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duforsure

(11,882 posts)
Sat Aug 1, 2020, 04:57 AM Aug 2020

While millions are facing evictions and going hungry

Last edited Sat Aug 1, 2020, 05:28 AM - Edit history (1)

Mitch takes the weekend off. That should be an ad running around the clock in his home state and around the country. trump and mitch have to go for this.

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While millions are facing evictions and going hungry (Original Post) duforsure Aug 2020 OP
K&R, We're in for some economic hurt, even some dems think there's still net positive jobs .. uponit7771 Aug 2020 #1
I agree duforsure Aug 2020 #2
There is the old Politburo story alleged about Stalin. gordianot Aug 2020 #3
This is a republican win/win situation. They get to to hurt working class people and the newly johnthewoodworker Aug 2020 #4
And 80% of Christian evangelicals say they'll vote for Trump again. yardwork Aug 2020 #5
They really want an American Bastille Day cagefreesoylentgreen Aug 2020 #6

uponit7771

(90,225 posts)
1. K&R, We're in for some economic hurt, even some dems think there's still net positive jobs ..
Sat Aug 1, 2020, 05:05 AM
Aug 2020

... nationally so taking away 600 a weeks isn't going to encourage people to do anything like the kGOP thinks.

There are no jobs to go back to, those jobs are gone for the foreseeable future.

The PPP jobs got filled in June and extended loans don't require nearly all the money to go out to employees

duforsure

(11,882 posts)
2. I agree
Sat Aug 1, 2020, 05:32 AM
Aug 2020

But the more they get direct stimulus out to the people , and unemployment pay out to the people it would help the people , but businesses and the economy also. They could maybe prevent a trump depression. direct stimulus to the people works the best , because their trickle down is doomed to fail , again.

gordianot

(15,226 posts)
3. There is the old Politburo story alleged about Stalin.
Sat Aug 1, 2020, 06:48 AM
Aug 2020

When confronted with starvation in the Ukraine. “One mans death is a tragedy. A million deaths by starvation is a statistic”. Our problem it is hard to think on the scale of Mitch, Donald, Josef, and Adolph.

 

johnthewoodworker

(694 posts)
4. This is a republican win/win situation. They get to to hurt working class people and the newly
Sat Aug 1, 2020, 07:36 AM
Aug 2020

homeless will have increased difficulty voting. Republicans are already on there way to the next fundraiser.

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