How does 2nd infrastructure bill = “entitlement mentality”

Tree equity is a term created by the right to criticize a small part of the plan. The goal is to provide the health and environmental benefits that trees provide in low-income areas that currently lack tree cover.

www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/29/freedomworks/tree-equity-part-35t-bill-targets-low-income-areas/

One provision proposes giving $3 billion in grants to state and local governments and nonprofits "for tree planting and related activities to increase community tree canopy and associated societal and climate co-benefits, with a priority for projects that increase tree equity."

Priority would be given to "a census block group in which 30% or more of the population lives below the poverty line; and a neighborhood with lower tree canopy and higher maximum daytime summer temperatures compared to surrounding neighborhoods"; and to "underserved populations."

The $3 billion would be an "investment in planting equitable tree cover across our cities as protection against climate-fueled extreme heat and air pollution," the statement said. "This new federal funding can feed the growing movement in cities across America, from Tucson to Boston, to make tree equity part of their push to equitably protect every neighborhood from climate change. This comes as some projections show we could see as many as 100,000 deaths per year in the U.S. from extreme heat before the end of the century."

The group’s website says trees are a "pathway to social equity." The group says trees absorb air pollutants, prevent heat-related deaths and illnesses, and reduce energy usage for heating and cooling — but that "often in cities, trees are sparse in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods and some neighborhoods of color."

And your facts on the cost of the bill are inaccurate at best.

On the smaller bipartisan bill

www.cnbc.com/2021/08/05/infrastructure-plan-cbo-says-senate-bill-would-add-to-budget-deficits.html

www.cbo.gov/system/files/2021-08/hr3684_infrastructure.pdf

The bipartisan Senate infrastructure bill would add $256 billion to budget deficits over a decade, the Congressional Budget Office estimated Thursday.

It's important to note that the Republicans objected to the Democrats plans to raise revenue to pay for this bill so it was dropped in exchange for Republican support.  

On the larger bill

The final bill has not yet been presented so the price tag and the income generated are yet to be determined.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/28/bidens-claim-that-his-spending-plan-costs-zero-dollars/

The Penn-Wharton Budget Model, one of the most skeptical, calculated that Biden’s two proposals would spend $5.2 trillion and only raise $3.4 trillion in the first 10 years, putting him far short of his 15-year goal.

Moody’s Analytics, in a July report, said the reconciliation bill would add about $600 billion to the deficits over 10 years but would be “more-or-less paid for” when the positive economic effects are calculated.

As far as Manchin and entitlement, he's almost as obstructionist as McConnell. One Senator from a small state should not have that much power. I wish one of the Republican Senators were more open to working with the democrats. It seems like it might be easier to negotiate with one of them.

They’d say the sky was purple and orange zebra stripes and she’d believe it. 

Thanks for taking apart her “argument”. Of course, she’ll never believe anything she isn’t spoon-fed by RW media.