If Mitch McConnell passes the $2000 emergency aid assistance, y'all know that it has nothing to do with compassion or helping us. It will be a calculated political payment to purchase two Senate seats in Georgia.
...and if and when they pass it, their first act in the new GOP-controlled senate will be to defund any and every social program that Biden proposes or wants to strengthen. Because "budget deficit" and "fiscal responsibility."
Basically, they are setting up a Sophie's Choice scenario - $2000 now to get thru this part of the pandemic in trade for health care and social security later.
So, McConnell's calculation is that he can afford $2000 now to take away your future. Trade a pittance for power - and the ability to destroy what little is left of the ACA, Medicare & Medicaid, and-the big prize-Social Security. Not to mention college grants, loan forgiveness.
I do hope they pass it. Because it is the right thing to do (although not nearly enough).
But it is part of a larger political calculation to continue on with McConnell's destruction of America.
But it is part of a larger political calculation to continue on with McConnell's destruction of America.
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