White House touts $1.9T stimulus as ‘most progressive’ in history

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>disabuse yourself of any attachment to the idea Biden is a "moderate"<

https://nypost.com/2021/03/08/wh-touts-1-9t-stimulus-as-most-progressive-in-history-gop-bashes-bill/
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said Monday on Fox News that “if you’re in the farming business right now, this bill forgives 120 percent of your loan based on your race. These people in the Congress today, the House and the Senate on the Democratic side are out of control liberals and God help us all if we don’t check and balance them in 2022.”

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) said just 9 percent of the funds are directly related to the pandemic, echoing a consistent GOP objection.

“The other 91 percent is money for the arts, humanities, transportation, abortion, loan forgiveness for students, loan forgiveness for ‘socially disadvantaged farmers’,” Blackburn said on Fox News.

Blackburn said she also objected to a provision granting 15 weeks of paid leave for federal workers who contract COVID-19, need to isolate due to exposure or who need to care for kids whose schools are closed.

Republicans largely say the bill is poorly focused and that much of the funds won’t be spent until after the pandemic ends.
For example, it contains $129 billion for K-12 schools, but the Congressional Budget Office estimates that about 95 percent won’t be spent in 2021 because funds approved for schools last year haven’t been spent.
 
Legion said:
I heard that porkulus contains only 9% of spending directly related to the Bidenvirus.
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Blackburn (R-Tenn.) said just 9 percent of the funds are directly related to the pandemic, echoing a consistent GOP objection.

“The other 91 percent is money for the arts, humanities, transportation, abortion, loan forgiveness for students, loan forgiveness for ‘socially disadvantaged farmers’,” Blackburn said on Fox News.

Blackburn said she also objected to a provision granting 15 weeks of paid leave for federal workers who contract COVID-19, need to isolate due to exposure or who need to care for kids whose schools are closed.
 
dukkha said:
>disabuse yourself of any attachment to the idea Biden is a "moderate"<

https://nypost.com/2021/03/08/wh-touts-1-9t-stimulus-as-most-progressive-in-history-gop-bashes-bill/
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said Monday on Fox News that “if you’re in the farming business right now, this bill forgives 120 percent of your loan based on your race. These people in the Congress today, the House and the Senate on the Democratic side are out of control liberals and God help us all if we don’t check and balance them in 2022.”

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) said just 9 percent of the funds are directly related to the pandemic, echoing a consistent GOP objection.

“The other 91 percent is money for the arts, humanities, transportation, abortion, loan forgiveness for students, loan forgiveness for ‘socially disadvantaged farmers’,” Blackburn said on Fox News.

Blackburn said she also objected to a provision granting 15 weeks of paid leave for federal workers who contract COVID-19, need to isolate due to exposure or who need to care for kids whose schools are closed.

Republicans largely say the bill is poorly focused and that much of the funds won’t be spent until after the pandemic ends.
For example, it contains $129 billion for K-12 schools, but the Congressional Budget Office estimates that about 95 percent won’t be spent in 2021 because funds approved for schools last year haven’t been spent.
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All reputable polling shows 60 to 70 percent of Americans support the Rescue America Act, so that is as mainstream as it gets
 
Cypress said:
All reputable polling shows 60 to 70 percent of Americans support the Rescue America Act, so that is as mainstream as it gets
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$1400 checks will do that.
Hell; I support the $1400 - it's the giganaporkulus that the problem.

If this went straight to the US populace we'd all get like $5k ( going off memory)

"Education" money wasnt even spent from the last COVID relief.
They cant begin to spend 350 billion more in less then 4 years
 
reminds me of the wasted money spent by Obama and the Demmycunts in 2009........didn't stimulate anything and the economy was worse in 2012 than it was in 2008.......Obama had to ask for a mulligan in 2012 and ran on the promise he would do everything he promised to do in 2008 if they gave him a second chance.........now O'Biden and the Demmycunts will waste another $1.9T and accomplish nothing.......the only difference is the idiot will be too old to run again in 2024.......
 
dukkha said:
If this went straight to the US populace we'd all get like $5k ( going off memory)
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More. Much more.

  • For $2 trillion, the DEMOCRATS could have cut a check to every household in the US for more than $16,000.
  • If the DEMOCRATS had only cut checks to the poorest one-third of households, each would have received almost $50,000.
Only a DEMOCRAT could design a program to cost as much as giving every poor household $50,000 and have it actually give every poor household far less.
 
Legion said:
More. Much more.

