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You idiots could at least read the articles you post.LIAR!
Yes you certainly are, which is why we call you "edtheliar."
91% of the Pelosi pork goes to special interests, particularly public employee unions. A scant 9% offer Covid relief.
Opinion | The Non-Covid Spending Blowout
Most of the $1.9 trillion House bill has little to do with the virus. Here’s a breakdown.www.wsj.com
COVID bill cost $17,000 per person in AMERICA (330M)...for that we get $1400 for 280M people
Unemployment assistance
The bill calls for providing a $300 federal boost to weekly jobless payments and extending two key pandemic unemployment benefits programs through September 6.
It will also make the first $10,200 worth of benefits payments tax-free for households with annual incomes less than $150,000.
The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program provides benefits to freelancers, gig workers, independent contractors and certain people affected by the pandemic, while the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation program increases the duration of payments for those in the traditional state unemployment system.
The President's plan had called for providing a $400 boost and continuing the benefits through the end of September.
Out-of-work Americans will start running out of benefits in the two programs this weekend, when provisions in December's $900 billion relief package begin phasing out. The $300 enhancement that was part of the December deal also ends this weekend.
Aid to states and municipalities
The legislation provides $350 billion to states, local governments, territories and tribes.
It will give states and the District of Columbia $195.3 billion, while counties and cities will split about $130 billion in aid. Tribes will get $20 billion and territories $4.5 billion under both bills.
The bill also contains a $10 billion Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund.
Additional assistance to states has been among the most controversial elements of the congressional rescue packages, with Democrats looking to add to the $150 billion contained in the legislation that passed last March and Republicans resisting such efforts. The December package ultimately dropped an initial call to include $160 billion.
Nutrition assistance
The package extends the 15% increase in food stamp benefits through September, instead of having it expire at the end of June.
It also contains $880 million for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, known as WIC, to help increase participation and temporarily improve benefits, among other measures. Biden called for investing $3 billion in the program.
And it will allow states to continue the Pandemic-EBT, which provides families whose children's schools are closed with funding to replace free- and reduced-price meals the kids would have received, through the summer.
Housing aid
The bill sends roughly $20 billion to state and local governments to help low-income households cover back rent, rent assistance and utility bills.
It authorizes about $10 billion to help struggling homeowners pay their mortgages, utilities and property taxes.
The bill also provides $5 billion to help states and localities assist those at risk of experiencing homelessness by providing safe, socially distant housing, for example. Another $5 billion goes to emergency housing vouchers for those who are homeless.
Tax credits for families and workers
The legislation beefs up tax credits for families and certain low-income workers for 2021.
In an effort to combat poverty, lawmakers are expanding the child tax credit to $3,600 for each child under 6 and $3,000 for each child under age 18. Currently, families can receive a credit of up to $2,000 per child under age 17.
The enhanced portion of the credit will be available for single parents with annual incomes up to $75,000 and joint filers making up to $150,000.
The credit will also become fully refundable so more low-income parents can take advantage of it. Plus, families can receive payments monthly, rather than a lump sum once a year, which is aimed at making it easier for them to pay the bills.
The package also enhances the earned income tax credit for workers without children by nearly tripling the maximum credit and extending eligibility to more people. The minimum age to claim the childless credit will be reduced to 19, from 25, and the upper age limit will be eliminated.
This is the largest expansion to earned income tax credit since 2009.
Optional paid sick and family leave
Unlike Biden's initial proposal, the bill does not reinstate mandatory paid family and sick leave approved in a previous Covid relief package. But it will continue to provide tax credits to employers who voluntarily choose to offer the benefit through October 1.
Last year, Congress guaranteed many workers two weeks pay if they contracted Covid or were quarantining. It also provided an additional 10 weeks of paid family leave to those who were staying home with kids whose schools were closed. Those benefits expired in December.
Education and child care
The bill provides $125 billion to public K-12 schools to help students return to the classroom. Schools would be allowed to use the money to update their ventilation systems, reduce class sizes to help implement social distancing, buy personal protective equipment and hire support staff. Another $2.75 billion would go to private schools. It requires that 20% of the money be used to address learning loss by providing extended days or summer school, for example.
Nearly $40 billion will go to colleges. At least half of the funds must be spent on emergency financial aid grants to students and the remaining can help defray the lost revenue from declining enrollment and the increased costs associated with keeping students safe during the pandemic.
The bill also provides about $39 billion to child care providers. The amount a provider receives would be based on operating expenses and is available to pay employees and rent, help families struggling to pay the cost, and purchase personal protective equipment and other supplies.
Health insurance subsidies and Medicaid
The package will make federal premium subsidies for Affordable Care Act policies more generous and would eliminate the maximum income cap for two years.
Enrollees will pay no more than 8.5% of their income towards coverage, down from nearly 10% now. Also, those earning more than the current cap of 400% of the federal poverty level -- about $51,000 for an individual and $104,800 for a family of four in 2021 -- will become eligible for help.
