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Democrats block Senate CV Stimulus Package (1 Viewer)

Godsbrother said:
:goodposting:   They need to cut the bull and get something passed to help the American people.   Anything that cannot be agreed to should be removed and tried separately in a different bill.
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And all of this crap is precisely why they cant even pass a real budget ever.  And even with that said...if they cant even figure this out...get rid of any that are holding this up with complete garbage.

 
I’ll be surprised if a deal isn’t reached by tonight. Sounds like a lot of posturing to me. They’ll get it done. 

 
Cjw_55106 said:
This bill should not be about leverage or pet projects. Simply cut a check to whoever you decide will get it and move on. 
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Exactly. It's a one-time shot for some heavyweight pigs to feast from the trough and requires keen oversight to make sure they don't get away with it. This idea to ram through whatever is asinine.

 
Student loan forgiveness....or a slush fund that is at the discretion of Trump?  I have a pretty good idea which one would be A) better for the individual and B) better for the overall economy.  I also have a pretty good idea which one would be better for Mar-A-Lago. 

 
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Long Ball Larry said:
Could they split the bill into 2 parts?  One for checks to the people and one for money to corporations?  I understand that in the long run it probably will make sense to get money to the corporations, but why not just deal with one thing at a time?
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Arent the corporations just going to get the money from the people like a day and half after its issued anyway?  

 
I’m not sure what the income cut off should be, but I’d error on the higher side. Someone could make a very good living, say 125K a year. That doesn’t do that much good if they are currently out of work. They might not be destitute right now, but they certainly aren’t out stimulating the economy.

 
There is an amazing thing about people. Just because they think one side is wrong they automatically think the other side is right. Guess what. They can both be wrong.

 
Republicans "pet project" includes attaching corporations, including multi-nationals and megas.

They are refusing to take care of the citizenry first and work out the following up steps. 

 
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forgot to mention the $500 billion Mnuchin slush fund, from which he could hand out money like a Gilded Age Santa, to Republican donors and allies or even to Donald Trump's companies, without any disclosure until after the 2020 election.

@JoyAnnReid

 
If there’s any truth to what is being talked about, supposedly McConnell proceeded with the vote, knowing it wouldn’t pass, while they were still negotiating? Then went on to point the finger at Democrats for being the the bad guys? We have our fate (all of us) in the hands of some pretty out of touch people who really don’t give two ##### about us. 

 
Man In The Box said:
If there’s any truth to what is being talked about, supposedly McConnell proceeded with the vote, knowing it wouldn’t pass, while they were still negotiating? Then went on to point the finger at Democrats for being the the bad guys? We have our fate (all of us) in the hands of some pretty out of touch people who really don’t give two ##### about us. 
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All a game to them. They’re in no financial trouble. 

 
Gopher State said:
So now their talking about letting people take a 100k hardship withdrawal from their 401k’s with no 10 percent penalty (under59 1/2), and pay the income tax back over 3 years.  Hmmm, who has 100k left in their 401k.
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And who thinks that’s a good idea anyways? Let’s encourage people to pull out of the market after its already down 35% and destroy their retirement in the process. 

 
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SHIZNITTTT said:
forgot to mention the $500 billion Mnuchin slush fund, from which he could hand out money like a Gilded Age Santa, to Republican donors and allies or even to Donald Trump's companies, without any disclosure until after the 2020 election.

@JoyAnnReid
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This is not true, I’ll even post The NY Times article. 425 billion is for the Fed not Mnuchin. But keep listening to Joy make up stuff

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1242177378677383175?s=21

 
tommyGunZ said:
Fun to see conservatives in here blasting Democrats for not agreeing to a trillion dollar socialist bailout.  The irony has to be killing Bernie Sanders.
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every time the government gives you your money back you guys want to call it socialism.

I get that you guys do that because you want to soften the blow of socialism and make it not sound so dangerous, but that doesn't really work. We have over 100 years of history regarding socialism to look at. Pro tip: it's not a good history.  In fact, it's kind of deadly.

 
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BladeRunner said:
every time the government gives you your money back you guys want to call it socialism.

