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Two Years Later: American Rescue Plan Still Delivering – No Thanks to GOP

3/11/2023

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Kate Frauenfelder
NCDP Communications Director


On the two-year anniversary of President Biden signing the American Rescue Plan into law, North Carolinians are still benefiting from the relief President Biden and Democrats delivered – with no help from a single Republican. 

Thanks to President Biden and Democrats, the American Rescue Plan has created the strongest jobs recovery on record, provided tax relief for working families, brought child poverty to a record low, led a small business boom, bolstered public safety and crime prevention in our communities, and more  – with no help from a single Republican. 

“Despite Republicans’ attempts to stop them, President Biden and Democrats came into office and worked immediately to provide relief for working Americans. Two years later, North Carolinians are seeing the results in their communities: record low unemployment, tax relief for working families, small businesses are on the rise, and that’s just the beginning.

While MAGA Republicans continue to prioritize their extreme agenda over the needs of working families, President Biden and Democrats remain focused on finishing the job,” said North Carolina Democratic Party Chair Anderson Clayton.


Here’s a reminder about just some of the critical relief Republicans opposed: 
  • A strong economic recovery, with North Carolina unemployment falling to 3.8 percent, as compared to 5.6 percent when President Biden took office, and 353,000 new jobs.
  • Helping foster 336,000  new small business applications in North Carolina.
  • Direct pandemic relief to all 647 North Carolina towns, cities, and counties.
  • Vital education funding for over 110 school districts in North Carolina to support academic recovery post-pandemic.
  • Help for 4,200 child care programs in North Carolina to keep their doors open, impacting up to 371,000 children.
  • Working family tax relief for 1.3 million families in North Carolina and an expanded Earned Income Tax Credit for 601,000 works in North Carolina.
  • Affordable, high-speed internet for 78,000 homes and businesses in North Carolina.
  • Vital relief for 2,576 North Carolina restaurants through the American Rescue Plan’s Restaurant Revitalization Fund.
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David Wilson Brown holds Town Hall in Wilkes

2/23/2020

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David Wilson Brown is a candidate running to represent Wilkes County and others in the 5th Congressional District in the US House of Representatives. This is the office that Virginia Foxx has held for the past 15 years, and that has recently been redistricted into a new district that reaches from Gaston and Rutherford Counties, to Ashe and Alleghany, with Wilkes remaining within. 

Brown is from Gaston County, and ran 2 years ago against Patrick McHenry in what was then the 10th District. He lost narrowly then, and had already filed to take on McHenry again, but then redistricting happened so he had to refile in his new district. 

In the town hall, held on February 14th at the Wilkes Agricultural Center, Brown shared some of his platform and listened to the needs and suggestions of the Wilkes County Democrats in the room.

Brown spoke of a new WPA-type of program to encourage infrastructure building, school improvements, broadband expansion into rural areas, and clean energy initiatives,...all while adding jobs to our areas. This was music to our Wilkes ears. It would have a big impact in the short term and build up our schools, highways, bridges, and parks into the North Carolina that we can be proud of again. 

"Public Education is the great equalizer," stated Brown. "We MUST protect it." He spoke about his idea to make public school teachers a federal tax exempt position.
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Brown spoke of his recent health scare, where he had a heart attack on Christmas Eve and underwent triple bypass surgery. His recovering is going well and he attributes it to his great medical care and young age. However, the event has made him truly empathize with the fear of huge hospital bills or the lack of quality care. Healthcare for all is a no-brainer for his platform. Think about how many people you know who are staying in a job they hate solely because they need healthcare. These are people that could be entrepreneurs, or in jobs they are passionate about, going back to school or building new economies,...but they're frozen because our health system is broken. He is committed to fixing that. 

He talked of "guardrails" for capitalism and greed that seem to have taken over our economy and Washington. "Corporations have strip-mined our small towns, and local farms have been crushed by these tariffs," he stated, stressing the importance of bridging the gap for corporations to pay living wages. 

He described himself as a "realistic progressive" that understands rural areas' needs. 

The discussions that followed featured a former Gardner Mirror employee who recalled how Donald Trump bought mirrors for his now bankrupt casinos,...but failed pay the last 25% of his invoices. This was when the Gardner family still owned the plant and the furniture industry as a whole was shifting overseas, so the mirror factories were already struggling,...but Trump didn't care, and contributed to the struggles in Wilkes. 

Brown is facing a primary against Eric Nathan Hughes, another Gaston county resident who is new to politics. You can learn more about David Wilson Brown and his campaign at
 https://dwb4congress.com/ 
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