Bernie Sanders called for a “strategic pause” in corporate welfare, referring specifically to a bill that would hand a $10 billion “bailout to Jeff Bezos so that his company Blue Origin can launch a rocket ship to the moon.”
to obstruct social spending and climate legislation, Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday called for a “strategic pause” in corporate welfare, referring specifically to a bill that would hand around $53 billion in subsidies to the U.S. semiconductor industry.
If approved, the $10 billion in the COMPETES Act would be granted to NASA to pick a company to build a second lander. Sanders also urged lawmakers “not to provide $53 billion to the highly profitable micro-chip industry without protections for the American taxpayer.”
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