Posted on 12/22/2020 10:20:13 PM PST by Arcadian Empire
President Donald Trump is giving both Democrats and Republicans a headache on Tuesday after the shocking announcement on Twitter that he will not sign the COVID-19 relief bill negotiated in the Senate and House for months. He had been expected to sign the bipartisan deal this week.
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The president asks that the bill be reworked in order to give each American a $2,000 stimulus check instead of the $600 that was negotiated. Democrats had called for more money, but Republicans pushed back on the higher amount.
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"The $900 billion package provides hardworking taxpayers with only $600 each in relief payments and not enough money is given to small businesses," Trump said.
"Congress found plenty of money for foreign countries, lobbyists and special interests, while sending the bare minimum to the American people who needed it wasn't their fault," Trump said, though the funding he cites was largely part of the spending bill, not the relief bill. "It was China's fault, not their fault. I am asking Congress to amend this bill and increase the ridiculously low $600 to $2,000, or $4,000 for a couple."
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Nope. Joe Senility Biden would have ended up with 120 million votes.
I just want a clean “stimulus” bill that refunds all 2019 income taxes paid. When can I get that?
Put the money back into the hands of the people who EARNED it and DESERVE it. If we’re going to have helicopter money, make it justified helicopter money.
[[[I agree with him. Make your case for what he wants or against what he wants. Be sure to say why.]]]
Yes he needs to clearly state it often. Turn the people on their congress critters to clean it up.
And these “children” may be getting unemployment bonuses, too.
He still would have lost by their cheating. It had zero to do with Trump. It has everything to do with the cheating.
The bill is just gross and the GOP should be ashamed of themselves. Kavanaugh was a high point, but does the GOP fight for anything any more?
"The $900 billion package provides hardworking taxpayers with only $600 each in relief payments" / 328.2 million USA population = A future tax load of about $2,730 for each citizen.
What the HELL is written in those OVER 5,000 pages of this 'bill'???
Exactly. Once you get the boiler plate wording out of the way it should say something along they lines of “every US citizen who filed taxes in 2019 shall receive a one time stimulus check of $2,000.” The end. Done.
Yup, it could be as concise as your wording example.
Your libertarian Rand Paul/Ron Johnson conservatism is why we are in the mess we are now. Trump’s instincts are right on this. Republicans will become economic populist or cease to govern.
It’s a Bipartisan swamp endeavor. Senate Republicans are no better.
https://www.jhunewsletter.com/article/2020/11/a-closer-look-at-u-s-deaths-due-to-covid-19
See the response by the author of the article (Yanni Gu)and the person who did the study, (Genevieve Briand, assistant program director of the Applied Economics master’s degree program at Johns Hopkins University)
"The author of the article on Briand’s claims, Yanni Gu, responding to the article being pulled, posted the following on LinkedIn:
Today, on November 27th, The News-Letter officially posted their reason for retracting the article, stating inaccuracies in the analysis. I am frustrated at the explanation, and I think it is disrespectful to Dr. Briand’s hard work putting data together and doing an honest analysis. If her analysis was to be contradicted, then at least an equal-level analysis should be done to provide more data and thus a new conclusion. Dr. Briand and her work deserve such respect.
I have received many messages asking the reason for taking the article down, and so I would like to officially express my opinions here. I even got emails saying that thanks to me, people now will not be wearing masks or practicing social distancing. They called me “a COVID denier and a minimizer” and that I have no idea the damage and the lives cost in me writing such an article. I was devastated to receive such accusations, but I stand my ground. The goal is never to undermine the effects of COVID-19 but to suggest a possible over-exaggeration in death numbers due to the pandemic.
Professor Briand also responded to the pulling of the article, saying “Their decision to retract the article was their own. Yanni Gu did an excellent at reporting the content of the presentation. The full presentation is available at: Covid-19 Deaths: A Look at U.S. Data – YouTube. I explain during the presentation where I found and downloaded the data from, so anyone can easily replicate my analysis.”
UPDATE: Robert Anderson, chief of the Mortality Statistics Branch of the National Center for Health Statistics, also disputes Briand’s analysis. According to Anderson, Briand didn’t account for seasonal changes in deaths. “In the spring of 2020, during a period where we normally should be seeing declining mortality, deaths continued to increase and were at unusually high levels through the spring,” he told Lead Stories. “So, the comparison of the most lethal weeks in 2018 with the most lethal weeks of 2020 is not appropriate.”
“In 2018, deaths followed the normal pattern (although at a higher level than normal). In 2020, deaths did not follow the normal pattern…they should have been declining in the spring, but instead increased substantially,” Anderson added.
The original presentation is available on youtube with the comments turned off
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TKJN61aflI
Didn’t fit the script.
I don’t really care. It is the total for the year that matters. I don’t care about the ups and downs of it all.
They are probably quibbling about fractions anyway.
You can bet your sweet bippy that study didn’t get released without a whole bunch of review and approval either.
The findings were also published on FR at least a couple of times.
It’s criminal how elected officials skate without reading bills.
Are people conflating the Covid bill and the omnibus? My understanding is that the pork is in the omnibus, not the Covid bill. If that’s the case, why is Trump grandstanding and holding up Covid relief?
This strikes me as agreeing with Pelosi and stabbing Repubs in the back. Mnuchin negotiated this bill with Trumps blessing now he wants to blow it up and in the process sink Loeffler and Perdue in the GA runoff.
Because, as you said, it's an omnibus bill. He either signs the whole thing or vetoes the whole thing. He can't sign one part and veto the other.
Trump is insisting that the relief legislation, specifically, include $2,000 per American, and if that improvement is made, Trump will sign it.
But he agreed to $600 previously. Why is he blowing up negotiations and aiding with Schumer and Pelosi, and also siding with communist Dems in Georgia?
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