What Sen. Joe Manchin doesn't get

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia is likely to be the deciding vote on the $3.5 trillion Senate reconciliation bill to expand spending on social and infrastructure programs. Because of his concerns over rising debt and inflation, Manchin wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that he will not support the bill until he gets answers to a basic question: "What should we fund, and what can we simply not afford?"

source https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/04/opinions/joe-manchin-america-can-afford-3-5-trillion-sachs/index.html