Opinion | West Virginians Are Still Fighting to Build Back Better, Despite What Manchin Says

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Opinion | West Virginians Are Still Fighting to Build Back Better, Despite What Manchin Says
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'Sen. Manchin doesn't have an issue spending federal money—he just seems to have an issue investing it in working families.'

that the Build Back Better is"dead." He may want to check in with his constituents back home, because in West Virginia, the fight to build back better is very much alive—and it's alive across the country too.

West Virginians are hard working and proud. But we're struggling to feed our families, to put roofs over our heads and to find good paying jobs. And it's because for too long, wealthy corporations have taken advantage of West Virginia. Companies come into our state and become billionaires off our resources while contaminating our land and our air, tearing up our roads and not reinvesting in our economy in any significant way.

The Build Back Better Act would reduce everyday costs and increase access to essential services, while taxing the wealthy and greedy corporations to pay for the bill. This would benefit West Virginians, and all working families, greatly.

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