I obviously don't live in your neighborhood cause $500 Billion...with a B..cause with that amount you could give every person in American about $1700.00...every single American. And thats important because the $500 Billion is on the table explicitly to go into people's pockets. A lot of people are growing concerned about the economy. that is REAL money to most of us.
To take it a step further, I don't blame McConnell simply because even if I DID laugh at a paltry $500 Billion, I have to keep in mind that that amount was $1.8Trillion but Nancy kept saying $2.2Trillion or nothing, which I find is shameful because she obviously doesn't have the same financial issues the vast majority of Americans do because most people would say "You know Nance, I a appreciate what you're fighting for an all BUT $1.8T is great..fantastic even and that extra .4 Trillion won't mean a thing to me if this drags out for months and I have no house and no table to put food on for my family.
I mean, at some point the only reason you would NOT accept a very fair deal (gift in this case) and live to fight another day is if you KNOW, deep down, that there is no chance in hell that you can justify the rest of it on its own merit...or you simply don't care one iota about the people because it won't hurt you. Think about it. If McConnell had NO desire to help people or intention to help in any way, he wouldn't even offer this. He would be exactly like nancy is and say "nope, all or nothing".
So in this case, we have at least one of these two that are willing to give SOMETHING and, right now, Americans need SOMETHING, even if it isn't perfect.