Justin Caruso
Contributor
March 26, 2020 11:15 AM ET
Republican and Democratic senators unanimously voted to pass a coronavirus relief bill late Wednesday that gives $350,000,000 to assist refugees and migrants.
Earlier this week, it was revealed that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s relief package would include $300,000,000 for refugee assistance.
The new bill, approved by the Senate and now headed to the House, includes an additional $50 million on top of Pelosi’s initial $300 million for refugees.
On page 817 of the 880-page bill, the measure calls for “an additional amount for ‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’, $350,000,000, to remain available until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.â€
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$350 million to refugees --IF they are granted asylum they WILL be eligible to vote in 2024. The GOP continues to slit it's throat.
$350 million to refugees --IF they are granted asylum they WILL be eligible to vote in 2024. The GOP continues to slit it's throat.
I don't think the President is Constitutionally obligated to sign it. The GOP republicans voted unanimously for it. Perhaps it is time to let the party pass away if it can't develop an immunity to it's reckless spending.
There is no country on Earth, including Mexico itself, that would ever do this.
Something about this doesn't seem right. I mean in the reporting of it.
Nikki Haley @NikkiHaley
These are the items included in the stimulus bill:
$75 mill for public television/radio
$25 mil for the Kennedy Center
$75 mil for the Natl Endowment for the Arts
$75 mill for the Natl Endowment for the Humanities
How many more people could have been helped with this money?
1:42 PM · Mar 26, 2020,
The other countries are not borrowing money to give it to PBS either.
https://twitter.com/NikkiHaley/status/1243246885638414337
Passed unanimously in the Senate. That's what makes America great. 999999999999
It seems to me the big items aren't being reported.
What happened with online registration and mail in voting?
What happened with unionization of businesses that accept loans/grants?
I don't like all the money being thrown around, but that won't fundamentally change the USA.
$350 million to refugees --IF they are granted asylum they WILL be eligible to vote in 2024. The GOP continues to slit it's throat.
$350 million to refugees --IF they are granted asylum they WILL be eligible to vote in 2024. The GOP continues to slit it's throat.
We shouldn't be allowing any migration right now. The U.S. just topped all other countries for confirmed cases of Coronavirus. This is a disgrace, and I bet Trump gladly signs this piece of crap. And our Border Agents have reported that they feel like they have been abandoned.
No it's not... It is statistical nonsense. Cases per capita adjusts for overall population, and in that we will be way lower.
Thank you @roamer_1 . I must have been reading fake news! Sounded depressing.
Trump can't contain himself to get this bill signed. Watching all those republicans following Trump right off the cliff.
Doesn't matter whatsoever, @Chosen Daughter
Have been saying here for years...it's all 'Monopoly Money' anyway. They printed $2Trillion out of thin air.
And as you lay your head to sleep tonight, remember, there are federal bankruptcy laws to protect the Trump hotel organization.
And we can agree that he has some level of experience in bankruptcy laws. happy77
$350 million to refugees --IF they are granted asylum they WILL be eligible to vote in 2024. The GOP continues to slit it's throat.
Thank you @roamer_1 . I must have been reading fake news! Sounded depressing.
I don't think the President is Constitutionally obligated to sign it. The GOP republicans voted unanimously for it. Perhaps it is time to let the party pass away if it can't develop an immunity to it's reckless spending.
@Chosen Daughter that's exactly what stories like that are supposed to do.
Your right. I know. Everything that is being done is going to affect people and their mental health. People who have worked all their lives suddenly without jobs, and dependent on the Government. Then the media stokes more fear. Thankfully I know what my Hope is. But to many this is very scary, and uncertain. They have no idea what kind of affect that can have on someone who is already feeling depressed.
Just accidentally caught 5 minutes of the CBS evening news...I was ready to throw something at the TV three different stories that have all been confirmed to be false run as if they are the truth.
It's shameful.
You are right.
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Doesn't matter whatsoever, @Chosen Daughter
Have been saying here for years...it's all 'Monopoly Money' anyway. They printed $2Trillion out of thin air.
