a recall of the Dems? They are not budging on the 1.9 Trillion dollar stimulus package even though Americans are hurting who are not getting their direct stimulus payments. Only 9% of the 1.9 trillion has anything to do with Covid relief. This is just another Democrat money grab. Over half of the money is not even going to be used until 2024. Its pretty clear that the Dems just want to put this money out over time to give the impression that the US under Biden has a thriving economy. If its being supported by debt, its a house of cards and will come crashing down once the money runs out.
So what does the other 91% of the money have to do with Covid? Nothing, but the Dems are willing to let Americans suffer if they don't get all of that pork to play with. As even the MSM starts to question whether all of the debt is necessary RIGHT NOW, some Dem Senators and Congressmen are starting to waiver. Dems need to get real. This pipe dream is an exercise in futility. Get the money to the people that need it, and take the rest up later. I think the Dems know that if they don't tie this like an anchor to Covid relief, they will never get any of it passed, but I think that ship has sailed. We will see which way the wind blows in the next few weeks.
If the non-Covid stuff is well-supported, it will pass on its own. Why does it need to coattail into the Covid relief for the people. You're just trying to justify the unpopular stuff that does not have bi-partisan support. The 9% of the bill that provides Covid relief would pass today with nearly 100% support regardless of party.
Also, how about some evidence to back your spurious claim that pur Covid relief would "pass today with nearly 100% support regardless of party." What makes me thing you're just making shit up? That's what you do.
your Delorean can really time travel. How is one supposed to make a list of "future" damages? You take them as they come. Why throw money away that may not be needed for something that may not happen? We know what we will need as far as money for the things we are facing THIS year. Why appropriate Covid money for 2022 at the beginning of 2021. Why not wait until the fall and see where we are on the Covid recovery. When you pass a spending bill, you have to state what the money is to be used for, and since we don't know what the face of Covid will look like 8 months from now, why should we GUESS now? Wouldn't it be better to wait and see the reality of what we are dealing with in the fall. It may all be gone by then, and the money won't be needed in the way that we think, but in a different way. We should approach it a step at a time. A $15 minimum wage might destroy the economy, but if we wait until the fall and the economy is coming back nicely, that would be time to pass it. The only thing that is needed now is money to open schools safely, help for restaurants and other small businesses that have been hard-hit during the lockdowns, and direct payments to Americans by way of stimulus checks or extended unemployment benefits.
Covid pandemic of 2020 by the end of 2019? Do you know how absolutely moronic you sound? Can you point to one major US company who was forecasting the pandemic and resulting shutdown of the much of the US economy before it happened? My business is coming back strong and with the $840,000 second draw, thanks to Pelosi and the Dems, my company's survival is no long questionable. What did you forecast for your own one-man business concerning the pandemic? This should be interesting?
that fall under force majeure (acts of God, etc.) cannot be anticipated. Everything else are contingencies that can be planned for if you know what you're doing. Your oversimplification without any examples or details exposes the fact that you have no experience in what you are talking about.
"pandemic insurance?" I wasn't aware that anyone was offering it. Earthquakes and fires are covered by insurance. Please tell us which companies were offering pandemic insurance in 2019 or before?
I just filled out an online form, provided some collateral financial info from the third-party payroll-processing company to document my eligibility, and a few weeks later the money magically appeared in my company's payroll account. I never even met with anyone in person or talked with them on the phone. I certainly didn't say "please", didn't have to because either you qualify or you don't. It was that simple.
Pelosi and her henchmen were very egalitarian with this program. Its for business owners to be able to keep their employees working instead of sending them to the unemployment line. Individuals like you who are not working will get individual stimulus payments. BTW, how's that working out for you?
that could not make a profit without subsidies during 2018, pre-Covid by two years. Its apples and oranges, but nice try.
My rainy day plan was to way off one third of my workers, and if I had done that, I would be just fine right now. Would you have preferred I put 20+ people with families out of work, or put my own ass on the line to personally guarantee a loan that would allow them to keep their jobs and feed their families. Which road would you have taken, putting yourself at risk or throwing your workers under the bus for your own gain? I have no apologies and no regrets. I did what I had to do for my workers.
why do you and other righties, describe it as begging and mooching when an individual person fills up a 'form' to request subsidy for 'costs' that s/he incurred due to something not in their control? (Let's start here. Then we will talk about events that are in their or your 'control'.) My simple answer: you and righties are hypocrites beyond measure. You want to mooch the taxpayers for your own benefit, but not for other tax-payers' benefit. What's your answer?
Given the choice, would you have laid off 20+ people with families or would you have borrowed the money to keep them working? You and Laffy keep dodging this point. How about manning up and telling us what you would do instead of hiding from the question like a the little weasel I've got you pegged for.
I said I COULD make a profit if I laid off one third of my workers. I asked you and your butt sniffer what you would have done in my place, i.e. borrow the money or lay off the workers, and you both are too cowardly to answer. If you can't tell me which you would have done and why, they you get troll status and go on ignore. If you want to say that I did the right thing by borrowing to save the jobs, I'll accept that answer, too.
have saved a million bucks in my "Rainy Day" fund in about 10 months. So would you have done that, or would you have borrowed the money to save the jobs and keep your people working? Last chance to show you are not a complete weasel.
How about a link to what I said about the farmers? It was a qualified statement, and you are misstating it.
You're the biggest whiner here about not getting your $1400 stimulus check yet. Do you want me to post the links showing how many times you're brought this up since Biden took office? It should fill the page quite nicely. Are you kidding me? Everyday whining because the postman did not show up with your fucking $1400 dollars? Who's the REAL crybaby?
I notice my challenge to post a link that shows I said what you claim goes unanswered. Thanks for admitting your claims are false. I said farmers that can't make it without government subsidies need to be swallowed up by other farms that know what they are doing. This was 2 years BEFORE the Pandemic, which was a game-changer. Do you always compare apples to oranges. Just makes you look like a BIGGER moron.
high on the hog? I actually live on a very modest amount. its because I own my real estate without any mortgages. Some produces income and two I live in, so all I pay is upkeep, utilities and property taxes. It allows me to live well on a few hundred thousand a year after taxes, including all the case I give to hookers. That's VERY modest by comparison to other guys who own a business the size of mine.
At least you have finally admitted that the Pandemic was a game-changer and Trump's fault, not mine, so that pretty much castrates your claim that I was irresponsible in managing my business by not having a reserve that would last more than a year without laying people off. Most conventional wisdom dictates that six-months of operating expenses is enough of a reserve to meet most any contingency, and no one can predict that this amount would not be enough because of a pandemic that has not happened in 100 years. That's why nearly half of small businesses in California has closed and will never reopen. Mine had not closed, nor have I had to fire or lay off a single employee, thanks to the PPP program that provided two and one half months of payroll expense. I managed to make mine last a year. Why are you unable to tell me what you would have done. You are great at telling me what I did was wrong, but when I ask you would you have laid off a third of your workforce (my other option), or would you have taken the PPP loan. you keep dodging the question. What are you afraid of. I'm not going to condemn you for which way you go. I just want to hear what your priority would have been. My not answering, you are making yourself look like a total weasel. Of course, maybe you are incapable of making a hard decision like this, and that's why I own a business and you mooch off of church people. So how about an answer? It costs you nothing to grow a pair of balls just this once.
answered it. Got a link to prove you answered it? Why not answer it now. I'm only asking you ONE question, and you have never answered it, the lying weasel.
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