The Senate Just Pushed The Country Off A Cliff, And Then Headed For The Hills

[skews13]

Despite the pandemic-induced recession, millions of jobless Americans have been kept afloat by an uncharacteristically generous act of Congress. In addition to their state’s usual unemployment payments — usually a fraction of their previous wages — Americans have been eligible to receive and additional $600 a week, desperately needed support for people who saw their incomes crater.

But Republicans have been outraged that the payments were so generous, so they objected to legislation the Democrats passed in May to extend the program. They proposed a number of different ideas to extend the program on a more limited basis, but all these ideas came at the last minute and the GOP caucus couldn’t agree on a single plan. So on Friday, the program officially expires — meaning unemployed Americans who had been receiving a boost of $2,400 a month from the government will suddenly see those payments slashed to zero.

And now, the Senate has gone home for a long weekend.

The Senate just pushed the country off a cliff — and then headed for the hills

Despite the pandemic-induced recession, millions of jobless Americans have been kept afloat by an uncharacteristically generous act of Congress. In addition to their state's usual unemployment payments — usually a fraction of their previous wages — Americans have been eligible to receive and...

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The convenient part is they don't have to hold any townhall meetings. Probably should stay inside the house for their safety anyway.

 

[Manonthestreet]

Next month he will tell us how deficit raising this was and how Repubs dont care about it

 

[eagle1462010]

Despite the pandemic-induced recession

Despite the PANIC-induced recession................there fixed it for you......

Country needs to go back to work........should have never shut down............You also cannot give so much that people will ABUSE the system......There is no incentive to go back to work when they throw money out like this.

 

[whitehall]

Another example of normal Constitutional issues leaked to crazy left wing blogs and turned inside out. The Senate is the bad guy no matter what they negotiate as long as republicans are in the majority...ho-hum

 

[Dogmaphobe]

Let's see here -- which people, especially Governors, have been all about preventing people from working, and which have realized that people need to work to survive?

It gets downright ridiculous the way the stupid fucks who were all about shutting down the economy are now the very same ones whining about it having been shut down.

 

[rightwinger]

How dare the Senate abandon the unemployed and go on vacation?

 

[rightwinger]

Let's see here -- which people, especially Governors, have been all about preventing people from working, and which have realized that people need to work to survive?

People need to live to survive

 

[Dogmaphobe]

People need to live to survive

Can somebody translate that from Sheeple into English?

 

[Manonthestreet]

Let's see here -- which people, especially Governors, have been all about preventing people from working, and which have realized that people need to work to survive?

People need to live to survive

Should have thought of that from the beginning,,,now shiver in place.

 

[rightwinger]

People need to live to survive

Can somebody translate that from Sheeple into English?

Easy Peasy

The TRUMPvirus is calling the shots here
If you think you can just pretend it will go away and return to business as usual, you will lose

 

[Sun Devil 92]

Let's see here -- which people, especially Governors, have been all about preventing people from working, and which have realized that people need to work to survive?

People need to live to survive

Hey that was profound.

 

[rightwinger]

Republicans are running a $3 trillion deficit

They are willing to run up debt anywhere but helping the unemployed

 

[my2¢]

I still find it ridiculous that the Senate came up with a stimulus bill that deposited $2400 in our checking account accompanied by a letter from Trump. While I thought Obama's extended unemployment benefits were too generous, that $2 trillion plan earlier this year really took the cake. It seems to me we could have helped those in need a reasonable amount more and spent a hell of a lot less.

 

[Thunk]

The pelosi strategy: The more people die...the worse Trump will look. Block any more Covid stimulus and tell everybody hydroxychloroquine will kill you.

 

[BluesLegend]

Don't worry I'm still working full time and carrying you Dem mooching losers like always.

 

[Norman]

Republicans are running a $3 trillion deficit

They are willing to run up debt anywhere but helping the unemployed

False.

Enough is enough. And now we have had enough, it is time to get back to work. If dems want to keep people out of work and destroy their lives, it is on them. The rest of us will not have our lives destroyed because you have an extreme aversion to working and can only think about free shit.

 

[toobfreak]

Despite the pandemic-induced recession

Despite the PANIC-induced recession................there fixed it for you......

Country needs to go back to work........should have never shut down............You also cannot give so much that people will ABUSE the system......There is no incentive to go back to work when they throw money out like this.

Despite the democrat-induced recession.

Caught some TV news earlier and they are expecting between a THIRD to HALF of all restaurants in our area to go out of business.

 

[Hossfly]

Let's see here -- which people, especially Governors, have been all about preventing people from working, and which have realized that people need to work to survive?

People need to live to survive

Let 'em eat Twinkies.

 

[BigDave]

Another BS thread by more desperate Communist Democrats who think if they throw enough things against the wall something will stick

 

[Orbit]

Seems like politicians (Both parties) haven't cared much about the outrageous national debt we've accrued in the past. To me, it's akin to running up one's credit card to the max and when your car breaks down and you have no other means to get to work, you whine and fret about how unjust life is. As far as people wasting the money, this same money will go to other people (Stores, restaurants, bills, landlords) which will at least, keep the economy going until this pandemic is over. Personally, I don't need the money but I'm sure of one thing> I don't want to increase the homeless by outrageous numbers either. True..it's damned if we do and damned if we don't.