(FREE) PAINE IN THE MORNING: 9 things you need to know this Friday – October 1, 2021

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Democrat Senator Deals Death Blow To Biden’s $3.5 Trillion Agenda: ‘Definition Of Fiscal Insanity’ – Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) delivered a fatal blow to Democrat President Joe Biden’s massive $3.5 trillion agenda in a statement on Wednesday afternoon, saying that the bill was the “definition of fiscal insanity.”

Manchin said that every member of Congress has a duty to do what is best for the country and not their party, noting that he has stated for months that he cannot support $3.5 trillion in more spending. – READ MORE

Debunking Biden’s ‘Zero Dollar’ Claim: Economist Exposes the Real Cost of Biden’s $3.5 Trillion Plan – If rich Americans and large corporations foot the bill, does a tax plan really cost “zero dollars” to the average American?

Recent comments suggest the Democratic Party believes this to be the case.

In promoting the forthcoming $3.5 trillion, 2,465-page “Build Back Better” bill, President Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Washington Democrats have forwarded claims that the bill — because it is paid for by the wealthy and large corporations — comes at “zero” cost to Americans. – READ MORE

Middle-Class Americans Will Get a Nasty Tax Hike if Democrats’ Tax Bill Passes: Study –President Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” agenda is supposed to tax the wealthy to help the middle class. If you don’t believe me, just ask Biden, who’s more than willing to tell you about it on his Twitter account.

To be fair, I’m assuming the messages aren’t written by Biden himself, a man who seems like his relationship with technology involves yelling at his phone, either asking Siri to find his slippers or telling Scotty to beam him up. However, whoever tweets for him stays on message when it comes to the president’s tax-and-spend plan. – READ MORE

Dollar Tree to Sell More Items Above $1 as Bidenflation Pushes Costs Up – Dollar Tree said Wednesday that it would break the buck on certain items and start selling certain items at $1.25 and $1.50, highlighting the pressure rising costs have put on companies to hike their prices. Other items would be priced at slightly above one dollar.

This brings to an end decades in which everything could be had for one dollar in the stores of the Chesapeake, Virginia-based retailer. – READ MORE

Vaccine Mandates Coming for K-12 Students – The San Diego Unified School District Tuesday night voted unanimously to require students age 16 and over to be fully vaccinated by December 20 or be exiled into remote learning.

The country’s 21st largest school district thus joins #2 Los Angeles (whose guidelines cover everyone 12 and up), and smaller Culver City, California (also 12+), as the earliest adopters of what will likely be an increasing—and increasingly controversial—trend of mandating injections into the arms of comparatively low-risk minors. – READ MORE

Dianne Feinstein Unveils Bill to Mandate Coronavirus Vaccine or Testing for Domestic Flights – Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) on Wednesday proposed legislation which would require proof of a coronavirus vaccination or a negative coronavirus test in order to fly domestically ahead of the holiday season.

“We know that air travel during the 2020 holiday season contributed to last winter’s devastating COVID-19 surge. We simply cannot allow that to happen again,” Feinstein, 88, said in a statement. – READ MORE

Japan to lift all COVID-19 emergency steps nationwide – Japan’s government announced Tuesday that the coronavirus state of emergency will end this week to help rejuvenate the economy as infections slow.

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said the emergency will end Thursday and virus restrictions will be eased gradually “in order to resume daily lives despite the presence of the virus.” He said the government will create more temporary COVID-19 treatment facilities and continue vaccinations to prepare for any future resurgence. – READ MORE

Arizona community seeing more drug overdoses than COVID-19 deaths, fentanyl seizures spike – More than 93,000 people died of a drug overdose in the United States last year, with fentanyl being a major contributor, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This week, the Drug Enforcement Administration issued a public safety alert, the first in six years, because of the increase in counterfeit pills.

Arizona is being hit particularly hard as about 6 million pills were seized in the state just last year alone. Officials said the state has already surpassed that number so far this year. – READ MORE

Fake Views: White House Creates Illusionary White House Set for Joe Biden Events – The White House has developed a special video set for President Joe Biden events that are broadcast online or include video conferencing.

As Biden sat down in a chair and rolled up his sleeve to get his vaccine booster shot on Monday, the window behind him showed a beautiful view of the Rose Garden. – READ MORE