Summary

The Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued a memo prioritizing federal funding for communities with marriage and birth rates above the national average.

The directive, which applies to grants, loans, and contracts, also prioritizes projects benefiting families with young children.

A congressional aide criticized the policy, saying, “Considering fertility rates when prioritizing federal grants? We obviously have no idea what the full impact of that will be… It’s absolutely creepy. It’s a little ‘Chinese government.’”

The memo also blocks mask mandates and requires compliance with immigration enforcement.

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[–] 214 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Prioritize funding for places with higher birth rates, you say? So... Communities with loads of immigrants. Got it.

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    They don’t even have to imply it!

    They can just define it with congressional districts or some arbitrary measure that clusters their desired groups and fragments their undesired groups.

    Even if this wasn’t the actual, real end to even the charade of U.S. democracy, it would take at least a generation or two to “prove” those policies are hurtful in the courts.
    What then? The damage is done. Infrastructure built. Certain groups given generational advantages, certain groups left behind.

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