After a catastrophic crash by a container ship led to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Memorial Bridge in Baltimore, President Joe Biden jumped to his favorite response: publicly promising to give away more taxpayer money to rebuild in Maryland’s largest city.

“It’s my intention that the federal government will pay for the entire cost of reconstruction in that bridge,” said the president, who has already overseen a nearly $7 trillion increase in the national debt. “I expect the Congress to support my effort.”