  • For $2 trillion, the DEMOCRATS could have cut a check to every household in the US for more than $16,000.
  • If the DEMOCRATS had only cut checks to the poorest one-third of households, each would have received almost $50,000.
Only a DEMOCRAT could design a program to cost as much as giving every poor household $50,000 and have it actually give every poor household far less.
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OMG
 
Legion said:
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OMG part II
 
dukkha said:
OMG part II
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Jared's Statement on Vote Against Porkulus


“During challenging times, the country needs its elected leaders to work together to meet the most urgent needs in their communities. This bill addresses urgent needs, and then buries them under a mountain of unnecessary or untimely spending. In reviewing the bill in its full scope, less than 20 percent of the total spending addresses core COVID challenges that are immediately pressing: funding for vaccine distribution and testing, and emergency federal unemployment programs. I support these portions of the bill wholeheartedly and believe we should do more for the people hardest hit by the pandemic by continuing to extend unemployment programs until economic indicators show they are no longer necessary.

“Unfortunately, the path congressional leaders have chosen goes far beyond these key provisions, to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars. After supporting $4 trillion in emergency COVID relief in 2020, I won’t support trillions more in funding that is poorly targeted or in many cases not necessary at this moment in time.

“Outside of the critical funding priorities — unemployment assistance and vaccine and testing aid — the bulk of this bill falls into two categories. The first category is a series of spending provisions that duplicate ongoing COVID assistance programs that Congress has already funded or are poorly designed and wasteful of public resources.

These include:

  • Rental assistance: On a bipartisan basis, Congress approved $25 billion in rental assistance only two months ago, and just yesterday Maine officials announced it was ready to begin accepting applications for the $200 million that was allocated to our state for this purpose. Additional rental assistance may be warranted in the future, but it is not necessary at this time.
  • Food assistance: In December, I joined with my colleagues to extend a 15 percent increase in SNAP benefits through June 30, 2021. The bill we are voting on today provides no additional enhancements to that current policy, but instead further extends the 15 percent increase until September 30, 2021. I am certainly open to supporting additional food assistance after June 30, should the circumstances warrant it, but I believe Congress should make that decision when the moment requires it.
  • Child care assistance: This bill devotes $40 billion to child care assistance. Just two months ago, Congress allocated $10 billion in additional child care assistance to states. Maine only received its allocation on February 4. As with other programs, I believe it is irresponsible to quadruple our investment before we more fully release existing funds and determine what will be needed to help us through the final stages of the pandemic.
  • Aid to state and local governments: Over the past year, I have supported $150 billion in aid to states and localities, a critical investment that has helped Maine weather some of the worst periods of the pandemic. As a result of these investments and quick and responsible leadership by Governor Janet Mills, Maine has now been presented with a two-year budget proposal by the governor that is balanced and that makes key investments in education and public health and sets money aside for the state’s Rainy Day Fund. Just this week, the state announced its revenue projections are up $154 million over projections for the first seven months of this fiscal year. While some additional aid may be warranted, the $350 billion authorized by this bill far exceeds the actual budget gaps confronting states and localities. I hope that the Senate chooses to better target this funding.
  • Schools: This legislation devotes $170 billion to primary and secondary schools and colleges. It has been said this funding is necessary to reopen schools. However, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that less than 8 percent of this funding will be spent before the end of this school year, and only about a third in the next two years. I have heard from school systems in Maine that have yet to spend the entirety of federal aid provided to them in previous COVID legislation in 2020. Making sure our kids can be back in the classroom full time, in a safe environment for both students and educators is critical but is not a problem that can be solved by simply increasing funding.The CDC has set a standard for safety, and fully reopened K-12 schools are not a possibility in many communities until our vaccine program has eliminated the threat of community spread.
  • Small businesses: I have also supported COVID assistance for small businesses in need, and my office has worked tirelessly to connect Maine small businesses owners with the resources they need to weather the pandemic. Importantly, $144 billion remains available for disbursement from the Paycheck Protection Program, and the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant that Congress authorized in December has yet to open for applications.
  • Direct payments: This bill allocates $1,400 direct checks to individuals making up to $75,000 and married couples making up to $150,000, with phased-down checks for households with incomes as high as $200,000. Under this bill, it is estimated that over 90 percent of Maine tax filers would receive a check from the federal government. While those who have lost jobs or had hours reduced ought to receive income support, it is a waste to send a third round of government checks to wealthy individuals making almost three times the average household salary in Maine’s Second Congressional District. The data shows that among higher-income households, many of the direct checks sent in December were deposited into savings. That money would be better spent on continued unemployment assistance for those who have lost jobs to this pandemic.
  • “The second category of spending is a series of policies worthy of consideration under regular order but that do not belong in an emergency spending bill. This bill contains approximately $250 billion in these kinds of provisions, including a one-year expansion of the Child Tax Credit, a two-year enhancement of premium subsidies under the Affordable Care Act, and multiemployer pension reform. These are sensible — and in some cases bipartisan — policies on their own, and I would be likely to support them as standalone, paid-for legislation. However, using emergency spending legislation to enact these provisions is not a responsible way to make meaningful public policy that can stand the test of time.
  • “In the end, my concerns with this legislation are not only about these individual provisions, but also about the compounding effect of the spending decisions of the past year. On a bipartisan basis, Congress came together last year to pass multiple COVID-related bills, spending over $4 trillion dollars to help Americans weather the pandemic and its economic effects. Those decisions were made at critical junctures — an economy in freefall, sudden and mass unemployment, and a more recent winter surge in COVID cases. The moment we find ourselves in now, while critical, is not clouded by the uncertainty we experienced last year. While still in the distance, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. We have several effective vaccines in circulation, and manufacturers are continuing to scale up production. Many state budgets, like ours in Maine, are beginning to show signs of resilience and recovery. Adding another $2 trillion in spending at this moment exceeds the demonstrated needs of our communities and fails to take into account the nearly $1 trillion in new funding we passed just two months ago, much of which has yet to hit the economy.
  • “Many have popularly claimed that the biggest threat is not that Congress goes too big but that it goes too small in responding to the current economic situation. They are ignoring the possibility of a much-anticipated infrastructure proposal from the Biden Administration later this year which could offer a chance for Congress to further boost the economy if necessary. Between the money spent in 2020 and today’s package, we are already nearing $6 trillion in new spending in less than one year. This amount of new spending is unprecedented since World War II. It’s not unreasonable to take a step back and ask ourselves if we are making every dollar count and picking the right priorities. At some point, the bill has to come due, and when it does, it could put at risk critical programs such as Medicare or sap resources needed for important future priorities, from rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure to fixing our broken healthcare system.”


