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"The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart appeared visibly exasperated during a recent discussion about the process states had to endure to get funding from the federal government during former President Biden’s term.
Stewart made multiple pained outbursts and uttered obscenities in response to New York Times columnist Ezra Klein reading aloud the 14 steps it took for organizations to apply for "Build Back Better" funding.
"I'm speechless," Stewart declared after Klein got through the list during a recent episode of his podcast, "The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart."
Klein appeared on the show this week to speak about his new book, "Abundance" — co-authored by Derek Thompson — which details how major progressive policy goals of recent years, like Build Back Better, failed to be implemented in lasting and meaningful ways.
Build Back Better was a nationwide economic investment plan proposed by Biden during the early years of his term, which sought to allocate nearly $2 trillion in U.S. infrastructure investment — with nearly a quarter of that going to climate change projects.
Though the plan was not passed by Congress, Biden was able to rework elements of Build Back Better into several other pieces of legislation during his term, including the American Rescue Plan.
During the podcast, Klein described to Stewart how cumbersome it was for states and other jurisdictions to get Build Back Better funding to set up broadband internet throughout the rural U.S. — so much so that only three of the 56 entities seeking these grants got through this "14-stage process" to get the money.
"By the end of 2024, three have gotten to the end of the process," Klein said. "Three of these 56?," Stewart asked. Klein affirmed.
"End of the process meaning they’ve actioned it? They’ve built it," Stewart stammered.
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Stewart made multiple pained outbursts and uttered obscenities in response to New York Times columnist Ezra Klein reading aloud the 14 steps it took for organizations to apply for "Build Back Better" funding.
"I'm speechless," Stewart declared after Klein got through the list during a recent episode of his podcast, "The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart."
Klein appeared on the show this week to speak about his new book, "Abundance" — co-authored by Derek Thompson — which details how major progressive policy goals of recent years, like Build Back Better, failed to be implemented in lasting and meaningful ways.
Build Back Better was a nationwide economic investment plan proposed by Biden during the early years of his term, which sought to allocate nearly $2 trillion in U.S. infrastructure investment — with nearly a quarter of that going to climate change projects.
Though the plan was not passed by Congress, Biden was able to rework elements of Build Back Better into several other pieces of legislation during his term, including the American Rescue Plan.
During the podcast, Klein described to Stewart how cumbersome it was for states and other jurisdictions to get Build Back Better funding to set up broadband internet throughout the rural U.S. — so much so that only three of the 56 entities seeking these grants got through this "14-stage process" to get the money.
"By the end of 2024, three have gotten to the end of the process," Klein said. "Three of these 56?," Stewart asked. Klein affirmed.
"End of the process meaning they’ve actioned it? They’ve built it," Stewart stammered.
Jon Stewart is visibly exasperated hearing about arduous process to get Build Back Better government grants
"The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart grew impatient when learning about the complicated process it took to secure "Build Back Better" government funding during Joe Biden's presidency.
