re up against a gender and racial bias that this work is not worth as much as the rubber, steel and auto work of the past century,\u201d one activist pressing for progressive programs said. \u201cThe key job right now is we have to in the public imagination and in the congressional debate widen the lens, so that people understand that investment in caregiving is an investment in infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The sharpest critic of the infrastructure bill has, so far, been Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who called the bill a good start, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow\/watch\/ocasio-cortez-hails-biden-infrastructure-bill-as-good-start-pitches-bigger-investment-109474885646?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_ma\">pressed for a a much larger \u2014 $10 trillion \u2014 spending program in an interview with MSNBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The bill, she said, was an \u201cinspiring vision,\u201d but not nearly costly enough.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are in a devastating economic momen\u2026we\u2019re the wealthiest nation in the history of the world. So, we can do $10T,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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