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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,063 posts)
Wed Dec 23, 2020, 07:39 PM Dec 2020

Stop lying about the relief bill

I have had it with the nonsense that so many people are spouting about the much-needed COVID relief package that President Donald Trump is, at least implicitly, threatening not to sign into law.

Specifically, I have had it with the meme that the package is "just $600."

Direct payment checks are a significant component of this package, just as they were a significant component of the CARES Act, but they're not the main one. They make up only about one-sixth of the cost. And before you say "well that's the part that goes to people," stop, because you're wrong. This bill is full of other programs that provide essential support to ordinary people, focusing on people who have faced particular hardship due to the COVID crisis.

The characterization of this package as "just $600" has obscured all the good the package can do if it becomes law, and all the harm that will come to particularly vulnerable people if it does not. Most importantly, if this bill doesn't become law by Saturday, 14 million Americans will lose unemployment benefits they have been relying on. This isn't a game.

What else does the package do? It provides hundreds of billions of dollars to small businesses on the condition that they keep employees on their payroll, through the Paycheck Protection Program. This is another area where critiques of our relief approach have been self-contradictory. We hear the US "isn't doing" payroll support like other countries are - except we are doing it, that's what PPP is - and then we hear complaints that PPP payments go to employers, even though that is an inherent characteristic of payroll support.

The package also contains $13 billion to increase SNAP (food stamps) benefits and $25 billion for rental assistance.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/stop-lying-about-the-relief-bill/ar-BB1cbiJD?ocid=DELLDHP&li=BBnbfcL

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Stop lying about the relief bill (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2020 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2020 #1
In depth investigation, or reading as we used to call it, has been replaced by NoMoreRepugs Dec 2020 #2
As President Biden has said more than once Rorey Dec 2020 #3
This is bullshit cooked up by * and Moscow Mitch to make GOP look like swell people Hestia Dec 2020 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author CatLady78 Dec 2020 #5

Response to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

NoMoreRepugs

(9,257 posts)
2. In depth investigation, or reading as we used to call it, has been replaced by
Wed Dec 23, 2020, 07:48 PM
Dec 2020

memes and 100 character bullshit - I mean tweets.

Rorey

(8,445 posts)
3. As President Biden has said more than once
Wed Dec 23, 2020, 07:51 PM
Dec 2020

It's a start.

I think everyone needs to remember that McConnell has said more than a few times that he didn't think we needed another stimulus bill. Then, when an agreement was reached, he said the American people have waited long enough. WELL, which is it, McConnell???
He talks out both sides of his effing face, as he always has.

I've been suspicious that this thing with OrangeLoser insisting on $2000 is just another game by the repukes. He needs to be pressured to sign the damn bill, and we can do more after a REAL President takes over.

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