The Pelosi Pork Bill – the reason the stimulus package was held up for 2 days while nervous nancy played queenie.
The Pork list is long. There is over 1400 pages of this crap.
Here's a summary:
• $100,000,000 to NASA
• $20,000,000,000 to the USPS
• $300,000,000 to the Endowment for the Arts
• $300,000,000 for the Endowment for the HumanitieS
• $15,000,000 for Veterans Employment Training
• $435,000,000 for mental health support
• $30,000,000,000 for the Department of Education stabilization fund
• $200,000,000 to Safe Schools Emergency Response to Violence Program
• $300,000,000 to Public Broadcasting
• $500,000,000 to Museums and Libraries
• $720,000,000 to Social Security Admin / but get this only 200,000,000 is to help people; the rest is for admin costs
• $25,000,000 for Cleaning supplies for the Capitol Building / I shit you not it's on page 136
• $7,500,000 to the Smithsonian for additional salaries
• $35,000,000 to the JFK Center for performing Arts
• $25,000,000 for additional salary for House of Representatives
• $3,000,000,000 upgrade to the IT department at the VA
• $315,000,000 for State Department Diplomatic Programs
• $95,000,000 for the Agency of International Development
• $300,000,000 for International Disaster Assistance
• $300,000,000 for Migrant and Refugee Assistance pg 147
• $90,000,000 for the Peace Corp pg 148
• $13,000,000 to Howard University pg 121
• 9,000,000 Misc Senate Expenses pg 134
• $100,000,000 to Essential Air carriers pg 162 This of note because the Airlines are going to need billions in loans to keep them afloat. $100,000,000 is chump change
• $40,000,000,000 goes to the Take Responsibility to Workers and Families Act. This sounds like it's direct payments for workers. Pg 164
• $1,000,000,000 Airlines Recycle and Save Program pg 163
• $25,000,000 to the FAA for administrative costs pg 165
• $492,000,000 to National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) pg 167
• $526,000,000 Grants to Amtrak to remain available if needed through 2021 pg 168 (what are the odds that doesn't go unused)
• Hidden on page 174 the Secretary has 7 days to allocate the funds & notify Congress
• $25,000,000,000 for Transit Infrastructure pg 169
• $3,000,000 Maritime Administration pg 172
• $5,000,000 Salaries and Expensive Office of the Inspector General pg 172
• No voter ID to get a ballot, & anonymous “ballot harvesting” pg 650
• $2,500,000 Public and Indian Housing pg 175
• $5,000,000 Community Planning and Development pg 175
• $2,500,000 Office of Housing
• $1,500,000,000 Tenant-Based Rental Assistance Office of Public and Indian Housing. $1,000,000,000 of which can be used as "additional administrative and other expenses". pg 176
• $720,000,000 to the public housing fund pg 177
• $100,000,000 for Community Block Grants for Native Americans pg 183
• $250,000,000 for Housing Block Grants for Tribes pg 182
• $130,000,000 for AIDS Housing pg 185, $20,000,000 of which goes to one time grantees whatever the hell that means pg 186
• $15,000,000,000 for the Community Development Fund pg 188; Only $10,000,000 of which is set aside for infrastructure for fighting infectious disease pg 191
• $5,000,000,000 in Homeless Assistance pg 193
• $100,000,000,000 for Rental Assistance - pg 198
• An additional $7,000,000 enforce the Fair Housing Act - 203
• Paid Family Leave for Sickness is 2 paid work weeks pg 213
• Emergency Family Leave Now applies to all employers not just companies over 500 employees pg 208
• Guarantees paid leave to employees who have an in-law who gets sick pg 209
• Opens up leave for some you are in a "committed relationships with" pg 212
Every time the country faces a crisis, real or perceived, there is a rush in Congress to pass massive bills that go far beyond responding to the matter at hand. These phonebook-sized emergency acts are too long and detailed for any legislator to read and fully comprehend.
But we the people can read it and find it's stuffed with gimmicks, giveaways, sweetheart deals and ill-advised policies with no bearing on the COVID-19 crisis itself.
Democrats are feeding Republicans a crisis response bill packed with poison pills, placing them in a no-win situation. Either they go along with this nonsense, handing the bill to Trump to sign, or face gaslighting and blame coming from Democrats and the media.
Bunch of bullshit $9.5 billion giveaway to colleges and universities. It gives $100 million to juvenile justice programs, and suspends various aspects of enforcement of immigration laws.
Hundreds of billions in Green New Deal subsidies. And this Election Safety and Security” or ‘‘ACCESS” Act. This section imposes requirements on states for early voting, voting by mail, required mailing of absentee ballots to everyone, ballot harvesting!
Those unfamiliar with Ballot Harvesting, it's how they manufacture votes in California, (i.e., having third parties deliver absentee ballots), online voter registration, same-day registration and other practices which undermine confidence in the integrity of the ballot.
It's a setup for outright voter fraud, these SOBs are out of their minds, this bill would be a radical step in the wrong direction.
It is hard to quickly to root out whatever other aspects of this bill bear no relationship to COVID-19, but to its backers that is the point.
Remember "We can’t really know what’s in it until they pass it", to paraphrase petulant Pelosi on another such memorable occasion?
We have been there done that before and got screwed that time, this bill is straight crap.
Playing political games as people watch their jobs vanish, their businesses collapse and their life savings evaporate while they sit in quarantine, this not just bad politics for Democrats, it is simply bad for everyone.
These people have no shame whatsoever.
