Thanks, Joe. Get your Build Back Better package through the Senate and I will acknowledge that your team knew that one of our two plans was really good and the other was great.
 |
|
November 22, 2021
|
| |
Dear Mr. Phillips,
Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts with me about our economic recovery.
When I was sworn in as President, America was facing a once-in-a-generation economic and jobs crisis brought on by a once-in-a-century public health crisis. Knowing the unbearable pain and hardship that so many people were facing, I made it my top priority to launch an aggressive vaccination effort and secure immediate relief for families, communities, and small businesses through the American Rescue Plan. We put money directly into the pockets of the American people; surged funding to state and local budgets to keep vital services running and Americans on the job; lowered health care costs; kept small businesses afloat; provided resources to keep families from going hungry or losing the roof over their heads; ramped up vaccinations to beat the pandemic; and implemented a tax cut for middle-class families—an expansion of what’s known as the Child Tax Credit—that is projected to help cut child poverty nearly in half in America this year.
Thanks to that historic effort, we’ve brought our economy back from brink. Today, America is on track for the highest economic growth in 40 years, and among the fastest wage growth for working Americans that has ever been recorded. But to build an economy that works for everyone and gives all Americans a fair opportunity to succeed, we know that there is much more we need to do. That’s why I’m pursuing my Build Back Better agenda—a once-in-a-generation investment in American communities and the American people.
A bipartisan group of Senators has already come together to move forward on landmark investments in our physical infrastructure. That agreement will put Americans to work repairing our roads and bridges, bringing high-speed internet to every home, replacing 100 percent of America’s dangerous lead water pipes, strengthening our electric grid to be cleaner and more resilient, and modernizing our public transit and rail systems, ports and airports, and so much more. It will create millions of good-paying jobs, position America to compete with the world, combat the existential threat of climate change, and win the 21st century.
Now, I’m working with Congress to move forward on the next part of my economic agenda: making long overdue investments in our human infrastructure. These investments will help ease the personal and financial burdens of child care and elder care—helping seniors live with greater dignity and independence, and ensuring that hardworking caregivers are fully dealt into our economy. These investments will also help students of all ages become better prepared to seize the opportunities of tomorrow and help our Nation lead the world.
We still have a lot of work to do, but the light ahead is growing brighter and brighter. I want to thank you for sharing your thoughts with me as we work together to build an economy that grows from the bottom up and the middle out and that works for all Americans.
Sincerely,
|
|
|
White House Website | Privacy Policy | Contact the White House
|
And, I applaud you for your persistence in trying to get through to the Federal Reserve, the economic advisors and other powerful economic influencers that lead to the bills passed in Congress. Each one greatly compromised by opposing political viewpoints.
But there is only so much that the government can do. It is up to the wealthy and to the corporations who make use of federal tax laws to become wealthier and wealthier, to examine their policies and do the right thing where everyone, rather than accumulating greed and influencing by corruption government officials and politicians.
Ron