Currently, Joe Biden and members of Congress are working to pass another massive and unconstitutional coronavirus spending bill filled with wasteful expenditures and left-wing priorities.
In 2020 alone, Congress passed five coronavirus spending bills totaling nearly $4 trillion, on top of existing federal spending. They took trillions of dollars to unconstitutional causes including federal unemployment benefits, business loans, and education and agriculture funds, all of which violate the 10th Amendment.
The federal government spent a record $6.6 trillion in Fiscal Year 2020, and the deficit continues to explode in 2021. Despite the passage of these massive damaging bills, Joe Biden and Democrats want even more spending by introducing his American Rescue Plan, a $1.9 trillion spending proposal.
A look at his plan shows that much of it is unconstitutional and unrelated to actually responding to the coronavirus. Among its other provisions, Biden’s proposal would involve sending $1,400 direct checks to individuals, combined with the $600 checks included in the December 2020 bill.
Additionally, the proposal would expand the federal unemployment benefits included in the December 2020 bill from $300 to $400 and extend the program from March through September 2021. Furthermore, Biden’s proposal would allocate $170 billion to K-12 schools and universities and would create a $15 billion grant program for businesses.
Biden’s plan also proposes raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $15, something completely unrelated to the coronavirus. Among its other provisions, this plan certainly is expensive and would drive our country deeper into debt.
Regardless of whether this plan is passed, it is very unconstitutional. Nowhere does the Constitution give the federal government authority to subsidize or regulate large portions of the economy or engage in welfare spending. These and other powers are reserved for the states and the people in accordance with the 10th Amendment.
The Constitution remains in force under any and all circumstances. Because the rights it protects are inalienable and God-given, they cannot be suspended or ignored for any reason. Thus, a pandemic or government-induced recession cannot override the words of the Constitution.
It's time that you contact your U.S. representative and senators and ask them to oppose this unconstitutional COVID spending splurge. Click the button below to take action and stop the newly-proposed COVID bill.
It is imperative that we hold Congress accountable and avert a federal overreach.
|
|
|
When proposed legislation infringes on our personal rights, security, or prosperity or on our constitutional republic’s independence or security, be among the first to find out and act on it.
|
|
|
Who's Conspiring Against America?
Watch this episode of Activate America.
|
|
|
|
|
