Couldn't you make the point this is worse than Welfare? How about socialism by leveling the playing fields affecting the poor and middle class only? That is unless you're dumb enough to believe the very wealthy pay for something. They sure as **** don't, only the middle class and poor do. Consider this:
Person A earned 30K in 2018. They rec'd a big raise in 2019, and earned 50K. What an improvement and the future looks bright, and they're also eligible for a COVID entitlement just cuz.
Person B earned 70K in 2019, so they're not eligible for a COVID entitlement.
Person C earns more on unemployment than they did working, and received $3K more income for the year 2019. Eligible for a COVID entitlement.
Person D only likes to work part-time @ $50 an hour. Eligible for a COVID entitlement.
All will pay principle & interest & more (e.g., inflation & higher taxes) for "entitlements" of which only three receive benefit.
Also, which of those four scenarios deserves a COVID entitlement and why?
Did you have the same issue with the cares act, that was limited to people making less than $75,000?
What about the $2 trillion cost of Dotard's tax cuts?
would that be like, lets say 25% of xidens chinese flu bill, going out of AMERICA to say, repair some ship in sri lanka? or some other shit hole that has nothing to do with the chinese flu in AMERICA, something like that? right?
Hypothetically, yes.
Back to reality.
Trump's bill included payments to churches and foreign aid.
They don't pay US taxes.
August 3 2020
Religious organizations, having received as much as $10 billion in the first round of COVID-19 aid, hope to receive more funding under any new relief package.
Churches of all denominations and other religious nonprofits were quick to take advantage of the Paycheck Protection Program, which provided forgivable loans under the CARES Act in March. The U.S. Catholic Church alone received at least $1.4 billion in funding and possibly as much as $3.5 billion under the program, using data provided by the Small Business Administration (SBA).
www.npr.org>sections>corona-virus-live-updates
December 20 2020
Uncle Sam is about to play Santa for America — and the world.
Congress
passed a $2.3 trillion COVID-19 relief and government funding bill that gives just $600 to most Americans struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic — while doling out gifts to foreign countries .
$500 million earmarked for Israeli defense purchases, including to equip the Iron Dome missile defense system.
$1.4 billion for a construction of a wall on the southern US border.
Mexico is sending the check?
$10 million for “gender programs” meant to help women get education and start businesses in Pakistan.
nypost.com>2020/12/22>covid-bill-contains
Not to mention Mnuchin's $500 billion corporate slush fund.