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Joe Biden says “Bidenomics” will help improve America’s economy despite two years of rising inflation.
Biden believes his infrastructure law will drive economic growth as Democrats shell out nearly $550 billion.
The federal government is funding “upgrades” to America’s ports, roadways, bridges, internet access and more. (Poll: Is America Better Off Under Biden? VOTE)
In many cases, Democrats are focusing on combatting global warming.
According to NBC, there is one major problem: Industries receiving taxpayer dollars say they are “having difficulty finding enough workers to actually do the work.”
“While the administration expects the bill to drive the creation of millions of jobs in the coming decade, an apparent lack of blue-collar workers and rising supply costs could hamper projects that the administration has touted as signature achievements of its tenure,” the NBC report found.
During a speech about the bill, Biden said, “I also want to be clear: We are in this to win. And, you know, there is — there is a lot of work underway. And it’s going to create a whole lot of jobs.”
BIDEN: "We fell to thirt- rated 13th best – eh uh uhm investment in infrastructure." pic.twitter.com/ob9udBCJy9
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) June 28, 2023
“Combined with the President’s Build Back Framework, it will add on average 1.5 million jobs per year for the next 10 years,” the White House said in 2021 about the bill.
The unemployment rate remains low at 3.5%.
This doesn’t account for Americans who are looking for work. It also leaves out roughly 2 million Americans who have dropped out of the workforce since February 2020. (Poll: Was Trump better than Biden? VOTE)
Ben Brubeck, ABC’s vice president of regulatory, labor and state affairs, said, “There’s a lot of concern that taxpayers aren’t really getting the best bargain for their investments.”
“There are going to be some serious delays, I think, because there won’t be enough labor in certain markets.”
“There’s a real math problem of where do these workers come from,” Mike Bartlett, program manager for postsecondary and workforce success at the National League of Cities, said.
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