On 8/24/2022 6:38 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:
"GOP melts down over Biden's loan forgiveness after Trump filed for bankruptcy six times"
"Republicans have played up the idea that no American should be handed
free money for student loan repayment. But a June NPR/Ipsos poll among American adults showed that 55 percent of Americans support giving the $10,000 in loan forgiveness to families making less than $125,000 a year.
The Republican House Judiciary committee posted a comment, "If you take
out a loan, you pay it back. Period." They later ranted in all-caps,
"NOTHING IS FREE."
In 2020 when the Paycheck Protection Program was created, at least 13 Republican lawmakers took advantage of the free money and never paid it
back. The CARES Act handed over $27 million in loans to lawmakers and
their families.
"Caregivers Inc., a Pensacola-based company in which Rep. Matt Gaetz
(R-FL) has reported holding between $100,001 and $250,000 in corporate
stock, received a PPP loan valued between $350,000 and $1 million,"
reported Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW).
Rep. Roger Williams (R-TX), one of Congress' wealthiest members, also
got a PPP loan for between $1 and 2 million.
USA Today reported that Businesses linked to Reps. Rick Allen (R-GA),
Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Mike Kelly (R-PA) and
Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) all scored free PPP loans.
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https://www.rawstory.com/student-loan-forgiveness-republican/
TB
Retrumplicans lie. That's what they do. They can also flip flop faster
than a windblown hair piece:
More Republicans Take Credit For Infrastructure Funding They Voted Against
Iowa Rep. Ashley Hinson touted "game-changing" funding aiming to
modernize locks and dams on the Mississippi River — even though she
voted against it.
In a press release issued by her office on Wednesday, Rep. Ashley Hinson
(R) touted “game-changing” funding of $829 million announced by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that is aimed toward modernizing locks and dams
on the Mississippi River, which borders her Eastern Iowa district.
“Over 60 percent of our nation’s grain exports travel through this lock
and dam system, and it is a massive economic engine for the entire
state,” Hinson, a freshman member of Congress, said in a joint statement along with a bipartisan group of lawmakers from the area who voted for
the bill.
“That’s why I helped lead a bipartisan group of my colleagues in urging
the Administration to prioritize funding for these essential upgrades.
I’ll always fight to ensure Iowans’ taxpayer dollars are reinvested at
home in Iowa,” she added.
But back in November, before the $1.2 trillion measure passed into law,
Hinson called the bill “a raw deal for Iowans” and “spending at its worst.” She also objected to the fact that the bill had been linked with
the passage of the Build Back Better Act, the Democratic social spending
and climate legislation that has now stalled in the Senate.
“Congresswoman Hinson opposed the infrastructure package because it was
tied to trillions of other spending in the House,” Sophie Seid, a
spokeswoman for the congresswoman, said in a statement to HuffPost.
“Since the bill was signed into law, this money was going to be spent regardless. If there’s federal money on the table she is, of course,
going to do everything she can to make sure it is reinvested in Iowa.”
Her office noted Hinson joined other lawmakers in calling for the
construction of the project after the infrastructure law was passed.
Only 13 House Republicans ultimately voted for the bill, which includes
funding for roads, bridges, highways, railways and ports.
Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), two lawmakers who
did vote to pass the bipartisan infrastructure law, joined Hinson in Wednesday’s press release touting the Army Corps of Engineers funding.
“When I voted for the bipartisan infrastructure bill, I was voting for exactly this type of federal support for critical infrastructure that
Iowans depend on,” Grassley, the senior Iowa Republican, said in a
statement.
Another Republican, Rep. Kay Granger (Texas), similarly hailed over $400 million announced by the Army Corps of Engineers on Wednesday that will
go toward flood control efforts in Fort Worth ― funding that wouldn’t be possible without the bipartisan infrastructure law she voted against.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/infrastructure-ashley-hinson-credit_n_61e86a1be4b0a864b07b4888
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