Tulsi Gabbard calls for giving Americans $1K a month during coronavirus outbreak

[roamer_1]

I hear ya.  I'm really not a fan of chain restaurants.  Give me the local Mom-and-Pop greasy spoon joint any day.  Most of the time I get good homemade (not frozen or prepackaged) meals  for cheap.

That's right. 

[txradioguy]

Who's gonna pay for it?

[libertybele]

Who's gonna pay for it?

The magic money fairy of course.

[TomSea]

Almost all of the legislators are behind this, Rand Paul, I don't know.

Some say the cost will actually be more if we or congress if that's the case,  do nothing, society might really collapse.

Airline capacity will be the first thing to go if nothing is done, moving people around the country because the companies will go under.

A lot of small businesses will fail without a cash infusion. That means jobs lost. The funding to the small businesses will go through the SBA. 

If they are asking people to stay home and avoid crowds, etc. etc. as much as possible, are we asking them to give up their wages too.

Most legislators are for this, it is sort of biting the bullet.

[roamer_1]

Definitely KC steaks can't be beat.

Well darlin, there ain't a dang thing wrong with a chunk of good ol Montana Angus, I'll tell you what... Grass fed its whole life on a high mountain meadow...

As for ribs, we have a guy in the inner city that starts his grill/smoker first thing in the morning ... he feeds those in his neighborhood.  He doesn't have a restaurant front and I've never had the nerve to stop and ask him if I could try some.  Best bq I've had was at an old (slanted floors and tables) restaurant shack in Memphis.  Fall of the bone, melt in your mouth, honest to goodness all day b'que.

So I was down in Olathe KS working construction, see... But we got laid off for a mite, so I picked up some dock work to meet the middle. So one of those guys on the dock was a big ol black redneck boy... I waited till we were fair acquainted, and asked him where was the best rib joint in town...

He took me into KC, to the most disreputable rib joint I have ever been in - same thing - Wonky tilted floors, so much smoke and grease on the walls that you couldn't tell the color anymore. Blues playing in the background...

It was a bit uncomfortable to start with, I'll admit, me being the only white guy for a mile around, and in sh*tkickers and a bailey hat to boot, but man oh man! That was the best ribs I have ever had... And good folks too, btw. I don't think I would have survived to even get close to that place, had he not brought me there... and they sure looked at me sideways with a stink eye to start with... But everybody loosened up and we had a high ol time.

One of my favorite people, and one of my best times away from this valley. And I am in awe of that food.

[txradioguy]

The magic money fairy of course.

That sounds very Progressive to me.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

I prefer Rand Paul's proposal about suspending federal taxes and eliminating penalties and fees.

If no stores, venues, bars, restaurants, etc. are open, what is $1k going to do to "stimulate" the economy?

It is commonsense to allow the productive to keep more of what they legitimately earned.  Let them choose how it is best spent.

Giving a thousand bucks to a homeless drug addict on the streets of San Francisco will do nothing to stimulate anything but another bottle or drug dose for him.  Guess Romney wants those votes next time he is up.

[txradioguy]

And this is how the Progressive desire for a universal basic income becomes a reality.

Never let a crisis go to waste.

[Cyber Liberty]

And this is how the Progressive desire for a universal basic income becomes a reality.

Never let a crisis go to waste.

I knew Romney could be counted upon to be the patsy.

[roamer_1]

I knew Romney could be counted upon to be the patsy.

Not that it matters, as the Great Orange One is singing the same tune. 

[Idiot]

Not that it matters, as the Great Orange One is singing the same tune. 

Yup...I certainly can't support this.  Someone has to pay for it and it will likely be us....

[Idiot]

Who's gonna pay for it?

We are gonna pay for it.....we always pay for it.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Not that it matters, as the Great Orange One is singing the same tune. 

That's disingenuous.

Trump/Mnuchen want to pay for only those needing it, ie below a certain income level.

Romney has explicitly said ALL American adults are to receive a check.

[roamer_1]

That's disingenuous.

Trump/Mnuchen want to pay for only those needing it, ie below a certain income level.

Romney has explicitly said ALL American adults are to receive a check.

It is likely the start of universal income... I would not be surprised.
And no, it is not disingenuous

[DB]

That's disingenuous.

Trump/Mnuchen want to pay for only those needing it, ie below a certain income level.

Romney has explicitly said ALL American adults are to receive a check.

Oh, so it is just a more wealth distribution.

[LMAO]

It appears Trump is losing control of this situation and doesn't really know what to do. He's handling as well as he can as no one has ever seen anything like this.

[txradioguy]

It appears Trump is losing control of this situation and doesn't really know what to do. He's handling as well as he can as no one has ever seen anything like this.

Yeah never mind there are real pandemics that have killed more that the left just yawned at.

[Applewood]

It appears Trump is losing control of this situation and doesn't really know what to do. He's handling as well as he can as no one has ever seen anything like this.

With this "free money" scheme and the proposed bailouts of airlines and other businesses, Trump has shown he is not the "conservative" his supporters say he is.   He never really "evolved" (his supporters' term) from his days as a Democrat. 

[mountaineer]

That's disingenuous.

Trump/Mnuchen want to pay for only those needing it, ie below a certain income level.

Romney has explicitly said ALL American adults are to receive a check.

You are right. Trump is not calling for the same thing as Romney, AOC and the others on the left. There is a distinction.

However, I cannot support either approach. This isn't the responsibility of government. We taxpayers are hurting, too. Making us pay for this is just too much.

[Formerly Once-Ler]

That's disingenuous.

Trump/Mnuchen want to pay for only those needing it, ie below a certain income level.

Romney has explicitly said ALL American adults are to receive a check.

Yeah.  Free money isn't socialism when the money is from the President.

[XenaLee]

Yeah.  Free money isn't socialism when the money is from the President.

I'm betting that you're just fine with socialism.....

except when it comes from "this" President.

[mountaineer]

"Free money" isn't socialism, no matter who is the president. It's just fiscally unsound.

[catfish1957]

It's just fiscally unsound.

That's been the theme song for 40 or 50 years now.  National debt is at $22T, and no telling how much more this crisis is going to add.  Hopefully not the tipping point and a subsequent  massive depression.

[libertybele]

Yeah never mind there are real pandemics that have killed more that the left just yawned at.

I understand that, but keep in mind that this "pandemic" is just beginning.  It's not over. Cases here in Florida doubled in a 3 day period. In my county of appx. 750,000, our hospitals are at capacity already. We don't have the number of beds available now.  I read that we may be able to get the extra respirators that may be needed, but there wouldn't be enough trained respiratory therapists to handle the situation. 3 new field hospitals are being launched for the entire state; it's a drop in the bucket but it will help.

Containment is critical.  I could care less about past pandemics and the reaction from the left.  I care about this pandemic and how its being handled.

[libertybele]

With this "free money" scheme and the proposed bailouts of airlines and other businesses, Trump has shown he is not the "conservative" his supporters say he is.   He never really "evolved" (his supporters' term) from his days as a Democrat.

It sounds like you think he should just let the virus take its course and allow the elderly population who are most effected to die off.

Sounds like a great plan!