I use the free blocking app on my phone, however the other day I missed an important local call that was real... why? Because I have had to block unknown calls since there are some 17 of them coming thru each day! Many of them spoofed to my local town!

I also contacted the FCC with no luck there either... At this point wouldn't you say it's the Presidents fault? Doesn't the person in charge at the FCC answer to the POTUS?

 

Of course, I been working with his SBA for the past two years, can't say much good is going on there either! 

Just good people getting the shaft and partisan hacks like you trying to give political cover for them. It's pathetic, really.

It has it's ups and downs just like everything else I guess...

But honestly, in the past hour my iPhone has sent four incoming calls to voicemail, two of them local. They were all spam calls...

It's nice when I am working because when the phone rings I know it's somebody important. Perhaps this will just be the new norm under Biden?

I was at my Grandmothers house the other day talking to her and I noticed just in the time I was there she too got several robo and spam calls to her land line! And she is in her 90's!

On Facebook I aksed around and most all other people are getting the same amount! 

If we take in this widespread abuse as a whole it's clear to see there is a LOT of network congestion tied up in just these annoyance calls, which really feel like harassment! 

Don't you think building back better would also include cleaning up and making more efficient our existing networks? 

My concerns with these robo calls is that they are just building a database of the things you say, trying to scam you at any minute! And the phone companies like Verizon are aware of it, and for $5 a line they will block it on their end! So they are making profit off these scam artist! Why would Biden allow them to do that? Think about all the little old 90 year old ladies like my Grandmother who are needlessly harrased every day! The telcoms know when a number is being spoofed, they know before the phone even rings! But they allow it!

It just seems like simple things like this prevent anyone from really taking serious Biden's build back better claims... just seems like a MASSIVE money grab at a time when inflation is going to get the lions share of the money. The tax payer will be getting less for their dollar! In fact, at least in the short term this plan will make everything more expensive for Amerians across the board! And what if this inflation keeps on going? I am sure that these spending plans rely on budgets! What happens when none of them can stay on budget and never get completed? We see lots of this kind of Government waste ALL THE TIME... 

Seems to me that starting with the known problems, like robocalls, is the cheapest and easiest place to start! The FCC should come down HARD on any wireless service provider that is not automatically weeding these calls out, and the ones charging for said service should be penalized by having to return a sizeable portion to it's customers, say 20% of their monthly bill, retroactively for two years! Things would get better overnight, AT NO COST TO THE TAX PAYER! Anyone not following the rules would be a tax payer windfall! 

It's just so simple... So easy! Almost fixes itself! And once again Americans can answer their phones for unknown new numbers, and instantly everyone would have better and faster service! It's a WIN/WIN!

WTF?

So, now it's Christmas, & the end of 2021...Has sleepy-Joe got more on his dinner-plate than just Building-Back-Better ???...And what's he going to do about it ?...

Locally in our news, there's not too much being said about war or international activity, just more & more Covid bollox etc etc, but check this link-out to RT Moscow news headlines...You'd say we're about to start another war...

www.rt.com/


And then, after scanning those headlines, check-out what China has to say...All quiet & calm...

www.xinhuanet.com/english/china/index.htm


Strange world imo...It seems that Russia's news is far more interested in the facts, or perhaps propaganda ?,,,They're even having a crack at Bill Clinton's policy from the 1990's...

I bet Sleepy-Joe has an upset stomach, & / or gas...

I just don't understand how anybody could draw up a BBB plan right now and say with a straight face that they would come in on budget!

There is just no telling how expensive or cheap things will get, and I'm pretty sure pumping another $2 Trillion into infrastructure is only going to increase inflation!

If the SBA can't even perform as was intended, then I have serious doubts about this "build back better" under Biden! His family is so invested with China I'm just shocked that it's not become a national security issue.

Same can be said of Trump... What did we get for his "two weeks to flatten the curve" BS? Absolutely nothing but enormous debt! The way he still opperates indicates to be that he has in no way been humbled by the office and I doubt I could ever give him another dime, let alone my vote! Serious buyers remorse on Trump!

In fact, if Hillary was to run against Trump in 2024, I'd vote for Hillary! I just feel like we could have avoided all this by voting for Hillary back when she ran against Trump! Her husband Bill might have been a poon hound, but he did manage to balance the budget and get us in the black... even if he did collect a blow job along the way, it just goes to show he had good people skills! ;)  And Hillary has put up with him all these years, so you know she is loyal.

Republicans better find a DeSantis kind of guy, but one who is likable on a national level! That's all I can say! 

SELLC wrote:

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I just don't understand how anybody could draw up a BBB plan right now and say with a straight face that they would come in on budget!

There is just no telling how expensive or cheap things will get, and I'm pretty sure pumping another $2 Trillion into infrastructure is only going to increase inflation!

 

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Rules for a reconcilliation bill don't mean the thing necessarily has to end up costing a specific amount. Rather it can't exceed 10 year projection by the non partisan Congressional Budget Office. Also, the provisions within the bill have to have more of an impact on the budget (postive or negative) rather than an impact on policy. This is why immigration reform can't be included, because it's effects have much more to do with policy than budget, and would require such proposals to be brought up in regular order, rather than budget reconcilliation. It's also why robocalls can't be included in a reconcilliation bill.

SELLC wrote:

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Congress was sold a package that included special interest financing for my business at 3.75% for 30 years.

 

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Can you show me exactly where in the legislation Congress set aside money specifically for YOUR business?

As I understand it, funding was given to the SBA to loan to small businesses at their discretion.

 

SELLC wrote:

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SEC. 1110. EMERGENCY EIDL GRANTS.

(3) the requirement in the flush matter following subpara- graph (E) of section 7(b)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)(2)), as so redesignated by subsection (f) of this section, that an applicant be unable to obtain credit elsewhere.

(d) APPROVAL AND ABILITY TO REPAY FOR SMALL DOLLAR

LOANS.With respect to a loan made under section 7(b)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)(2)) in response to COVID 19 during the covered period, the Administrator may

(1) approve an applicant based solely on the credit score of the applicant and shall not require an applicant to submit a tax return or a tax return transcript for such approval; or

(2) use alternative appropriate methods to determine an applicants ability to repay.

134 STAT. 306 

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/748/text?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22EIDL%22%2C%22EIDL%22%5D%7D&r=27&s=1

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It does not say SHALL, it says MAY, which means at the administrator's discretion. And this is exactly why your lawsuit is doomed to failure before it even begins.

Sure "smells" like a gov't scam to gain voters to me.

Are there any numbers available of people who actually have received a loan ?...

I'd suggest SELLC that there was probably a "cap" on the amount of money available, & that unless you were first-in-line, you missed-out.

LOL !!!

Keep knocking at that door dude !!! Maybe if you include in your opening paragraph to them, that you love Sleepy-Joe, & you need this loan to "Build Back Better"...

Or you can just ask Bugs...

 

-- Edited by Rastus on Tuesday 28th of December 2021 12:09:21 AM

Yo,

I keep forgetting to link this-one-up, but it's not too late, & maybe helps inform US-of-A voters as to what's possible... The well "Hung" gov't...