(The Center Square) â The Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation has calculated that about $2 billion worth of taxpayer money from the Democratic-passed American Rescue Plan Act is allocated to local governments that donât exist or arenât in financial distress.
The act is a $1.9 trillion spending plan that President Joe Biden and Democrats hailed as another COVID-19 stimulus package. It includes extended unemployment benefits, direct funding to states and municipalities, and $1,400 checks for most Americans.
But in an
analysis, Jared Walczak, vice president of State Projects with the Center for State Tax Policy at the foundation, identified localities by state that have been allocated money that donât qualify to receive funds. The bill has been widely criticized for funding pork barrel initiatives, independent watchdog groups like Open the Books and Truth in Accounting have reported.
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Just how bad are Pennsylvania’s roads and bridges?
According to the federal government’s Infrastructure Report Card, released Monday by the White House, each driver pays $620 a year in costs related to driving on roads in disrepair.
That’s in addition to everyday costs gasoline, routine maintenance related to driving.
And don’t forget the state’s 58.7-cents-per-gallon gas tax the second-highest in the nation behind California, according to an analysis by the Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation.
“For decades, infrastructure in Pennsylvania has suffered from a systemic lack of investment,” according to the report, which gave the state a C- and was designed to tout President Joe Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure package.
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