https://repgolden.medium.com/golden...1-9-trillion-legislative-package-2d89b9905563
 
dukkha said:
$1400 checks will do that.
Hell; I support the $1400 - it's the giganaporkulus that the problem.

If this went straight to the US populace we'd all get like $5k ( going off memory)

"Education" money wasnt even spent from the last COVID relief.
They cant begin to spend 350 billion more in less then 4 years
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Those same polls show around 40 percent of Republican voters support the America Rescue Act, so that is as bipartisan as it realistically can get.
 
dukkha said:
>disabuse yourself of any attachment to the idea Biden is a "moderate"<

https://nypost.com/2021/03/08/wh-touts-1-9t-stimulus-as-most-progressive-in-history-gop-bashes-bill/
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said Monday on Fox News that “if you’re in the farming business right now, this bill forgives 120 percent of your loan based on your race. These people in the Congress today, the House and the Senate on the Democratic side are out of control liberals and God help us all if we don’t check and balance them in 2022.”

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) said just 9 percent of the funds are directly related to the pandemic, echoing a consistent GOP objection.

“The other 91 percent is money for the arts, humanities, transportation, abortion, loan forgiveness for students, loan forgiveness for ‘socially disadvantaged farmers’,” Blackburn said on Fox News.

Blackburn said she also objected to a provision granting 15 weeks of paid leave for federal workers who contract COVID-19, need to isolate due to exposure or who need to care for kids whose schools are closed.

Republicans largely say the bill is poorly focused and that much of the funds won’t be spent until after the pandemic ends.
For example, it contains $129 billion for K-12 schools, but the Congressional Budget Office estimates that about 95 percent won’t be spent in 2021 because funds approved for schools last year haven’t been spent.
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Well, you and the half dead mother and sister should return your stimulus checks
 
dukkha said:
>disabuse yourself of any attachment to the idea Biden is a "moderate"<

https://nypost.com/2021/03/08/wh-touts-1-9t-stimulus-as-most-progressive-in-history-gop-bashes-bill/
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said Monday on Fox News that “if you’re in the farming business right now, this bill forgives 120 percent of your loan based on your race. These people in the Congress today, the House and the Senate on the Democratic side are out of control liberals and God help us all if we don’t check and balance them in 2022.”

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) said just 9 percent of the funds are directly related to the pandemic, echoing a consistent GOP objection.

“The other 91 percent is money for the arts, humanities, transportation, abortion, loan forgiveness for students, loan forgiveness for ‘socially disadvantaged farmers’,” Blackburn said on Fox News.

Blackburn said she also objected to a provision granting 15 weeks of paid leave for federal workers who contract COVID-19, need to isolate due to exposure or who need to care for kids whose schools are closed.

Republicans largely say the bill is poorly focused and that much of the funds won’t be spent until after the pandemic ends.
For example, it contains $129 billion for K-12 schools, but the Congressional Budget Office estimates that about 95 percent won’t be spent in 2021 because funds approved for schools last year haven’t been spent.
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bullshit....look at who benefits most from two different two trillion dollar bills- the one by repubs called a tax cut mainly for the rich, and the ones by democrats with covid relief and direct payments to the american middle class.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1369875040775323648
 
As Leftist wastes of money go that bill isn't even close to the worst excesses Progressives have made. Yes, it's terrible, spends insane money that doesn't exist, isn't going to do any of the things it's champions claim and is a total waste, but that's what makes it so Progressive!
 
What will you spend your $1,400 on? I might buy a new mountain bike. Perhaps a few Steelers face masks. I gotta still exercise, right?
 
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