And as you lay your head to sleep tonight, remember, there are federal bankruptcy laws to protect the Trump hotel organization.
And we can agree that he has some level of experience in bankruptcy laws. happy77
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@corbe
Thank you! That pretty much sums it up.
Doesn't matter whatsoever, @Chosen Daughter
Have been saying here for years...it's all 'Monopoly Money' anyway. They printed $2Trillion out of thin air.
And as you lay your head to sleep tonight, remember, there are federal bankruptcy laws to protect the Trump hotel organization.
And we can agree that he has some level of experience in bankruptcy laws. happy77
It's not just her and the Dems.
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Love, love, love it.
It's not just her and the Dems.
Yep... All it needs is Tump's fat *ss as the pillow.
@txradioguy
No,it's not.There are FAR too many RINO's eager to buy votes while putting the entire blame on the Dims.
Trump is NOT one of them,though,and I am tired the cheap shots and snide comments from those jealous of his wealth.
If Trumps signature is on it and he’s out there bragging about it...then he IS one of them.
If Trumps signature is on it and he’s out there bragging about it...then he IS one of them.
You can be tired of the cheap shots all you want...but there would be cheap shots if Trumpnwasnt spending like a Liberal Dem.
@txradioguy
Ok,numbnuts tell us all HOW he can get reelected and have ANY hope of having a
Republican-controlled Congress if he DOESN'T sign that spending bill?
Pelosi and the DNC PURPOSELY made sure that bill was full of "bombs" they could use
to destroy the RNC's chances in the upcoming election. This was a win/win for them
because if Trump signs it the mental midgets in the alleged Republican Party all
get their panties in a bunch and refuse to vote for Republicans in the upcoming elections.
If Trump DOESN'T sign it,he becomes a evil Billionaire McScrooge who was looking out
for his billionaire class of crony friends and politicians,and he loses the election and
the Republican Party has NO chance of EVER gaining power again because within a
decade we will be a cog in World Wide Government,Inc,and our leaders will be appointed
by the international banking families.
Seems like Pelosi has outsmarted you and those like you,not Trump.
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What we have is the proverbial "rock and hard place". Depressing.
@catfish1957
The typical Dim voter may be as insightful as a rock,but the herd masters are as sharp as tacks,and they know how to play hardball.
In this case,Massey is also caught between a rock and a hard place. He IS doing the right thing,and the Dims have now used their PR machine to turn him into an "Anti-Trump movement leader". A two-fer. Not only turns single-issue Republican voters and supporters against Trump for signing a bill he has no choice but to sign,but will also turn some Republican voters against Massey.
Win-Win for the Dims,as the Republicans form their typical circular firing squad.
Accept for one thing. That kind of tactic has failed time after time after time for the Dems. Trump has never been stronger with Republicans and conservatives, the vast majority of whom are not stupid enough to think he had any choice other than to sign this bill...they understand that the Dems put some poison pills in it, though the President WAS able to force them to drop some of the worst of these. They also understand the nation needed this stimulus...this is a genuine fiscal crisis brought on by a Pandemic of immense magnitude.
Without this stimulus, Dem imposed warts and all, we COULD be staring down the barrel of a new Depression...and we WOULD be staring down the barrel of a President Biden with two Dem Houses of Congress with heavy majorities. Know that and be afraid...because some outcomes are worthy of fear and Dem dominance of all branches of our government is first on that list.
Granted, there should have been zero dollars allocated to helping illegals.
But I do give Republicans credit for knocking the amount down to 0.000175 of the total package. happy77
@Mesaclone
Seems like a fair number of stupid ones are posting here. I don't know if they truly represent the viewpoints of the typical Republican voter,but if they do,it is a concern because there IS a possibility it could snowball into enough numbers to make Trump lose the WH and the Republicans lose the Senate. If that happens,America is in DEEP doo-doo because the Dims are now completely out of patience and if they gain control of both the Senate and the WH,it's the end of America as a sovereign nation.
