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SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 06:12 AM Mar 2020

House Democrats eye ambitious fourth coronavirus bill

[link:https://us.cnn.com/2020/03/30/politics/dems-eye-fourth-covid-bill/index.html|

Also included, per article, is to give more direct payments to individuals. YA THINK???? I'd love to see Congress critters live on $1,200, with no immediate hope of more income! 🤬🤬🤬

Pass "significantly more" money for state and local governments, as well as additional funding for hospitals and nursing homes.
Ensure coronavirus treatments, and not just testing, will be free.

Provide for protective equipment needs, such as masks and gloves.

Require an emergency Occupational Safety and Health Administration standard to protect health care workers and other at-risk workers, such as TSA employees, first responders, and grocery store employees.

Much more at link. Of course, now that repukes have their $2T+ slush fund, they don't think another stimulus package is needed! 🤬

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House Democrats eye ambitious fourth coronavirus bill (Original Post) SheltieLover Mar 2020 OP
Good. Hopefully those of us who got screwed the last one jmg257 Mar 2020 #1
What you're not happy with a teeny corner of a crumb? SheltieLover Mar 2020 #2
I'm not happy with 0.00. Kind of sucks when u get jmg257 Mar 2020 #3
Can you get unemployment?? SheltieLover Mar 2020 #5
Thanks! Should be able to UI...part of the whole furlough thing. jmg257 Mar 2020 #7
We need Universal Basic Income Sherman A1 Mar 2020 #4
Absolutely! SheltieLover Mar 2020 #6
Don't any of those in charge realize many of us can't work now? jmg257 Mar 2020 #8
We need a bill to protect our November election! OrlandoDem2 Mar 2020 #9

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
2. What you're not happy with a teeny corner of a crumb?
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 06:21 AM
Mar 2020

Repukes will never allow Americans to live with dignity. Not as long as they are in power at any significant level of authority.

Repukes got what they wanted - huge slush fund on raxpayers' backs & no eviction control or provision for significant long-term stability for the masses.🤬

jmg257

(11,996 posts)
3. I'm not happy with 0.00. Kind of sucks when u get
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 06:22 AM
Mar 2020

Furloughed and get nothing.

Always UI, hopefully.

jmg257

(11,996 posts)
7. Thanks! Should be able to UI...part of the whole furlough thing.
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 06:54 AM
Mar 2020

Hope it works out for you, too...it’s very disheartening.
Ugh to all the creeps who make such careless thoughtless
decisions.



SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
6. Absolutely!
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 06:50 AM
Mar 2020

Repukes will never go for it, though.

They oerate in what I call plantation mentality. (No offense to eole of color intended here.)

They think we are all their corporate slaves.

I've seen several of them absolutely furious over the individual payouts, saying things like "this is incentivizing them not working." 🤬🤮

Absolutely reprehensible! But I suppose that's the definition of repuke.

Their party should be deemed a domestic terrorist organizatio, IMO. After all, their president is willfully murdering citizens and the party is complicit.👍

jmg257

(11,996 posts)
8. Don't any of those in charge realize many of us can't work now?
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 06:57 AM
Mar 2020

Or what “shut down” means? No money in no money out.
No billing, no payroll.
Now is not the time for pet projects and pipe dreams.

They all suck.

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