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RE: Senate Democrats Block Mammoth Chinese Coronavirus Stimulus Package
(03-23-2020 07:49 PM)Kaplony Wrote: (03-23-2020 06:51 PM)bullet Wrote: (03-23-2020 05:12 PM)Kaplony Wrote: (03-23-2020 04:54 PM)stxrunner Wrote: Serious question: Why don't they just pass the consumer/worker bailout first, then deal with the contentious parts of the deal? Who would say no to that? Both sides would look stupid saying no.
I'm not someone who usually heavily discusses politics, but that seems like it would cut out all this partisan BS and start things moving. Blaming Republicans or Democrats is stupid and akin to a playground fight at school, which is pretty typical government behavior in this era.
Just pass the bill to get the checks rolling to people who actually need it now. It's going to be a process to get those out the door anyway, the sooner it starts the better. Corporate America will get their money too, but that's the holdup.
What good is it going to do to send checks to the people if there's nowhere for them to spend them? A proper economic stimulus is spread throughout the economy, from the top to the bottom. Otherwise it's good money thrown at a bad solution.
People are in need now to have money to buy groceries. Now a lot of people will just sit on the checks since they are still working. But the time to means test would stretch it out forever. Even so, a lot of the people who most need it are mobile. So how do they get their checks if they've moved 3 times in the last year? It will take a while even if giving everyone a check.
To buy groceries there has to be somewhere to buy them from.
The groceries are all still open everywhere. They have shortages of certain items (beef, eggs, toilet paper), but still have a lot of food.
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