Posted on 05/07/2020 7:55:05 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) said Thursday that he and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will soon unveil a coronavirus relief package that he described as “Rooseveltian” in its scope and size.
“We need big, bold action," Schumer said in an MSNBC interview with Stephanie Ruhle, adding that he and Pelosi "are working very closely together on putting together a very strong plan, which you will hear shortly.”
“We need Franklin Rooseveltian-type action and we hope to take that in the House and Senate in a very big and bold way,” he added.
Schumer's remarks came in response to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) statement earlier this week that Congress needs to take “a pause” before passing more pandemic relief legislation.
Congress has passed nearly $3 trillion in aid over the past two months.
Schumer on Thursday said the fiscally cautious approach now being taken by Republicans like McConnell and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) reminded him of President Hoover’s response to the 1929 stock market crash and the onset of the Great Depression.
SNIP
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Here comes the “green New Deal” repackaged. Never let a crisis go to waste. Big government dependency and loss of freedoms for a whole new generation. This country is headed for war, and nothing anyone can do can stop it.
Oh HELL no.
I want nothing “rooseveltian” as he’s single handedly the reason we’re in the state we are now.
What would be “Rooseveltian” in today’s dollars? $100 trillion? Perhaps a quadrillion?
But, since democrats (and many republicans) are working with monopoly-type money, why not an endless/limitless amount of money? After all, it doesn’t have to be paid back, as in the current $25-$26 trillion dollars federal debt.
How about NO.
We’ve spent enough and do not need a 10,000 page bill full of leftist fantasy.
We just crossed the $25 trillion national debt threshold the other day. Just where do they propose we get the money for this? Interest rates won’t always be low. I think government should lower corporate and personal taxes. Cut more regulations, and let the free market do its magic.
Hey, we have to pass it to find out what’s in it! <;-)
Make the problem much worse and then tell people how how much bad the problem could have been if you had not made the problem worse in the first place.
That has worked for them for 85 years, it's starting to get played out though.
It is simple, the money comes from you, and thank you for giving all you have.
NRA! Let’s build us another Hoover Dam.
The Republicans would never vote for this kind of spending.
Yes,, repackage the Green New Deal-— named after the “New Deal” that failed so much that the only way OUT of the New Deal was...... have the US attacked, and join World War II.
So the Green Deal is to get us into World War- IV? cause we are already IN WWIII. See: chi-coms and the Democrat party propaganda wing.
Gibsmedat === dat’s mine cause it is YOURS. You OWE me/us.... oh yeah we’ll be able to ID them right away. Where’s my..... MONEY?
No more Santa Claus money.
The only real relief to this BS is to end the communist lockdowns and get back to work.
“Two weeks to flatten the curve..”
more like
“I’ll only put the head of it in..”
Buh-but Capitalism bad. Because feelings. Let’s use pixie dust.
IMHO, since federal pensions are COLA or COLA-lite adjusted, and since Congress people all have very sizable net worth that will tend to rise along with inflation; and since we seem to have forgotten about the looming SS shortfall (hint, its closer now that it was 6 months ago, by a lot) we can all look foward to massive taxes and diminishing standards of living for those on fixed-incomes.
Any chance the Republicans will make this point?
Any chance the populace will understand this?
Any chance the “ press “ will write about it?
I thought so.
The only thing that got us out of Roosevelt’s 10 long years of economic depression was a World War. Think about that.
Nope!
No Nancy, what we need is another Civil War to get rid of Communists like yourself.
This is the easiest thing to predict ever, all government - full on socialism:
1. Green New Deal
2. Basic Income Payment to everyone who sets foot in America and registers with the government
3. Single Payer Government Healthcare
4. Massive New Taxes
5. LBGTxxxx draconian Anti Discrimination laws
6. $15 minimum wage - to begin with
7. Free College Tuition - full repayment of all college loans currently existing
8. Draconian gun laws nationally
9. Open Borders - full rights of citizenship to all illegals who set foot in America
10. All Mail In Voting
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.