Mitch McConnell announced this morning that a bipartisan stimulus bill has been agreed upon and will be voted on today. Can't wait to see what's in it!

Most likely a bunch of pork. 🌫

"Now we'll all be drinkin' that free bubble up, and eatin' that rainbow stew."

-Merle Haggard

A quick overview from the "you should have been Infantry" site. Posted as found.

$100,000,000 to Nasa, because, who knows why.
$20,000,000,000 to the USPS, because why the hell not
$300,000,000 to the Endowment for the Arts / because **** it
$300,000,000 for the Endowment for the Humanities/ because no one even knew that was a thing

$15,000,000 for Veterans Employment Training / for when the GI Bill isn't enough
$435,000,000 for mental health support / thats a lot of **** suicide hotlines
$30,000,000,000 for the Department of Education stabilization fund/ because that will keep people employed

$200,000,000 to Safe Schools Emergency Response to Violence Program
$300,000,000 to Public Broadcasting / NPR has to be bought by the dems
$500,000,000 to Museums and Libraries / Who the hell knows how we are going to use it

$720,000,000 to Social Security Admin / but get this only 200,000,000 is to help people. The rest is for admin costs
$25,000,000 for Cleaning supplies for the Capitol Building / I **** you not it's on page 136

Still reading through this crap

$7,500,000 to the Smithsonian for additional salaries
$35,000,000 to the JFK Center for performing Arts
$25,000,000 for additional salary for House of Representatives
$3,000,000,000 upgrade to the IT department at the VA
$315,000,000 for State Department Diplomatic Programs

$95,000,000 for the Agency of International Development
$300,000,000 for International Disaster Assistance
$300,000,000 for Migrant and Refugee Assistance pg 147
$90,000,000 for the Peace Corp pg 148
$13,000,000 to Howard University pg 121

9,000,000 Misc Senate Expenses pg 134
$100,000,000 to Essential Air carriers pg 162 This of note because the Airlines are going to need billions in loans to keep them afloat. $100,000,000 is chump change

$40,000,000,000 goes to the Take Responsibility to Workers and Families Act. This sounds like it's direct payments for workers. Pg 164

$1,000,000,000 Airlines Recycle and Save Program pg 163
$25,000,000 to the FAA for administrative costs pg 165

$492,000,000 to National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) pg 167

$526,000,000 Grants to Amtrak to remain available if needed through 2021 pg 168 (what are the odds that doesn't go unused)

Hidden on page 174 the Secretary has 7 days to allocate the funds & notify Congress

$25,000,000,000 for Transit Infrastructure pg 169
$3,000,000 Maritime Administration pg 172
$5,000,000 Salaries and Expensive Office of the Inspector General pg 172
No voter ID to get a ballot, & anonymous “ballot harvesting” pg 650

$2,500,000 Public and Indian Housing pg 175
$5,000,000 Community Planning and Development pg 175
$2,500,000 Office of Housing

$1,500,000,000 Tenant-Based Rental Assistance Office of Public and Indian Housing. 1,000,000,000 of which can be used as "additional administrative and other expenses". pg 176
$720,000,000 to the public housing fund pg 177

$100,000,000 for Community Block Grants for Native Americans pg 183
$250,000,000 for Housing Block Grants for Tribes pg 182

$130,000,000 for AIDS Housing pg 185
$20,000,000 of which goes to one time grantees whatever the hell that means pg 186

$15,000,000,000 for the Community Development Fund pg 188

Only $10,000,000 of which is set aside for infrastructure for fighting infectious disease pg 191

$5,000,000,000 in Homeless Assistance pg 193

$100,000,000,000 for Rental Assistance - pg 198

An additional $7,000,000 enforce the Fair Housing Act - 203

Paid Family Leave for Sickness is 2 paid work weeks pg 213

Emergency Family Leave
Now applies to all employers not just companies over 500 employees pg 208
Guarantees paid leave to employees who have an in-law who gets sick pg 209
Opens up leave for some you are in a "committed relationships with" pg 212

$1,000,000,000 for more Obamaphones!

This shows me that they don't really think this is a big deal. Business as usual. Use a crisis to rob us blind.

Still reading......

$227,000,000 for grants to States for youth
2 activities pg 80

$261,000,000 for grants to States for dislocated worker employment and training activities, including supportive services and needs-related payments; pg 80

$10,000,000 for Migrant and Seasonal
Farmworker programs...WTF??

$100,000,000 for ‘‘Job Corps’’,

$15,000,000 for ‘‘Program Administration’’,

$6,500,000, to the ‘‘Wage and Hour Division’’,

$30,000,000, to OSHA

$10,000,000 for Susan Harwood training grants
$1,300,000,000, for ‘‘Primary Health Care’’,
$75,000,000, for ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’,
$9,500,000,000, for ‘‘Higher Education’’ and more....

I'm reading that the legislative text for this package has yet to be released.
I don't think you're reading the right thing.

Long read but relevant. From Harpers 1897.
https://fee.org/resources/not-your-to-give?fbclid=IwAR3OB1uo62txkoSe1qQaaBpHhtZDusxUJKqaipsLrFN1yCYMToQOHrZQNWA 

A perfectly on point and timely article. Thanks for sharing that! 👍

#5

Please enlighten us as to what the correct read is

Maybe China will take that off our debt and then pay us. 😂

I've read that account many years ago. A good reminder. Thank you.

Certified 100%

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slow cooked and pulled...

everybody ready to eat?

I heard there was $10,000,000 set aside for cigar smokers to provide enough for each of them to get through a 1 year lockdown...problem: specifies Gurkhas and Fighting C*cks only...p 999

Maybe there will be something in there for the Dreamers Trump F***** over. Maybe there will be something in there to re fund Obama care since the Republicans have came up with no alternative. Maybe there will be something in there to buy PPE and vents Americans so desperately need.

Just watched a news conference on the bill. Republicans claim that the Bill includes $960 a week ($24 an hour) in unemployment benefits. They are hoping that it is a clerical error. Why would anyone making $7 to $23 a hour go back to work when you can get paid $24 a hour to sit home? Heck, even those making more may elect to sit home for $960 a week. If this was not a clerical error, then it was a direct attempt by the Democrats to slowdown or stall the recovery after the lockdown has ended.

Businesses owned by lawmakers or the executive branch can not receive any benefits from this Bill. I guess that blows a hole in the latest leftist claim that Trump was going to reap millions if not billions from the stimulus.

As a self-employed individual I should put myself on unemployment insurance immediately. Anyone know how long you have to be paying to collect before getting fired? Cuz I already want to fire me and I already want to get fired. Win win win

is the "Trump will reap millions claim" available on any major news outlet?
I haven't even seen it anywhere, not even here before now, and this place is how I keep up with my liberal co-conspirators plans!

j/k, as you know.

Uh, not so fast.......

To be fair it was a claim a few days ago.
The original proposals from the republican senate was basically "pile of money which Trump and Mnuchin (I think that was the other person identified) would be able to distribute as they see fit"....

As expected, a number of dems had a problem with that and the accusation was lobbed that a lot of that pile would likely end up in trump family owned businesses.

That was why that clause was actually added.

Let me reiterate.
Our president is so untrustworthy with his current dealings with government money that we have to add a specific "you don't get to profit off this bailout" clause during a pandemic. Because without it there is every reason to believe he would attempt to. And his supporters want to focus on the fact that there were people upset about that issue.