Thread by @besf0rt

the new COVID relief bill includes:

- $4'000'000'000 for navy weapons
- $2'000'000'000 for air force missiles
- $500'000'000 for israel
- tax breaks if you own a race horse

- $600 for you

https://twitter.com/lzgrath/status/1341138126186508288

https://twitter.com/bloo95/status/1341137830479851525

remember also that israel has universal healthcare while the US still denies millions of americans healthcare. tens of millions have lost their health coverage during the pandemic, because - for whatever reason - health insurance is tied to your job in your country

look at the wealth of your representatives, these are the people who decided what to put in that stimulus bill

https://twitter.com/besf0rt/status/1341059108208844802

https://twitter.com/mrs_socialista/status/1341141897587376132

wow that's a lot of means testing

https://twitter.com/MasonTheGoodBoy/status/1341142860243079168

oh don't forget about the $2 billion for the space force! 👨‍🚀

https://twitter.com/walkerbragman/status/1341127109247455233

:(

https://twitter.com/iexistentiai/status/1341145734486355968

absolute madness

https://twitter.com/ryangrim/status/1341146037470326786

also sry for the apostrophe instead of commas, it's a european thing🙈

glad the US got their priorities straight!

https://twitter.com/thr/status/1341106003581030404

also throw a little imperialism in there

https://twitter.com/alanrmacleod/status/1341132209407836170

yup, basically

https://twitter.com/peter_aronson/status/1341151938226872324

yes, there's also money for the wall in that "relief" bill. just incredible

important addition to the part about israel: while israel has medicare for all, they make sure to deny healthcare to palestinians juancole.com/2019/07/israel…

i think there is a word for this kind of system haaretz.com/.premium-huge-…

palestinians have been hurting the most during this pandemic in israel. the WHO has condemned israel for their health violations against palestinians. don't think they're gonna see much of those $500 million. they won't even receive the vaccine until later apnews.com/article/pandem…

i should mention that all of this is part of the second stimulus package (2nd CARES act so to speak) the "relief bill" belongs to that
google.ch/amp/s/financia…

a huge chunk went also to these countries:

$453,000,000 for Ukraine, $130,265,000 for Nepal, $700,000,000 for Sudan

cool 😐

https://twitter.com/hypatiaascent/status/1341177034047942656

sry for the confusion: these "foreign aid" amts aren't part of the $900 billion stimulus bill which itself was tied to the omnibus bill, together forming the $2.3 trillion spending package

ofc you may not care abt that, bc it still shows that the money is there, just not for you

this is bleak stuff

https://twitter.com/annalecta/status/1341142548962787331?s=20

here's a summary of the spending package

https://twitter.com/BanishedBernie/status/1341394036515610628?s=20