October 25, 2021
It looks like the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill will finally get a vote in the House of Representatives this week.
But what’s actually in this bill?
I am going to break that down – including that “mileage tax” you all are worried about in a second – but first.
It’s important to understand two things.
One – this is *not* the so called “human” infrastructure bill or the bill some call the “social safety net expansion” bill.
This is the bill that was passed by the Senate in August. I told you about it in this video — all the Democrats and 19 Republicans – including Senate Minority leader Sen. Mitch McConnell voted yes on this bill already. But it’s been held up in the House. Until now. The House Speaker says she hopes to put this bill on the floor this week.
So I’m going to just throw out the facts surrounding this bill.
It’s more than 2700 pages long
Total price tag is $1.2 trillion dollars including 550-billion dollars in new federal spending over the next five years
It funds all kinds of traditional infrastructure projects across the country like…
Rebuilding roads and bridges, the power grid, upgrading and installing high speed internet/broadband throughout the country, improvements to the railways, cleaning up our national water pipes, improving public transit, airport infrastructure, and building electric vehicle infrastructure like charging stations…just to name a few.
For all of you concerned about the mileage. Please understand – there’s a lot of misinformation about it. First – it’s not even a tax. If you actually read the bill, you’d know it’s a *pilot* program and those who participate in it – if this bill passes – are volunteers who will be reimbursed. There’s also no dollar amount in the bill associated with how much each mile would cost. The mileage tax pilot program would give the federal government the opportunity to study the idea of taxing based on mileage driven from 2022 to 2026 as a way to continue to fund the highway trust fund. That fund keeps our highways intact. I actually put a link to the exact section where you can read it straight from the bill on my website. The link is in my bio.
Read all 2740 pages of the bill here:
“Per Mile User Fee Pilot” info here. Click the link then SCROLL TO: Page 510 line 16
