New Study Destroys Biden's Claim His 'Build Back Better' Will Cost 'Zero Dollars'
“Zero Dollars Joe.” Just one of a plethora of appropriate nicknames for the 46th president of the United States, who in less than 10 months has managed to do exactly what Barack Obama once “allegedly” said about his former sidekick: “Don’t underestimate Joe’s ability to f**k things up.” Sure enough, here we are.
While we’re at it, Obama also “allegedly” said: “You know who really doesn’t have it? Joe Biden.”
As we reported last week, the lying bunch of rascals in the White House — Biden included — continue to claim (lie their a**es off) that Biden’s massive wealth-redistribution scheme, ridiculously named “Build Back Better” (BBB), would cost U.S. taxpayers “zero dollars” and would add “zero dollars” to the national debt.
This is laugh-out-loud foolishness, of course, but again — Joe Biden. Or as the Republican State Leadership Committee called it, “deliberately lying to Americans.”
The Hoover Institution’s Michael J. Boskin said it perfectly, as well:
“While all politicians exaggerate, US President Joe Biden’s claim that his proposed $3.5 trillion spending package ‘costs zero dollars’ rises to a higher plane.”
Of course, all politicians exaggerate. But in this case, Biden is guilty of bald-faced lying, Boskin wrote.
Accusing the President of the United States of being a bald-faced liar is a serious charge, for sure. I mean, you better have facts or data to back up such a charge, right?
Fine. Let’s go to a recent study by the prestigious Wharton School of Business for a bit of number-crunching on Biden’s preposterous claim.
The bottom line: The study estimates the net cost of the Build Back Better bill would saddle taxpayers with an extra $2.42 trillion in debt. As reported by Punchbowl News on Thursday:
The BBB plan is not completely paid for (as Biden and the Democrats claim) — it would increase spending by $1.87 trillion, while increasing revenue by $1.56 trillion in the 10-year budget window.
And if all of the programs besides the clean energy credit become permanent, that would increase new spending by $3.98 trillion while revenue would only increase by $1.56 trillion.
Incidentally, remember when a White House reporter in October askedJen Circle-Back Psaki: “Does the president still believe that Build Back Better will not add a dime to the national debt?” Me, too.
And remember Psaki’s smug answer?
“Correct. It won’t,” Psaki claimed.
“Why should Americans believe that?” the reporter asked.
“Because it won’t,” Psaki flatly said.
Meanwhile, facts matter.