What's the matter with Donald Trump.

[crystalworks]

Originally Posted by motordavid

^ The Stimulus Bill/Covid Relief Bill does not contain foreign aid or grease to orgs; that stuff is found in the $1.4 trillion omnibus spending bill.

Both bills contain huge amounts of pork/lobby driven crap and both are nearly unreadable unless one just came from a 'bill writing class'.

Both parties of the elected idiots/both houses crammed special interest pet project topics into both bills.

As for the chump change to citizens, both the current 'relief' sum and the number bandied by Ftrump, (rejected thus far by his own 'party' idiots), is chump change in the scheme of proposed and YTD spending...

QFT

Quoted from a news station website:

"Here’s a breakdown of what’s inside the massive year-end compromise:

$166 billion in direct checks

Individuals up to $75,000 per year will get $600.00
Couples up to $150,000 per year will get $1200.00 and $600.00 per child
Jobless workers will get $300.00 a week until mid-March
Relief to self-employed, gig workers and those whose state benefits have expired
$325 billion for small businesses

$284 billion set aside for low interest loans
$20 billion for businesses in low-income communities, as well as small live music venues, movie theaters and museums
Extends certain pandemic tax breaks and earned income credits for employers.
$45 billion in transportation aid

$15 billion to help airlines maintain their payrolls
$14 billion for mass transit
$10 billion for state highways
$2 billion for airports
$1 billion for Amtrak"