I get that you guys do that because you want to soften the blow of socialism and make it not sound so dangerous, but that doesn't really work.
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I really don’t give 2 ####s what anyone calls it, it just needs to happen.  Congress needs to earn their pay, do their job and Work. The. ####. Together.   

 
timschochet said:
I’ll be surprised if a deal isn’t reached by tonight. Sounds like a lot of posturing to me. They’ll get it done. 
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I’m not optimistic.  The “tone” of the people who spoke in the senate had an authenticity to it.  The finger pointing is real and feelings are hurt.  I don’t think this is for show.

 
And it’s been said but both parties should be absolutely ashamed of them selves.  This is not a time to sneak in agenda items that would never get the other sides approval.

/Bill

We sending out checks of X to Y people based on table A.  It will cost Z.  

/Endbill

fill it in however you want.   No corp bailouts, no airplane emissions.  That’s what the people want.  Come back for round four later.  If it’s that important it will get done.

 
Engelberg said:
Shocking said no one ever.

Dems only want one thing, to make Trump look bad. Screw them and screw poilitcs in general.. Leave it to the Dems to play politics with peoples lives to make an enemy of theirs look bad
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Didn’t read the rest of the thread or the facts of that GoP bill did you?
The bill had zero to do with Trump btw...thankfully he stayed out of this.

 
Can’t believe that Democrats are trying to include forgiving the Postal Service debt in this emergency bill.  This is just nuts.  

 
Kevrunner said:
Can’t believe that Democrats are trying to include forgiving the Postal Service debt in this emergency bill.  This is just nuts.  
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It's not just that. Seems like from the reports I have seen they are pushing all they can into it.  Taking advantage of the america people in a time of crisis.  Really sickening on their part.

Like someone said it should be a very simple concept to get this done.

 
BigSteelThrill said:
But its okay for other business to receive funds?  Just not the postal service? 
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Postal Service has been in this position for years, it’s has nothing to do with the emergency that the country is facing now, it’s ridiculous for the democrats to try and push this and other items that have not been able to get passed in previous bills. 

 
Kevrunner said:
Postal Service has been in this position for years, it’s has nothing to do with the emergency that the country is facing now, it’s ridiculous for the democrats to try and push this and other items that have not been able to get passed in previous bills. 
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Perfectly aware, the R's wouldn't let the postal service raise stamp fees and had to operate at deficits.

But they still have debt on the books and if the Government is going to hold the debt, might as well be off the Postal Service ledger since other businesses are getting benefits.

 
BigSteelThrill said:
Perfectly aware, the R's wouldn't let the postal service raise stamp fees and had to operate at deficits.

But they still have debt on the books and if the Government is going to hold the debt, might as well be off the Postal Service ledger since other businesses are getting benefits.
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I like to see restrictions on what the business are allowed to do with the $$$ they will be getting, no way they should be allowed to buy back stocks or give bonuses to executives and things like that.  I’m glad that the Democrats are trying to make sure that doesn’t happen in the emergency bill.  But, if Republicans or Democrats are trying to include items that failed to pass in previous bills in this emergency bill, that should be unacceptable for all of us citizens.  

 
Kevrunner said:
I like to see restrictions on what the business are allowed to do with the $$$ they will be getting, no way they should be allowed to buy back stocks or give bonuses to executives and things like that.  I’m glad that the Democrats are trying to make sure that doesn’t happen in the emergency bill.  But, if Republicans or Democrats are trying to include items that failed to pass in previous bills in this emergency bill, that should be unacceptable for all of us citizens.  
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Even better with the postal service, the highest paid persons are 270k a year as postmaster generals.

 
Regarding the Postal Service, we don’t need a bailout. We need congress to lift the mandate that requires us to pay billions of dollars in healthcare and benefits for decades in the future. No other organization is required to do this. It’s a battle we’ve been fighting for years. Also, that fight belongs nowhere near this bill. Democrats need to fight that battle another day. 

 
Man In The Box said:
Regarding the Postal Service, we don’t need a bailout. We need congress to lift the mandate that requires us to pay billions of dollars in healthcare and benefits for decades in the future. No other organization is required to do this. It’s a battle we’ve been fighting for years. Also, that fight belongs nowhere near this bill. Democrats need to fight that battle another day. 
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Who's stupid mandate?  Yeah. We know which party did that.

They were trying to bury it and get rich by getting paid by the other corporate package carriers.

 
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