SCOOP: Stimulus Bill Bails Out Defense Contractors, Denies Direct Payments to Families

Source: https://www.dailyposter.com/p/stimulus-bill-bails-out-defense-contractors
Published: Dec 15, 2020
Author: staff
Post Date: 2020-12-15 11:26:10 by Horse
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Earlier this year, Republican senators slammed the idea of spending money to pay Americans not to work during the pandemic. Only a few months later, a group of GOP senators has signed onto stimulus legislation that would authorize the government to pay idle defense contractors to not work, even as those contractors’ rack up big profits during the pandemic.

Meanwhile, the same bill excludes bipartisan provisions authorizing direct payments to millions of Americans struggling to survive.

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#1: Darkwing    To: Horse (#0)

These defense contractors give these people in congress money for them to get re elected. "We the people" do not.

Darkwing posted on 2020-12-15 14:14:05   Reply   Private Reply

#2: DWornock    To: Darkwing (#1)

These defense contractors give these people in congress money for them to get re-elected. "We the people" do not.

You nailed it.

DWornock posted on 2020-12-16 02:17:57   Reply   Private Reply