This is why the economy always improves under Democratic administrations and doesn't under Republican ones.

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The real problem is that both sides just love to spend, spend, spend. They are just doing it for different reasons, but they do agree the other sides spending is wasteful and unnecessary.

It seems Congress often allocates a big pot of money for a great cause. Then the bureaucrats slowly nibble on that pot over a period of years. After five years, the objective has not been accomplished and no one is quite sure where all the money went.

All those unspent COVID dollars could have been clawed back but no, let the schools just use it for a new parking lot or band uniforms, or whatever.

Same with that $6B infrastructure bill passed a couple years ago, gonna roll out the EV charging infrastructure, gonna save Gaia by golly, and green jobs for everybody. So far nothing tangible but I am sure the pot is being nibbled on via grants to entities who think right.

Rural broadband is another program that has gone missing.