In addition, the bills will bolster subsidies for lower-income enrollees, eliminating their premiums completely for two years and will do the same for those collecting unemployment benefits in 2021.
The legislation also provides a full premium subsidy for laid-off workers who want to remain on their employer health insurance plans through COBRA. The assistance runs from April through September.
Also, the package seeks to entice states that have yet to expand Medicaid to low-income adults to do so by boosting their federal Medicaid matching funds by 5 percentage points for two years.
More money for small businesses
The bill provides $15 billion to the Emergency Injury Disaster Loan program, which provides long-term, low-interest loans from the Small Business Administration. Severely impacted small businesses with fewer than 10 workers will be given priority for some of the money.
It also provides $25 billion for a new grant program specifically for bars and restaurants. Eligible businesses may receive up to $10 million and can use the money for a variety of expenses, including payroll, mortgage and rent, utilities and food and beverages.
The Paycheck Protection Program, which is currently taking applications for second-round loans, would get an additional $7 billion and the bills would make more non-profit organizations eligible.
Another $175 million would be used for outreach and promotion, creating a Community Navigator Program to help target eligible businesses.
Vaccines and testing
The legislation provides $14 billion for researching, developing, distributing, administering and strengthening confidence in vaccines. It will also put $47.8 billion toward testing, contact tracing and mitigation, including investing in laboratory capacity, community-based testing sites and mobile testing units, particularly in medically underserved areas.
And it will allocate $7.7 billion to hire 100,000 public health workers to support coronavirus response.
In addition, the package provides $50 billion to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, with some of the funds going toward expanding vaccination efforts.
The President's plan called for investing $20 billion in a national vaccination program.
Rural hospital assistance
The bill allocates $8.5 billion to help struggling rural hospitals and health care providers.
www.cnn.com
You idiots could at least read the articles you post.LIAR!
Yes you certainly are, which is why we call you "edtheliar."
91% of the Pelosi pork goes to special interests, particularly public employee unions. A scant 9% offer Covid relief.
Opinion | The Non-Covid Spending Blowout
Most of the $1.9 trillion House bill has little to do with the virus. Here’s a breakdown.
Nope, hated that too. They should all be voted out of Congress. Trump should have vetoed every budget and the stimulus should have ONLY gone to those difectly affected by COVID.Leave it to the Democrats to turn $17,000 into $1400.
Oooh I see, so 1.9T dollar bill Democrats pass is superbad...but 4.5Trillion dollar bills Republicans ran up was a-ok?
After 4 years of Trump you rightwingers need to go get yourself a nice hot cup of STFU when it comes to fiscal matters.
Now address this bill. Are you capable of doing that.
Your argument is that other shitty bills were passed, so this one is ok. Is that your argument?
Take the bill in and of itself. Explain to me how is it a good bill.
Ah, so you’re just going to make shit up.You idiots could at least read the articles you post.LIAR!
Yes you certainly are, which is why we call you "edtheliar."
91% of the Pelosi pork goes to special interests, particularly public employee unions. A scant 9% offer Covid relief.
Opinion | The Non-Covid Spending Blowout
Most of the $1.9 trillion House bill has little to do with the virus. Here’s a breakdown.
91% pork.
Hey, but at least "teachers" who haven't been in a classroom in over a year will get 6 figure annual pensions.
Ah, so you’re just going to make shit up.
Trump claimed to be for the working class. Biden actually is.
Shitforbrains thinks the Feds budget local PD and FDYou mean the police and FD pensions GOPQ governors raided to give tax cuts to the rich.We got to pay for them failed pension plans, homie. Suck it up! Embrace Murica'!
The fact is more and more government subsidized people as we lose our competitive edge to other nations. We still have great visionaries, it is just they are stunted by the morass of rules and laws Progs have set up over the decades to hamper our nation. An article a few weeks ago stated that 27% of the average person's annual income/wealth is from government now. I believe that government and business is a balance. And government is to strong at this point.We are just enforcing that more people rely on the system...sadly.Leave it to the Democrats to turn $17,000 into $1400.
9% of this bill specifically benefits US citizens with cash payments. The other 91% DOES NOT.
Liberals who supported this bill, can you please explain why this is a good bill? Be specific. Use numbers and facts and economic theory.
How is it good that we are spending $1.9 trillion to give $1400 to 280 million people?
SPECIFICALLY....HOW IS THIS A GOOD BILL ON THE WHOLE?
New Estimates on Senate’s Slightly Revised Cash Payment
As the Senate takes up the COVID relief bill passed by the House last week, Senate Democrats have proposed to lower the income level at which the $1,400 cash payments would be phased out. New estimates from ITEP demonstrate that, for most people, the change would make no difference.itep.org
Yeah, Joe who’s never accomplished one thing in his life except to get rich on the government gravy train is for the working class.Ah, so you’re just going to make shit up.You idiots could at least read the articles you post.LIAR!
Yes you certainly are, which is why we call you "edtheliar."
91% of the Pelosi pork goes to special interests, particularly public employee unions. A scant 9% offer Covid relief.
