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Trump Signs $900 Billion Pandemic Relief Bill

posted by martyb on Monday December 28 2020, @07:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the Hang-in-there dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Many sources are reporting that Trump finally signed the pandemic relief bill:

Not gonna summarize all the bits in it - it's some 5k pages of legalese gobbledygook, but I understand it continues augmented unemployment benefits, eviction suspension, funding to prevent government shutdown, and another direct cash payment.

I'm sure it also has a bunch of "porky pork", but the people are suffering, time is of essence, and it should have been done months ago.

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday December 31 2020, @12:48PM (2 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday December 31 2020, @12:48PM (#1093200) Journal

    You've been busy spewing your Randian crap here the last day or so.

    Thinking is better than whining that I went off message.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 31 2020, @02:32PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 31 2020, @02:32PM (#1093223)

    Thinking is better than whining that I went off message.

    Who said you were "off message?" It's pretty much the same sociopathic randian bullshit we've come to expect from you Khallow.

    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday December 31 2020, @10:00PM

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday December 31 2020, @10:00PM (#1093414) Journal
      You just did it again. I think it's particularly dumb to whine about "randian" anything in a thread where someone starts by just claiming that more taxes will magically make everything better. This is precisely the sort of poor and venal thinking that Ayn Rand opposed. Again, I find it remarkable that people will downplay corporations, effectiveness, competence, etc. But the moment that they need those businesses to pay taxes for their bullshit? Suddenly, no check is too big to cash and high taxation has all the nutrients a growing economy needs.

      What I find particularly telling is that there is no interest in how well the money is spent. That indicates to me a huge lack of awareness of both how much is currently spent to little effect and the high likelihood that higher spending will feed the parasites rather than create societal benefits.