@Right_in_Virginia
And WHAT is there to prevent Trump from either "repurposing" that money to something like more border walls and border guards, or just not spending it and letting it sit in the treasury once he is re-elected?
Absolutely nothing really. And I'd bet that's exactly what he'll do.
Absolutely nothing really. And I'd bet that's exactly what he'll do.
@Right_in_Virginia
And WHAT is there to prevent Trump from either "repurposing" that money to something like more border walls and border guards, or just not spending it and letting it sit in the treasury once he is re-elected?
Nothing @sneakypete ... :beer:
@Right_in_Virginia
I am considering changing my screen name to Captain Obvious.
Seems like Pelosi has outsmarted you and those like you,not Trump.
But I do give Republicans credit for knocking the amount down to 0.000175 of the total package.
It's gonna be fun watching you and a couple others defend Trump signing a Progressive Liberal bill.
Almost as much of a riot as watching you fidget and squirm here for the past 4 years.
@DCPatriot@catfish1957
Okay, I'll take a middle route....
Do you and others here take the offical position of SUPPORTING this $2T bill Porkulus Bill that is full all kind of non-COVID-19 related expenses, and take accountibiltity for all the impact that it entails on the economy? (i.e inflation, currency dilutuion, etc.) Just asking for some conservative friends. :whistle:
@catfish1957
I will, as long as I can retain my scorn for the reckless and wasteful spending that preceded this National Emergency, when America had the best economy in the history of America.
@Once-Ler
I understand, but this is the proverbial kicking the can down the road of economic reckoning. This country went 1945- 2000. without severe government fiancial ntervention. Now in just the past 20 years, we have had to absorb the WOT, QE of the late '00's, and now this. The currency printing press can only whirl at a certain rpm, before the wheels fly off, and the dollar less valuable than toilet paper (pun-no charge :cool:)
The cold cold fact is that our tax dollars are like Crack to our irresponsible legislators. Giving them more now under the precept of an emergency is like giving Meth to an addict. At some point you freakin' got to say NO... Or the they bleed us for more the next emergency, etc.
Respect @catfish1957 :beer:
@DCPatriot
Okay, I'll take a middle route....
Do you and others here take the offical position of SUPPORTING this $2T bill Porkulus Bill that is full all kind of non-COVID-19 related expenses, and take accountibiltity for all the impact that it entails on the economy? (i.e inflation, currency dilutuion, etc.) Just asking for some conservative friends. :whistle:
I think we are 95% on the same page, just that I have a little less empathy towards the entitlement class who seem to always benefit the most from these handouts. If this bill was significantly sliced, and 100% driven toward saving lives from COVID-19, I'd be on board. Honestly, I don't think it takes $2T.
@Once-Ler
I understand, but this is the proverbial kicking the can down the road of economic reckoning. This country went 1945- 2000. without severe government fiancial ntervention. Now in just the past 20 years, we have had to absorb the WOT, QE of the late '00's, and now this. The currency printing press can only whirl at a certain rpm, before the wheels fly off, and the dollar less valuable than toilet paper (pun-no charge :cool:)
The cold cold fact is that our tax dollars are like Crack to our irresponsible legislators. Giving them more now under the precept of an emergency is like giving Meth to an addict. At some point you freakin' got to say NO... Or the they bleed us for more the next emergency, etc.
I'd like to see a source for your alleged percentage @Right_in_Virginia.
Why should they be recieving any percentage of the aid package at all in the first place?
@catfish1957
THERE it is! As someone famous whom I can't remember used to say decades ago,"Money is the Mother's Milk of politics!"
Post 1 of a series
I am having to do this because once again,I spent a long time composing my thoughts in a semi-orderly manner,and somehow hit the touchpad wrong and it all disappeared and I have to do it again.
Post 2 will follow in a bit. Same place,same station.
understands the monster we allowed to be created thanks to the greed,influence,and power of the banking families that started buying politicians back when they were cheap,
My source was a calculator.
