'Though Biden is a true believer in collegiality and compromise, he must face the truth -- the Republican Party is not committed to reaching a bipartisan deal. ... Their counteroffer to the President's plan is a sham,' writes JeffDSachs for CNNOpinion
Jeffrey Sachs is a professor and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University and president of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network. His most recent book is"The Ages of Globalization" . The opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the author; view more opinion on CNN.
The alarm bells are sounding for President Joe Biden's ambitious American Jobs Plan, which aims to rebuild the nation's aging infrastructure while preparing it for the demands of the 21st century. After weeks of seemingly endless bipartisan negotiations, it's time for Biden to give up and push through his plan on a party-line vote.
Jeffrey Sachs At the start of Biden's presidency, I very much wanted bipartisanship, but was based on my expectation that the GOP would repudiate former President Donald Trump, defeated and disgraced after his botched handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and the January 6 insurrection. Instead, the handful of Republicans who voted to impeach him for his role in the insurrection have been censured by their own state parties and/or are facing primaries from Trump loyalists next year.
First, their offer is simply a continuation of the status quo under a false headline. The Republicans announced that they would spend $928 billion on infrastructure over eight years. Yet only $257 billion of that offer would go toward funding new public works projects, as the rest was already budgeted in baseline transportation spending. That $257 billion is a pittance compared with the needs of the American people.
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