Republicans strongly opposed the Democrats’ American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which doled out hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars to individuals, while increasing certain federal subsidies. Republicans claimed the American Rescue Plan was unnecessary, inflationary and fiscally irresponsible. But that was soooo four years ago.
Now some Republicans want to hand out even more taxpayer dollars, turning Uncle Sam into Uncle Sugar. Let’s compare some of the Democrats’ handouts to what Republicans have already passed and are proposing.