Which brings me back "on target". The "target" in this case is President Trump,and although he is the enemy of everyone on the left,he is also unfortunately the "target" of many on the right" because he didn't defeat political corruption the first day he held office.
The reality is that no one,regardless of who they are,can do this.
@catfish1957
THERE it is! As someone famous whom I can't remember used to say decades ago,"Money is the Mother's Milk of politics!"
Post 3,and probably the final one.
Yet,despite all this,we are having to deal with the self-identified "Pure (wrong word)Republicans"
that want to claim that they are the only ones pure of heart,and any President that isn't the "good little dictator" of their dreams is corrupt,evil,and has bad breath,and they ain't going to vote for him because "he isn't as pure as we are!"
Guess what,goobers? He also ain't on the outside looking in. HE,unlike YOU,is on the inside and the ONLY one in a position to make ANY of the changes that need to be made. So take your "holier than though stance,and stuff it where the sun doesn't shine. It can keep your brain company,because your ego is obviously doing the work your brain SHOULD be doing.
NOBODY can change an established and powerful condition overnight. As in any "war",it is important to think stragetically and choose your targets and your timing. You just gotta play "Brer Rabbit" at times,which tends to upset the people who tend to have unreasonable expectations. I would love to give you examples of what I SUSPECT is that play in action,but this is one of those rare cases where I am afraid I might be right and upset the "game".
Trump is a Master of this game. He is also smart enough to occasionally play stupid.Yet,despite all this,we are having to deal with the self-identified "Pure of Heart Republicans"
that want to claim that they are the only ones pure of heart,and any President that isn't the "good little dictator" of their dreams that is instantly going to change a century old system overnight is corrupt,evil,has bad breath,and they ain't going to vote for him because "he isn't as pure as we are!"
I might add more later,but just lost 4x as much as you see above,and am tired.
BTW,can anybody tell me how to keep this damn laptop from "disappearing" my texts before I am ready to save them?
QuoteIt's unfortunate President Trump promised precisely this.
@catfish1957
Guess what,goobers? He also ain't on the outside looking in. HE,unlike YOU,is on the inside and the ONLY one in a position to make ANY of the changes that need to be made. So take your "holier than though stance,and stuff it where the sun doesn't shine. It can keep your brain company,because your ego is obviously doing the work your brain SHOULD be doing.
Trump is a Master of this game. He is also smart enough to occasionally play stupid.
Yet,despite all this,we are having to deal with the self-identified "Pure of Heart Republicans" that want to claim that they are the only ones pure of heart,and any President that isn't the "good little dictator" of their dreams that is instantly going to change a century old system overnight is corrupt,evil,has bad breath,and they ain't going to vote for him because "he isn't as pure as we are!"
I might add more later,but just lost 4x as much as you see above,and am tired.
@Once-Ler
No,what is unfortunate is that there are so many people who are SUPPOSED to be rational adults took it seriously.
The Trump fans who chanted Lock her Up, and Drain the Swamp were irrational. Got it. @sneakypete
@Once-Ler
Yes,they were. Even most children are mature enough to understand nothing like that is going to happen in the first 15 minutes of a new presidency.
Which seems to be EXACTLY what most of them expected to happen.
The Clinton's will NEVER get locked up any more than the Kennedy's or the Bush's were locked up.
Like it or not,and I don't like it myself,but they are "too big to bust" because they know too much about too many other prominent politicians and business leaders,and neither party is going to allow it to happen. When Bubba was impeached,all of the Dims and most of the alleged Republicans even refused to go to the evidence room to look at the evidence under lock and key.
Wishing it would happen is one thing. Expecting it to happen is being delusional.
@sneakypete I'm glad you knew he was a liar from the beginning. I irrationally thought he might try to fulfill his promises to punish corruption, but I don't mean to sound ungrateful for the stellar work he did in finally bringing Hunter Biden to justice. wink777
@Once-Ler
I certainly give you credit for being one of the most polished liars on this board.
I don't think he lied, did he? Where? I didn't see it.