It looks like he's tying it to repealing Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
So Lindsey Graham is now for $2000 stimulus checks? And of course much of the money for foreign causes was stuff Lindsey probably was fighting for.
It looks like he's tying it to repealing Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
Majestic Overshoot of Stimulus Money Ended.
Faced with Second Wave, Americans Cut Back, Even on Durable Goods
Consumers are starting to run out of artificial steam.
The free Pandemic money has been dropping for months and in November nearly faded out.
For the first time since April, consumers spent less all around;
they spent less on services, nondurable goods,
and even on durable goods, which had been ing in astounding manner.
https://wolfstreet.com/2020/12/23/th...hits-spending/
Our government won't give a damn until the investor/political donor class starts getting scared again. Then it'll be a god damn emergency.
Our government is broken.
leaving these 14 million people screwed during thse most intense phase of an historical pandemic is a political choice:
The "smartest guy in the room" asshole economist Larry Summers said $2000 would over heat the economy,
the "economy" being nothing but sterile numbers important only to the Capitalist oligarchy, and devoid of $0.001 of humanity.
Larry Summers needs to be cancelled.
Bad enough that he can make two sentences last 10 minutes in a speech but he is an idiot as a leader.
"overheat the economy"
What does that even mean?
he's afraid of inflation, believe it or not
The Capitalist racketeering tool the Fed will solve "over heating" by raising interest rates with the express, single purpose of killing 100Ks of jobs.
You just want to have your cake and eat it too.
I’m not sure Trump does know and he certainly doesn’t care that much if at all if he’s golfing during this epic crisis on multiple fronts.
Meanwhile, VP Pence is quarantined with his family in a ski lodge in Vail, Colorado, monitoring the COVID-19 situation.
He’s a man of the people.
plausible scenario
Last summer, Pelosi does a deal with Mnuchin, McConnell says no.
Now: Pelosi does a deal with McConnell, Trump says no.
*But it's the Dems fault for being inflexible*
Pretty consistent within a certain segment of the GOP. The Christian caucus in the Texas legislature got behind marijuana legislation years ago citing that Genesis verse but Patrick won't allow the bipartisan bills that easily pass the House see the similarly disposed Senate floor.
I think this or other article said the bulk is buying on margin.
If / when the market collapses, margin calls gonna hurt.
I like playing in the market but refuse to do margin/multiplier stuff.
“It is really insane, and this president has got to finally . . . do the right thing for the American people and stop worrying about his ego,” Sanders said.
There are currently 2 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 2 guests)