In this series, together we'll "dissect" section by section, Biden's
The American Families Plan
from a "business owner's" perspective. It is important to get your sincere feedback so I invite you to place your comments in the comments section below or feel free to use the contact form on this page. After each section from the actual Fact Sheet put out by the Biden Administration, I'll ask for your thoughts. Please return frequently to see comments, updates, and the continuation of the series.
Later, this will be published as a compiled version so if you'd like a pdf of the completed work, request it using the contact form.
Today, President Biden announced the American Families Plan, an investment in our kids, our families, and our economic future.
In March, the President signed into law the American Rescue Plan, which continues to provide immediate relief to American families and communities. Approximately 161 million payments of up to $1,400 per person have gone out to households, schools are reopening, and 100 percent of Americans ages 16 and older are now eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine. The Rescue Plan is projected to lift more than five million children out of poverty this year, cutting child poverty by more than half. While too many Americans are still out of work, we are seeing encouraging signs in the labor market, as businesses begin to rehire and some of the hardest hit sectors begin to reopen.
Is this first paragraph true, mostly true, or mostly false according to your perspective? Why and what are your comments and specific points? Other comments?
But the President knows that we need to do more. It is not enough to restore where we were prior to the pandemic. We need to build a stronger economy that does not leave anyone behind – we need to build back better. President Biden knows a strong middle class is the backbone of America. He knows it should be easier for American families to break into the middle class, and easier to stay in the middle class. He knows that we need to continue to enable those who dropped out of the workforce – particularly the approximately two million women who left due to COVID – to rejoin and stay in the workforce. And, he knows that, unlike in past decades, policies to make life easier for American families must focus on bringing everyone along: inclusive of gender, race, or place of residence – urban, suburban, or rural.
"... we need to do more", is this more rhetoric or sincere intent?
The American Jobs Plan and the American Families Plan are once-in-a-generation investments in our nation’s future. The American Jobs Plan will create millions of good jobs, rebuild our country’s physical infrastructure and workforce, and spark innovation and manufacturing here at home. The American Families Plan is an investment in our children and our families—helping families cover the basic expenses that so many struggle with now, lowering health insurance premiums, and continuing the American Rescue Plan’s historic reductions in child poverty. Together, these plans reinvest in the future of the American economy and American workers, and will help us out-compete China and other countries around the world.
Finally (for this section) do you think this "plan" will help or hinder the generations to follow?
Thanks for reading this and offering your comments. Remember to return again as we will pick up where we've left off today.
Make it a great day! Ter Scott
