Posted on 03/22/2020 1:20:27 PM PDT by chiller
Congressional leaders are likely to put a very ugly deal in front of the American people, and if it passes, America may be unrecognizable after this pandemic. But there is a way to stop it, if people on the populist left and people on the populist right work together.
Here’s the situation. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, and the Trump administration are negotiating a bailout package to address the coronavirus crisis. There’s been a lot of chatter about the need to support workers as the economy goes into a freeze....
But in the United States, our leaders seem to be falling prey to what can only be called a corporate frenzy of favor-seeking. “Any time there is a crisis and Washington is in the middle of it is an opportunity for guys like me,” said one lobbyist.
(Excerpt) Read more at thefederalist.com ...
Well, it just failed, so hopefully they can work on something better that won’t put us $1T in the red.
Yeah, Trump will blamed but then there is that first $22+ trillion debt prior to Trump and the Covid 19.
While I want the most helpless among us to be made survivably whole, I’m actually wanting the billionaires to get back into that market where this middle class family has our trust. I just want the stock market up again.
Kudlow on Foxnews, “next 4, 8 or 12 weeks”
“Where did that 22 trillion come from?”
Obama tripled it from 6 and change to 19
Trump unfortunately (with congress)has bumped it from 19 to 22.
It's been that way for a while.
Grampa Dave wrote: “Washington is no longer about lawmaking, it’s about moneymaking for the elites!”
Thanks for reposting that reality.
I’m 81 and looking back, we have had 3 presidents concerned about us and not the elites:
1. Ike
2. Reagan
3. Trump
I think that JFK was coming around, and probably why he was killed.
Good list... I think you’re right.
1. Ike
2. Reagan
3. Trump
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