Opinion | The Non-Covid Spending Blowout
Most of the $1.9 trillion House bill has little to do with the virus. Here’s a breakdown.
91% pork.
Hey, but at least "teachers" who haven't been in a classroom in over a year will get 6 figure annual pensions.
Trump claimed to be for the working class. Biden actually is.
whats that add up to...provide details...Leave it to the Democrats to turn $17,000 into $1400.
9% of this bill specifically benefits US citizens with cash payments. The other 91% DOES NOT.
Liberals who supported this bill, can you please explain why this is a good bill? Be specific. Use numbers and facts and economic theory.
How is it good that we are spending $1.9 trillion to give $1400 to 280 million people?
SPECIFICALLY....HOW IS THIS A GOOD BILL ON THE WHOLE?
New Estimates on Senate’s Slightly Revised Cash Payment
As the Senate takes up the COVID relief bill passed by the House last week, Senate Democrats have proposed to lower the income level at which the $1,400 cash payments would be phased out. New estimates from ITEP demonstrate that, for most people, the change would make no difference.
The benefits for individual Americans go far beyond the $1400 cash payments. There's the $300 bump in unemployment insurance benefits, $3000 per child tax benefit, reduced/eliminated health insurance premiums, and money for school re-openings.
Are you saying that Americans are NOT benefitting from the testing and treatment of the 30 million people Trump allowed to sicken? That they're not benfitting from the vaccines distribution which this bill pays for? That they're not also benefitting from the reductions of their health insurance premiums? That they're not benefitting from having schools opened? That they won't benefit from the $3000 child tax benefits?
80% of the benefits go to benefit working class families, instead of the 80% benefits to billionaires and the wealthy in the Trump's tax cuts.
Why are YOU being such a dog in the manger about it?
Ah, so you’re just going to make shit up.
Trump claimed to be for the working class. Biden actually is.
Right. Trump added million of jobs, Xi's man destroys jobs.
Quid Pro is for public unions, he shits on the working class.
BTW, what do you claim I'm making up? That the slugs gorging themselves at the public trough refuse to teach? Or that the public masters (can't call them servants, get real) pull down 6 figure pensions?
Los Angeles teachers union refuses to reopen California schools - TheBlaze
Outrageous Public Pensions Could Bankrupt These States (yahoo.com)
It doesn’t really matter what Biden does or doesn’t do when people like you are just going to make shit up anyway.Yeah, Joe who’s never accomplished one thing in his life except to get rich on the government gravy train is for the working class.Ah, so you’re just going to make shit up.You idiots could at least read the articles you post.LIAR!
Yes you certainly are, which is why we call you "edtheliar."
91% of the Pelosi pork goes to special interests, particularly public employee unions. A scant 9% offer Covid relief.
Opinion | The Non-Covid Spending Blowout
Most of the $1.9 trillion House bill has little to do with the virus. Here’s a breakdown.
91% pork.
Hey, but at least "teachers" who haven't been in a classroom in over a year will get 6 figure annual pensions.
Trump claimed to be for the working class. Biden actually is.
That’s why the millions of Americans in financial trouble are now paying 70% more for gas and to heat their homes.
Fact is that 3 million fewer people were employed at the end of Trump’s administration than at the beginning.
Fact is that employment went up 379k in February.
You make up almost everything.
Fact is that 3 million fewer people were employed at the end of Trump’s administration than at the beginning.
Fact is that employment went up 379k in February.
Fact is the COVID relief helps working class.
$1400 checks help working class.
Child tax credits help the working class.
Unemployment benefits help the working class.
COBRA benefits help the working class.
And yeah, standing up pensions (not public pensions) helps the working class.
Rescue Package Includes $86 Billion Bailout for Failing Pensions
Translation, the OP is so ridiculous it doesn't deserve any more comment, but you are too STUPID to know that.LIAR!9% of this bill specifically benefits US citizens with cash payments. The other 91% DOES NOT.
Translation: I have no counter argument to offer, here is my kindergarten reply instead.
COVID bill cost $17,000 per person in AMERICA (330M)...for that we get $1400 for 280M people
The sheep are ecstatic.....$1.9 TRILLION and 90% has nothing to do with COVID-19...and they still have billions left over from the last bill they passed they haven't even spent.
No matter how many times you mindlessly parrot your scripted lie, it is still a lie.LIAR!
Yes you certainly are, which is why we call you "edtheliar."
91% of the Pelosi pork goes to special interests, particularly public employee unions. A scant 9% offer Covid relief.
Opinion | The Non-Covid Spending Blowout
Most of the $1.9 trillion House bill has little to do with the virus. Here’s a breakdown.
Tramp ass kisser Chris Christy was famous for doing it, and then refusing to replenish the money even after the court ordered him to!!!! Frisky Whitless did the same thing before him.You mean the police and FD pensions GOPQ governors raided to give tax cuts to the rich.
edtheliar, I know showing your work is racist - but show us even one case of governors "raiding" the pensions of the public sloths on the government payroll?
You can't, it's illegal. You're a fucking liar - as EVERYONE knows.
