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Congressional leaders on Sunday night unveiled the highlights of a $900 billion fiscal stimulus package and a $1.4 trillion government funding deal that will deliver critical pandemic aid to millions of Americans and pad federal agency budgets through next September.
If passed by both chambers on Monday as expected, the colossal year-end package will provide another round of direct payments, enhanced unemployment benefits and billions of dollars for struggling industries in what still amounts to a less generous package than the $3 trillion CARES Act mounted at the beginning of the pandemic. Unemployment benefits expire in mid-March, likely setting up another deadline for additional congressional action early next year. More
It like congress expects to usher Donald Trump out the way they welcomed Obama in 12 years ago, with a huge spending package of other people’s money. – Dr. Tar
Gimme!!
Giving you a 600 dollar check while at the same time printing trillions that will diminish the value of your savings to near nothing.
The real gift is devaluing the dollar and eventually kicking off a lighting round of inflation.
This is your proof that the Republic is dead.
The farcical election was just to mock you.
The government stinks to hell. It’s past time to take out the trash.
And it’s all borrowed money we don’t have and can never repay (at least using money anywhere near the value of the money we borrowed).
And no one cares anymore. The spending 12 years ago birthed the tea party. I don’t hear anyone talking about fiscal responsibility anymore.
How at this particular point, in the history of the country, did we get that misbegotten collection of misfits, grifters con artists, bag men, derelicts, thieves, liars, and immoral hate America cruds all gathered under the capitol dome, supreme court and executive offices as our elected and appointed government??????? Karma?????????
Open the economy! Shove all your handouts into a dark place tha is handy!
The sayings “The people get the Government they deserve” and “you can’t fix stupid” are on full display at this moment in time.
Wheelbarrows for sale, trust me, you’ll need one!
I still say if they gave two hoots about the country, Americans and business owners, they’d give a tax holiday, nobody pays any 2020 taxes and those still fortunate enough to have a job where they’ve been taking it out of their paychecks will get it all back, the same as those businesses still fortunate enough to have any money to be sending in their quarterly payments.
Just make the big corps like WalMart, Costco, etc. pay without any tax breaks, oh and these assholes who have continued to keep their monthly salary.
Sounds like 65% for the “Big Guy”(gov).
Stimulus Bill:
$25 Million for Pakistan gender programs
$1.4B for Asia Reassurance Initiative Act
$250M in Palestinian aid
$85M to Cambodia
$700M to Sudan
$135M to Burma
$130M to Nepal
Only $600 for each American.
$500 million to Israel
$300,000,000 for Migrant and Refugee Assistance pg.. 147 DA FUQ?!
$10,000 per person for student loan bailout
$100,000,000 to NASA, because, who knows why.
$20,000,000,000 to the USPS, because why not
$300,000,000 to the Endowment for the Arts – because of it
$300,000,000 for the Endowment for the Humanities/ because no one even knew that was a thing
$15,000,000 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 fund/ 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
$300,000,000 to Public Broadcasting / NPR has to be bought by the Democrats
$500,000,000 to Museums and Libraries / Who knows how we 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 136
$7,500,000 to the Smithsonian for additional salaries
$35,000,000 to the JFK Center for Performing Arts
$25,000,000 for additional salary for House of Representatives
$3,000,000,000 upgrade to the IT department at the VA
$315,000,000 for State Department Diplomatic Programs
$95,000,000 for the Agency of International Development
$300,000,000 for International Disaster Assistance
$90,000,000 for the Peace Corp pg. 148
$13,000,000 to Howard University pg. 121
$9,000,000 Misc. Senate Expenses pg. 134
$100,000,000 to Essential Air carriers pg. 162. This of note because the Airlines are going to need billions in loans to keep them afloat ($100,000,000 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. 164
$1,000,000,000 Airlines Recycle and Save Program pg. 163
$25,000,000 to the FAA for administrative costs pg. 165
$492,000,000 to National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) pg. 167
$526,000,000 Grants to Amtrak to remain available if needed through 2021 pg. 168 (what are the odds that doesn’t go unused) Hidden on page 174 the Secretary has 7 days to allocate the funds & notify Congress
$25,000,000,000 for Transit Infrastructure pg. 169
$3,000,000 Maritime Administration pg. 172
$5,000,000 Salaries and Expensive Office of the Inspector General pg. 172
$2,500,000 Public and Indian Housing pg. 175
$5,000,000 Community Planning and Development pg. 175
$2,500,000 Office of Housing
@KT, what about the rest of it? The bill is 5593 pages.
Trump better veto this, or he can go fuck himself.
The Senate Historical Office said the previous record for the length of legislation was the 2,847-page tax reform bill of 1986—about one-half the size of the latest bill, which is likely to be the final major piece of legislation for the 116th Congress that expires on Jan. 3.
The Covid relief bill includes $193 million for federal HIV/AIDS workers stationed abroad to buy new cars