Rep. Dan Meuser (R-Pennsylvania) doesn’t think taxpayers should be funding the rebuilding of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge.
After giant cargo ship destroys bridge, President Joe Biden promised “Please move heaven and earth to reopen the ports and rebuild the bridges as soon as possible with human power.”
what is his plan? To force taxpayers to fund projects.
“It is my intention that the federal government pays for the full cost of rebuilding the bridge, and I hope that Congress will support my efforts,” Biden said Tuesday.
But Mouser believes the government needs to explore other options instead of rushing to increase taxpayer funding.
“In this tragedy, it was kind of outrageous that Mr. Biden expressed the idea that it would be covered entirely with federal funds,” he told Fox Business on Thursday. “You know, he hasn’t said he’s spending it on anything for American taxpayers. You know, the first reaction, really the only reaction, is to tend to spend .”
He added: “We can’t always take the easy way out and just waste taxpayers’ money.”
Instead, Muser proposed three alternative ways to pay for the reconstruction project.
First, Mueser said Singapore, where the company that owns the ship is located, could play a role in helping finance the project. Second, he pointed to insurance companies and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. also suggested. Third, he said any unspent money in Biden’s massive infrastructure bill could be redirected to pay for projects.
The exact cost of the reconstruction project is not yet known.it is expected to be costly billions of dollars.
Still, it wouldn’t be entirely unheard of for taxpayers to foot the bill.
After the I-35W Mississippi River Bridge collapsed on August 1, 2007, Congress unanimously approved a bill allocating $250 million in emergency funds to rebuild the bridge. Then-President George W. Bush signed the bill on August 6, 2007.
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