Originally Posted by
Lee Chowaniec
Biden’s good week – or not
Biden’s good news
Democrats now have the bargaining advantage on the spending bill, according to Newsweek. This is particularly good news, he added, for Biden and liberal Democrats who "won't face the voter backlash that major new spending programs would inevitably have produced in [the] 2022 and 2024 elections."
Biden also benefitted from positive employment data released Friday suggesting the economy is bouncing back. Over half a million new jobs were added in October, a significant rise from the previous month, according to a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The report showed that non-farm payroll employment increased by 531,000 in October—compared to 194,000 the month prior—and that unemployment dropped to 4.6 percent, from September's 4.8 percent.
"The number of unemployed persons, at 7.4 million, continued to trend down," the report continued.
White House Chief of Staff Ron Klein said Sunday the administration must maintain support by addressing the economy and the pandemic.
Biden said in a statement on Friday. "I am confident that during the week of November 15, the House will pass the Build Back Better Act."
The not so Biden good news
Biden Shutting Down Line 5 Pipeline Could Send Gas Prices Surging
The Michigan Line 5 pipeline could be under threat due to the White House exploring the potential impact on fuel prices in the region, according to a recent Politico report, amid a drive to reduce the U.S.'s dependence on fossil fuels.
The line, which delivers Canadian crude oil and natural gas from Alberta to Ontario through Wisconsin, the Great Lakes and Michigan, has operated since 1953 and currently transports about 540,000 barrels per day.
Line 5 has come under fire from Michigan's Democrat Governor Gretchen Whitmer in recent years; however, the issue moved up the White House's agenda after Canada's decision to invoke the 1977 Pipeline Transit treaty a month ago to ensure the line's continued operation, according to Politico.
Lawmakers who urged Biden not to take action claim the government's move to end the line's operation is part of a move to "soothe environmental groups."
An environmental study has been in the works about a potential Line 5 replacement, though that is a separate issue from the dispute between Michigan and Canada about the existing pipeline.
It appears Biden is prepared to let consumers suffer higher prices. Inflation, the daunting Build Back Better Act, paying illegals separation compensation, supply side issues, the border crisis and associated illegal immigration settlement costs, etc., all have consequences and are the cause of the presidents 38% approval rating and the 70% of Americans who feel the country is headed in the wrong direction.
Inflation once thought temporary is now predicted to last through 2022 and is what is particularly souring Americans. Wage increases are being eaten up and then some, savings are being depleted, and low interest rates adversely impact replenishing saving withdrawals.
To shut down pipelines and approve a Russian pipeline, begging Saudi Arabia to increase oil output, all while having no energy plan in place to transition from gas and oil to ‘clean’ energy without acutely impacting pocketbooks will not be tolerated by the American public.
Energy independent a year ago, no more under Biden.
And through all the public is going through the president mocks the public in not having the intelligence to understand his policies or the reasons for his blaming everything under the sun for failures, except his own shortcomings.
Equally frightening is the knowledge the ‘cackling’ loon Harris is one step away from becoming president and the thought that Trump could run again in 2024. We are literally ‘up ****’s creek without a paddle’!