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Here is why Republicans are blocking this 2 trillion dollar congressional bill.

It's hard to believe, but look it up on the Congressional website for HR 748 from 1th Congress. And they call it the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or the CARES Act..

[congress.gov]

American population: 330,483,530 / Stimulus bill: $2,000,000,000,000 ($2 Trillion) / Dividing the cost by everyone in America is $6,051.74 / The government could have given every person over $6,000, but instead will give $1,200 to each adult a certain income.

Want to know where the missing 96% of your tax dollars would go?

$,000 per person for student loan bailout

$0,000,000 to Nasa because, who knows why.

$20,000,000,000 to the USPS, because why not

$,000,000 to the Endowment for the Arts - just because

$,000,000 for the Endowment for the Humanities/ because no one even knew that was a thing

$,000,000 for Veterans Employment Training / for when the GI Bill isn't enough

$435,000,000 for mental health support

$30,000,000,000 for the Department of Education stabilization / because that will keep people employed (all those zeros can be confusing, that's $30 BILLION)

$200,000,000 to Safe Schools Emergency Response to Violence Program

$,000,000 to Public Broadcasting Democrats like NPR

$500,000,000 to Museums and Libraries / Who knows how they are going to use it

$720,000,000 to Social Security Admin / but get this only 200,000,000 is to help people. The rest is for admin costs

$25,000,000 for Cleaning supplies for the Capitol Building / I kid you not it's on page 6

$7,500,000 to the Smithsonian for additional salaries

$35,000,000 to the JFK Center for Performing Arts Shut down for now.

$25,000,000 for additional salary for House of Representatives This is a must

$3,000,000,000 upgrade to the IT department at the VA

$3,000,000 for State Department Diplomatic Programs

$95,000,000 for the Agency of International Development
$,000,000 for International Disaster Assistance

$90,000,000 for the Peace Corp pg 8

$,000,000 to Howard University pg 1 What about all other universities?

$ 9,000,000 Misc. Senate Expenses pg 4 Another must.

$0,000,000 to Essential Air carriers pg 2 This of note because the Airlines are going to need billions in loans to keep them afloat.

The $0,000,000 is chump change

$40,000,000,000 goes to the Take Responsibility to Workers and Families Act This sounds like it's direct payments for workers. Pg 4

$1,000,000,000 Airlines Recycle and Save Program pg 3

$25,000,000 to the FAA for administrative costs pg 5

$526,000,000 Grants to Amtrak to remain available if needed through 2021 pg 8 (what are the odds that doesn't go unused)

Hidden on page 4 the Secretary has 7 days to allocate the funds & notify Congress

$25,000,000,000 for Transit Infrastructure pg 9

$3,000,000 Maritime Administration pg 2

$5,000,000 Salaries and Expensive Office of the Inspector General pg 2

$2,500,000 Public and Indian Housing pg 5

$5,000,000 Community Planning and Development pg 5

$2,500,000 Office of Housing

What Does Most of this have to do with the Virus?
Are you angry yet?

Captain_Feelgood 8 Oct 29
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No, not really.

Let's unpack your argument a little and see what happens.

Yes, we could give $6,000 to every person in the nation; from infants in diapers to Sean Hannity; but there are practical difficulties. It's (comparatively) easy to send a check to everyone who filed a tax return. It's a lot harder to go through every single tax return and see how many dependents are in that family, how many people total should get a check, make sure they actually exist (people have been known to claim fictional dependents); and how does a child sign for a $6,000 check anyway?

Then there's this question- does Sean Hannity, for example, really need a check for $6,000?

Send straight cash payments to everyone in the country (which Republicans really wouldn't go for) and you leave state and local governments without funding at the time they need it most, a time of declining revenue and growing expenses. Small businesses would have to count on people spending that money at every one of those businesses, rather than going out and buying a damn boat or something.

My point is, you don't just hurl money at the economy; you target it at the sectors that need it. You keep open the things that are in trouble.

It's actually been made very clear why Republicans don't want to pass this package; they've said so out loud. They regret signing the last one because it increased the debt (which they've suddenly started worrying about) and now they're fiscal conservatives. The hidden reason is that they don't want to give the Democrats in Congress an accomplishment before the election, regardless of the fact it would be their accomplishment as well. They're fighting Pelosi for the sake of fighting Pelosi.

It's not that complicated.

Actually- Yes, I'm angry. At the Republicans.

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