(03-10-2021 09:39 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(03-09-2021 10:42 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(03-09-2021 08:05 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(03-09-2021 05:03 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  Arguing that only 9% of the bill was COVID related (as OO did)

A flat out lie, Lad.
Not a mis-speak. An untruth.
I refer you to post 1170, where I said "I heard 9%", then immediately said it would depend on definitions.
I guess you will say anything to make your point.
And you fuss about editing by Project veritas.
DDS.

I heard that OO said it was 9%.
Look, absolved from all potential criticism now. What a magical phrase that is - you can just throw it in front of anything and then run away from criticism. Neat.
If you throw out a claim that can be easily fact checked, don’t cry foul when said claim is fact checked. I’ve done nothing but respond to your comment about hearing 9% - if you don’t want to stand behind that claim “you heard” then retract it. But I’m not twisting words here.

I did hear it. I did not claim it, even though you edited my remarks to make it sound as if I claimed it. THAT editing was a conscious act, not a misreading.
I guess, you, in true Cuomo fashion, are doubling down on your lies. Totally unable to admit your mistake and totally unable to say, whoops, I jumped to a conclusion.
I don't know how much of the $1.9T bill is for Covid and how much is not. We all know and admit some is not. But how much is "some" depends on how you define things. AS I SAID IN MY ORIGINAL POST!
Is it 95% unrelated? Is it 91%? 55%? 20%? I have heard all of the above, and claim none as an absolute correct number, contrary to biased incorrect reports. I claim none, because, AS I SAID IN MY ORIGINAL POST, it depends on the definitions of what is Covid related and why.
Just apologize for (1) misreading my original post, and (2) selectively editing it to make it seem like I said something I didn't, and let's move on.

What difference does it make whether it's 95% unrelated, or 91%, or 55%, or 20%? The maximum acceptable percentage of pork unrelated to COVID is 0%.

That's where Mitch screwed up--again. When he got the original bill--the $600 bill--he should have had the senate amend it by rewriting it to remove all of the pork unrelated to COVID and increase the amount paid to ordinary Americans. That would have drawn the battle lines where they needed to be drawn. I despise Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, but at least they know how to lead. How many of Trump's appointments got approved by 50-something to 40-something? How many of Biden's? Republicans are like herding cats, and Mitch couldn't lead a sex addict to a whorehouse, and the country I love is being torn apart before my eyes as a result.