Fox news and an anti-working class, pro-rich politician are not sources for accurate information re: the stimulus bill.
Stop with the left vs right nonsense. We're all in the same country. Americans are starving. Some risk losing their homes because they lost their jobs.
If you want ACCURATE INFORMATION, you can read the bill itself:
https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20210222/BILLS-117hrPIH-american-rescue-planRH.pdf
The first 10-pages contain the List of Contents which shows where the money is going.
Every item targets those who are struggling because of covid: individuals; small businesses; whole industries like restaurants & airlines; local governments which lost revenue, institutions; infrastructure. Also expenses related to defeating covid like vaccines and medical care.
I don't see any "pork". If you do, point it out.
Another unbiased source is the "Journal of Accountancy":
"...includes $1,400 stimulus checks to individuals, an extension of unemployment benefits, and tens of billions in aid for small businesses and not-for-profits."
*$350 billion for state, local, and Tribal governments, many of which have experienced a reduction in tax revenue as a result of the pandemic.
*About $130 billion for K-12 schools and $40 billion for colleges and universities.
*More than $75 billion for COVID-19 testing and support of the vaccine rollout, including funds for hospitals, public health agencies, and biomedical research.
Small businesses:
$7.25 billion for Paycheck Protection Program
$15 billion for targeted Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) advance payments.
$25 billion for restaurants, bars, and other eligible providers of food and drink.
$1.25 billion for shuttered venue operators.
$175 million to increase awareness of and participation in COVID-19 relief programs for business owners lacking access."
https://www.journalofaccountancy.com/news/2021/feb/house-passes-stimulus-bill-small-business-relief.html
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kspkap (13056)
3 years ago
Did you read past Title I ?
National Endowment For The Arts
National Endowment For Humanities
And on and on it goes. What in the hell does the above have to do with Covid Relief?
According to The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board, a “generous definition of Covid-related provisions tallies some $825 billion,” in the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, while the rest goes towards “bailouts for Democratic constituencies, expansions of progressive programs, pork, and unrelated policy changes.”
The editors conclude that it’s disingenuous to call it a COVID relief bill when in reality it’s a “progressive blowout for the ages that does little for the economy but will finance Democratic interest groups for years.”
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Keelai (32064)
3 years ago
Which specific section in the bill are you referring to? There is no Title 1.
The WSJ is a Republican paper with a pro-rich bias. I doubt they were against giving a taxcut to billionaires who didn't need one.
Everything in the bill specifically helps average Americans who are suffering. Why do YOU want to help only rich people?
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kspkap (13056)
3 years ago
Apparently you didn’t read your link you posted...The Bill...Under table of contents there is
Title I Committee on Agriculture followed by Title II
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Keelai (32064)
3 years ago
You mean Sections 2021 & 2022.
News flash! They are both a part of the federal government. If you read the sections, then you would know that money is being appropriated for covid relief. People who work in those industries are suffering too, and need help to survive.
The language in the bill states it's specifically for covid relief:
"... of the costs of the programs which the grants support, to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from the coronavirus."
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Rorikon (16444)
3 years ago
So, pretty much everything then. Everyone is suffering from COVID so might as well just fund everything and say it's for COVID relief is pretty much what this bill is.
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Keelai (32064)
3 years ago
You're deflecting. Your original post said the stimulus relief wasn't going for covid-related help when it clearly is. I didn't see anything in the bill that was pork. What makes you believe multi-billionaire Rupert Murdoch and his political lackey can relate to struggling Americans?
I find it sad that you want your fellow Americans to go hungry and lose their homes.
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Rorikon (16444)
3 years ago
$1.5 million bridge connecting New York and Canada; a $100 million underground rail project in Silicon Valley; $480 million for Native American language preservation and maintenance; and $50 million in environmental justice grants. PORK!
I will revise the title.
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Keelai (32064)
3 years ago
Naming a few things out of context and writing pork is irrelevant. I already know you're purposely leaving out pertinent information which establishes the above to covid relief since I'm familiar with a few from an article. I prefer to reference the bill. What sections in the bill so I can properly respond and place them in context?
https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20210222/BILLS-117hrPIH-american-rescue-planRH.pdf
The first 10-pages contain the List of Contents which shows where the money is going.
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kspkap (13056)
3 years ago
Page 4
Part 2 Miscellaneous
Sec. 2021, 2022, 2023
What does National Endowment For The Arts, etc. have to do with Covid relief? There are more items which are definitely questionable as Covid-19 relief.
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Keelai (32064)
3 years ago
Sec. 2021. National endowment for the arts.
Sec. 2022. National endowment for the humanities.
Sec. 2023. Institute of museum and library services.
I already answered this question above. Scroll up to my post which begins "You mean Sections 2021 & 2022".
Museums, libraries, theaters, concerts, etc. were all shut down because of covid. Employees are out of work. Meanwhile, theaters, concert halls, museums, etc. also have expenses which they continue to pay like rent. They need to survive in order to reopen which this bill helps.
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