American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

The American Rescue Plan Act is nothing more than a rewritten New Deal Act enacted by FDR during the depression. Although modern-day Democrats never admitted that they thrust us into a mini depression, they submitted legislation based on the same premise as the New Deal Act. They claimed it was to be a $1.9 trillion economic stimulus package aimed at helping those forced to stay home from work due to their COVID-19 pandemic. Their American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 was nothing more than double-speak based on the original New Deal Act of the 1930s.

FDR’s New Deal Act was based on two levels, first introduced during Roosevelt's first hundred days in office in 1933 and continued until 1935, wherein he introduced the "First New Deal", which focused on the "3 R's": 

1) Relief for the unemployed and for the poor, called the Investment and Jobs Act, 17 pages of nonsense under HR3684. All this is double-speak language in 277 pages in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which was an amendment to the 1986 Tax Code. 

2) Recovery: The goal of recovery was to stimulate the economy and promote job creation. These initiatives were designed to revive industries and reduce unemployment. The National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) was one such program that aimed to boost industrial growth and improve labor conditions. Roosevelt believed that government intervention was essential to jump-start the economy and foster growth.

3) Reform: The reform aspect sought to implement long-term changes to prevent future economic crises. This included establishing regulations to stabilize the financial system and protect citizens. Key legislation included the Securities Exchange Act, which regulated the stock market, and the Social Security Act, which provided a safety net for the elderly and unemployed. 

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 sounds just like the 1933 plan:

Direct Economic “Relief”: The Act provides direct payments of up to $1,400 for individuals and $2,800 for married couples, plus $1,400 for each dependent. This aimed to support families facing financial hardships due to the pandemic.  I never got this payment, did you? 

Recovery under the new act would

Support State and Local Governments by allocating funds to stimulate and replenish depleted revenue not collected due to citizens being forced to stay home and not shop or pay sales taxes in local communities. This amount was approximately $350 billion.

The second phase of Recovery was to supplement the Unemployment Benefits: By extending unemployment benefits, the government believed this would help people who lost jobs during the pandemic.

More Recovery went to Funding Schools:

While schools weren’t able to house and allow students to attend classes, the bill provided over $130 billion for K-12 schools to help them safely reopen and address learning loss, ensuring that students could return to in-person instruction safely.

Now we have the most heinous Recovery:

COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution: The Act allocated $14 billion for the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, aiming to force citizens to take the vaccination to return to work or school. If they refused, they couldn’t return to work, which would force them into poverty and homelessness. 

Reform: Allocated Support for Small Businesses: The legislation included $50 billion for small businesses and $25 billion specifically for relief for small and mid-sized restaurants, helping them recover from the economic downturn. Unfortunately, the paperwork required to be filled out prevented many small businesses and restaurants from obtaining any assistance under this aspect of the bill. So, who really received this portion of the funding allocated in the bill?

Conclusion

The American Rescue Plan Act represents one of the most fraudulent responses to the economic challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. On the surface, it aimed to provide comprehensive support to individuals, families, businesses, and local governments as the nation navigated recovery. Unfortunately, it failed at providing any true support to the American People, except for the few they wanted to line the pockets of, many a Politician around the country and in Washington, DC.

There was also a provision in the bill for climate change language, which included EPA provisions to reduce electricity for low-income housing across the country. This I found interesting because it sounds just like the program an elected official in Georgia created in order to receive a $2 billion grant from the Inflation Reduction Act to make nationwide energy-efficient home improvements that never happened. So what happened to that funding. 

Elizabeth Kilbride is a Writer and Editor with forty years of experience in writing, with 12 of those years in the online content sphere. Author of 5 books and a Graduate with an Associate of Arts degree in Business Management, a degree in Mass Communication and Cyber Analysis, and a master’s in criminology with emphasis on Cybercrime and Identity Theft, and is currently studying for her Ph.D. degree in Criminology. Her work portfolio includes coverage of politics, current affairs, elections, history, and true crime. Elizabeth is also a gourmet cook, life coach, and avid artist in her spare time, proficient in watercolor, acrylic, oil, pen and ink, gouache, and pastels. As a political operative who has worked on over 300 campaigns during her career, Elizabeth has turned many life events into books and movie scripts while using history to weave interesting storylines. She also runs 7 blogs ranging from art to life coaching, food, writing, Gardening, and opinion or history pieces each week.