I'm all for relief but... really?
Fact check: Breaking down spending in the COVID-19 relief bill
More than 99% of the American Rescue Plan is going to Americans, though some of that falls in the category of political “pork.” An analysis by a nonpartisan group found about 85% of the bill is related to the pandemic.
Let me break this down"
99% is going to Americans (doesn't matter that "pork" is in it- we will just close our eyes on that)
Another group 85% says related to pandemic - translated - the above 99% is a white-wash and its OK to have 15% pork
Couldn't they just make "Covid relief bill" a Covid relief bill?
- Directing $350 billion to bailout states like New York, California and Illinois at the expense of states that are open like Florida,
- Providing another $127 billion for schools with no requirements for schools to actually reopen (According to the CBO only $6 billion of this will be spent in 2021).
- Spending taxpayer funding for abortions and abortion providers,
- Earmarking $112 million for an underground subway for Big Tech’s employees, in Silicon Valley,
- Spending nearly a billion in foreign aid, and
- Providing hundreds of millions for endowments for the arts and humanities.
- $480 million for Native American language preservation and maintenance
- $50 million in environmental justice grants.
Fact check: Breaking down spending in the COVID-19 relief bill
More than 99% of the American Rescue Plan is going to Americans, though some of that falls in the category of political “pork.” An analysis by a nonpartisan group found about 85% of the bill is related to the pandemic.
Let me break this down"
99% is going to Americans (doesn't matter that "pork" is in it- we will just close our eyes on that)
Another group 85% says related to pandemic - translated - the above 99% is a white-wash and its OK to have 15% pork
Couldn't they just make "Covid relief bill" a Covid relief bill?