Our garbage national legislature put together a weak relief bill that failed to take into account the actual economic pain that the deliberate refusal to pass an earlier relief bill would have ameliorated.
And the President slagged the bill in a video speech, demanding more individual relief and the removal of foreign aid. No, he didn't quite threaten to veto it. Yes, he's playing the chaos agent again. And yes, he's deliberately kicking Mitch McConnell and the Senate GOP in the shins.
But no, he's not wrong about the inadequacies and flaws of the package. His proposal back in October was double this thing, and if it had been passed then, we would not be seeing the widened abyss we are now. But the Custeresque octogenarian leading the House scuttled negotiations for partisan advantage (oops), so here we are.
Is 40% of a loaf better than none at all? Small business needs the cash ASAP.
Can we get to a compromise more like three-quarters of a loaf before December 29? Because $600 isn't a much of a hedge against an ugly-looking winter.
Stay tuned.
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Be reasonably civil. Ire alloyed with reason is fine. But slagging the host gets you the banhammer.