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Welfare for the Rich: Pelosi snuck $350 Million for the 50 richest zip codes in Covid Relief Bill, Analysis Shows
PJ Media ^ | 05/12/2021 | John Stossel

Posted on 05/12/2021 7:33:16 AM PDT by SeekAndFind


Congress passed the $2.2 trillion Heroes Act.

House Democrats said it gives money to “governments who desperately need funds.”

But it also gives lots of money to people who don’t need funds.

Maryland, which even The Washington Post admits is “flush with cash,” got enough extra money to pass a budget that “hands bonuses to every state worker.”

Even Atherton, California, where the median home price is $6 million, got Heroes Act money.

“There was no means test!” complains Lisa Conyers, author of Welfare for the Rich, in my latest video.

Omni Hotels & Resorts received $68 million in loans. Major airlines got $25 billion in loans from the CARES Act.

“Who wouldn’t like to play Santa Claus?” asks Conyers. “Who wouldn’t like to just be able to give everybody some money?”

Welfare for the rich didn’t start with coronavirus relief bills. Politicians have done it for years, and a pandemic didn’t stop them.

Nevada politicians gave Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis $750 million for a new stadium. A stadium designer says Davis insisted on the very best, including natural grass on a field that “moves in and out of the building in one piece.”

Cool. But why didn’t Davis pay for it himself?

“I’m not a billionaire,” he said.

But he is. The team is valued at more than $3 billion, and Davis and his mom co-own 47% of it.

Politicians screw taxpayers to build stadiums for lots of rich people.

Minnesota gave the Minnesota Vikings $348 million for their new stadium. Santa Clara, California, gave the San Francisco 49ers $114 million, plus $850 million in loans. Team co-owner Denise York and her family are worth $3.5 billion, says Forbes. She ought to fund her own stadium.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: congress; covidrelief; rich; welfare

1 posted on 05/12/2021 7:33:16 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
including natural grass on a field that “moves in and out of the building in one piece.”

They say that as if that is new technology. first time I saw that was at a soccer stadium in Germany. That was 20 years ago. The stadium in Glendale, Az has the same feature. That stadium was built over ten years ago.

2 posted on 05/12/2021 8:18:33 AM PDT by Michael.SF. (Never do anything illegal, when you are doing something illegal.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Pelosi helping the public is like an undertaker offering to help a sick person.


3 posted on 05/12/2021 8:28:56 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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