Posted on 04/20/2020 3:35:30 PM PDT by rktman
While leaders on Capitol Hill thrash about on replenishing their own program to protect small-business workers, a bipartisan group in the Senate have begun work on Phase 4 of COVID-19 pandemic relief. The new focus for federal cash will fall on state and local governments that have seen revenue streams dry up as businesses shut down. Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) have crafted a $500 billion bailout package that attempts to provide baseline cash while adjusting for both population and outbreak size.
Perhaps we should be surprised that the price tag is as low as it is. The ask matches that from the National Governors Association and is designed to quiet rising criticism from governors over the CARES Act, which only provided nominal funding in this direction:
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2. If menendez is involved it should go directly to the round file. If there isn't enough pork provided, you know nanzi won't get on board.
Congresscriminals stealing yet more money from taxpayers (current and future). Pathetic. These two bumare “leaders”??? LOL. Pathetic.
What kind of nation killing items are in the details this bill? I am afraid to look.
So it will not be $10 billion per state. New York will make out like the bandits they are.
I hope Trump doesn’t sign this, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he does. Otherwise, the Fake News Media will say he doesn’t care.
Not fond of having to take 8 when you only need 2.
Why not $500 trillion?
Trump says infrastructure. Dems mean civil service pensions.
Double the debt in less than 6 months.
KuhRayZee....
I don’t think it should be any more than $4.95 Trillion.
You are a spend thrift...
Any money going to states should not make them better off than they were before the virus hit. The rest of America should not be made to pay for liberal mismanagement of leftist states like NY, NJ, Maryland, ILL, Oregon, Calif and Washington. But, that is what Pelosi and Schumer and their crooks will attempt to do.
How much does Soros, Gates and NPR get?
The last bailout...............$2,000,000,000,000
250M citizens @ $1,200 per... -$..300,000,000,000
Small business support....... -$..250,000,000,000
amount left over...............$1,450,000,000,000......PORK
This is being generous, as there are not 250 Million people getting the stimulus of $1,200....
Run up the numbers. Get more money. Isn’t that the democratic plan?
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