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Hard to believe but look it up on the Congressional website for HR 748 from 116th Congress.<\/p>\n
American population: 330,483,530<\/p>\n
Stimulus bill: $2,000,000,000,000 ($2 Trillion)<\/p>\n
Dividing the cost by every in America is $6,051.74<\/p>\n
The government could have given every person over $6,000, but instead will give $1,200 to each adult under a certain income.<\/p>\n
Wanna know where the missing 96% of your tax dollars went?<\/p>\n
$300,000,000 for Migrant and Refugee Assistance pg 147<\/p>\n
$10,000 per person for student loan bailout (no one paid my student loan. I had three full time jobs)<\/p>\n
$100,000,000 to Nasa, because, who knows why.<\/p>\n
$20,000,000,000 to the USPS, because why the hell not (That\u2019s $20 Billion) (does this mean we\u2019ll finally get our mail in N. VA?)<\/p>\n
$300,000,000 to the Endowment for the Arts – because of it<\/p>\n
$300,000,000 for the Endowment for the Humanities\/ because no one even knew that was a thing<\/p>\n
$15,000,000 for Veterans Employment Training \/ for when the GI Bill isn’t enough<\/p>\n
$435,000,000 for mental health support<\/p>\n
$30,000,000,000 for the Department of Education stabilization fund \/ because that will keep people employed (all those zeros can be confusing, that\u2019s $30 BILLION)<\/p>\n
$200,000,000 to Safe Schools Emergency Response to Violence Program (hire retired seals\/Marines etc)<\/p>\n
$300,000,000 to Public Broadcasting \/ NPR has to be bought by the Dems<\/p>\n
$500,000,000 to Museums and Libraries \/ Who the hell knows how we are going to use it<\/p>\n
$720,000,000 to Social Security Admin \/ but get this only 200,000,000 is to help people. The rest is for admin costs (maybe to get someone to pick up the phone and get off their \u2026.)<\/p>\n
$25,000,000 for Cleaning supplies for the Capitol Building \/ I kid you not it’s on page 136 (is it for the gold leaf?)<\/p>\n
$7,500,000 to the Smithsonian for additional salaries (don\u2019t get me started)<\/p>\n
$35,000,000 to the JFK Center for Performing Arts (there are plenty of rich Democratics who\u2019ll bail them out)<\/p>\n
$25,000,000 for additional salary for House of Representatives<\/p>\n
$3,000,000,000 upgrade to the IT department at the VA – $3 Billion ?<\/p>\n
$315,000,000 for State Department Diplomatic Programs (I hope this is to teach the state dept to stop wanting a socialized government since it\u2019s almost totally Democratic)<\/p>\n
$95,000,000 for the Agency of International Development (ahh, yes, the CIA\u2019s honey pot)<\/p>\n
$300,000,000 for International Disaster Assistance (we need to start at home first. Do other countries bail us out?)<\/p>\n
$90,000,000 for the Peace Corp pg 148<\/p>\n
$13,000,000 to Howard University pg 121 (really, I thought a Billionaire was subsidizing Howard)<\/p>\n
$ 9,000,000 Misc. Senate Expenses pg 134 (MISC???)<\/p>\n
$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<\/p>\n
$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<\/p>\n
$1,000,000,000 Airlines Recycle and Save Program pg 163<\/p>\n
$25,000,000 to the FAA for administrative costs pg 165<\/p>\n
$492,000,000 to National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) pg 167 (they still can\u2019t run a railroad)<\/p>\n
$526,000,000 Grants to Amtrak to remain available if needed through 2021 pg 168 (what are the odds that doesn’t go unused)<\/p>\n
Hidden on page 174 the Secretary has 7 days to allocate the funds & notify Congress<\/p>\n
$25,000,000,000 for Transit Infrastructure pg 169<\/p>\n
$3,000,000 Maritime Administration pg 172<\/p>\n
$5,000,000 Salaries and Expensive Office of the Inspector General pg 172<\/p>\n
$2,500,000 Public and Indian Housing pg 175<\/p>\n
$5,000,000 Community Planning and Development pg 175<\/p>\n
$2,500,000 Office of Housing<\/p>\n
What DOES ALL of this have to do with a Virus? Are you angry yet?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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