A LIST of things that could be done FOR AMERICANS w/ 1 BILLION DOLLARS rather than building a ballroom for a rapist pig
Let’s move beyond that to imagine how far a staggering amount of money like a billion dollars could go in funding an astonishing amount of public good.
Here is what you could do with it:
Replace tens of thousands of failing lead water pipes in older cities and improve drinking water systems.
Build hundreds of permanently affordable apartments for homeless veterans.
Fund mobile medical clinics in rural counties with hospital shortages caused by Medicaid cutbacks.
Retrofit public schools with modern air conditioning and heating systems.
Reopen shuttered libraries and community centers.
Fund free breakfast and lunch programs for entire school districts for years.
Pay off medical debt for hundreds of thousands of families.
Restore wetlands and flood barriers in hurricane-prone regions.
Create addiction recovery centers in areas devastated by opioids.
Expand Amtrak routes and modernize rail stations.
Fund free community college tuition for thousands of students.
Build mental health crisis centers and reduce ER overcrowding.
Upgrade VA hospitals with modern equipment and staffing.
Expand childcare assistance for working families.
Build public housing for seniors on fixed incomes.
Provide grants to struggling family farms.
Repair aging bridges, roads, and water systems.
Fund maternal healthcare clinics in underserved areas.
Build addiction treatment beds instead of jail expansion.
Upgrade prison conditions and rehab programs.
Create job-training centers for displaced workers.
Fund local journalism initiatives in “news desert” communities.
Expand early childhood education and universal pre-K.
Improve cybersecurity protections for hospitals and utilities while strengthening nationwide infrastructure.
Expand suicide prevention hotlines and crisis response teams.
Rebuild neglected playgrounds and recreation facilities.
Increase legal immigration processing capacity to reduce backlogs.
Improve airport, rail, and subway systems.
Upgrade air traffic control and transportation safety systems.
Hire thousands of teachers, nurses, firefighters, policemen, and social workers to reduce the burden on overworked and underfunded staff.
And this is just a drop in the bucket of what could benefit with $1 billion. The tangible needs that would go such a long way in helping make life easier and better are numerous and, by this administration, perpetually neglected.
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