When a country is shut down and nobody is working, assistance is needed by many. Not many of us are libertarians, we all support SAFETY NETS.
When you have the greatest economy in the free world and people are working, you don't need to follow the lead of the countries that depend on your aide, especially the FAILED economic systems
And we don't support government assistance as the family business, socialists do. We believe you have the FREEDOM TO PURSUE HAPPINESS, not live off of other people working
Ask Bernie what Americans think about socialism, even Democrats rejected him in favor of Joe Biden for heaven's sake
When you have the greatest economy in the free world and people are working, you don't need to follow the lead of the countries that depend on your aide, especially the FAILED economic systems
And we don't support government assistance as the family business, socialists do. We believe you have the FREEDOM TO PURSUE HAPPINESS, not live off of other people working
Ask Bernie what Americans think about socialism, even Democrats rejected him in favor of Joe Biden for heaven's sake
definitely where you and I diverge and why you're a hard-and-fast GOP guy and I'm a Conservative Libertarian.
government should never be picking winners and losers in business. by demanding the country shut down, that's exactly what they've done. by providing stimulus to a very small % of businesses, that's what they've done. by allowing big companies, like Boeing and Apple, who have artificially improved their investment profile through massive stock buy-back programs and allowing you and I to lose thousands in stock investments they have decided (again) that poorly run companies deserve our tax money...that's what they've done
this $2T will barely be a blip for the 90% of companies of 1-20 people and will only help the 47% of Americans that work for employers of 500+. That's picking winners and losers.
successful small biz owners that just lost the majority of their customers overnight won't see that $1200 check, nor would it even make a dent in their lives. basically, for adding $2T in debt, the least successful americans got a month of rent and food paid for while horribly run companies like Boeing are getting tens of billions of dollars.
it was bullshit government overreach by Obama in 2009 and bullshit government overreach by Trump in 2020. Obama had plenty of Solyndra's and GM's on his record 10 years ago and Trump will have plenty on his hands 10 years from now. Again we're handing over tax money to companies that simply don't deserve it. what you call a safety net I call chasing bad money with good money
and, johnny, i'd love to have a check to burn but I don't deserve one because i'm not a loser making <75k
is another perfect example of allowing govt to pick winners and losers. they circled some arbitrary number, $75k in 2018, as being eligible despite folks making 6-figures being the ones that have given more federal tax money as the fund to draw from.
plus, if enfuego gets a check i would ask him to donate it to his local food bank and not burn it. If not his local one then i'd be happy to provide the address to the local Crafton Food Bank my wife runs if anyone is really thinking about burning a check because they are too principled to cash it. It is exactly what I'd have done with the money as i simply don't need $1200 and I would guess many in my position would have done the exact same thing
if you prefer to cash it and THEN donate please do so to https://www.pittsburghfoodbank.org/agency/crafton-ingram-food-pantry/ or i can give you the address to write the check over to so it hits specifically the Crafton/Ingram Food Pantry
