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MoonlitKnight

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4. Another example of why direct payments are better

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Sat Dec 26, 2020, 01:05 AM

Dec 2020

Not fair but it gets money to people. It’s an emergency. Tying up the funds in red tape makes it only accessible to the few and the connected. In normal times we certainly want funds targeted at those in need but this situation is different and our government has been intentionally broken.

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PA misses deadline to spend $108M in rent, mortgage relief from CARES Act (it goes to prisons now) [View all] Celerity Dec 2020 OP

Once again - the Republicans... oh never mind. You know the rest. Marie Marie Dec 2020 #1

This is a fuckup that we own too Amishman Dec 2020 #11

You are right but this is the paragraph that caught my eye: Marie Marie Dec 2020 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2020 #2

They do it because they not only get away with it, but they are rewarded by the Rethug/MAGAt base Celerity Dec 2020 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2020 #5

The Rethugs control both the PA House and the PA Senate with clear majorities. Celerity Dec 2020 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2020 #8

Another example of why direct payments are better MoonlitKnight Dec 2020 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2020 #6

Conveniently going to prisons, probably their privately owned ones. TheBlackAdder Dec 2020 #9

How Republican party is that, to take from the poor, and give to the jailers? Roisin Ni Fiachra Dec 2020 #10

Contacted my Republican state rep about a related DeminPennswoods Dec 2020 #13