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Where the handouts grow on bushes

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Posted: 05/08/2020 at 9:21PM

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Are we really going to send families of five $10K per month until -- BocaHoo91 05/08/2020 7:19PM

Hey, we seem to have no problem throwing $$ @ rich folks & corporations** -- WaxHoo 05/09/2020 11:32AM

We threw dollars at rich folks? Man, what did I miss? -- BocaHoo91 05/09/2020 11:35AM

You didn't miss the $bazillion Trump tax cuts** -- WaxHoo 05/09/2020 11:50AM

But you said they threw money at me. No money came AT me from -- BocaHoo91 05/09/2020 11:54AM

Sure. We borrow$ so you can pay less. We borrow $$ to help folks -- WaxHoo 05/09/2020 11:56AM

It’s the difference between sending someone -- BocaHoo91 05/09/2020 12:42PM

That’s semantics, Boca. The effect is the same. ** -- WaxHoo 05/09/2020 12:57PM

It's not. I pay a shit ton in taxes. My taxes are slightly less than -- BocaHoo91 05/09/2020 1:14PM

Billionaires paying slightly less taxes adds up to a lot of money, and I -- vwahoov 05/10/2020 12:22AM

No that's a different point. If Wax had framed the issue as "we -- BocaHoo91 05/10/2020 07:31AM

Where the handouts grow on bushes -- MainStream 05/08/2020 9:21PM

I know it's not enough for economic justice, but it's a start!!! ** -- ResistHoo 05/08/2020 8:58PM

I’m confused,brother....we followers of the Orange One don’t care much -- DesistHoo 05/08/2020 9:09PM

Oh brother, why art thou?!?!? ** -- ResistHoo 05/08/2020 9:12PM

It's not happening. ** -- Blah 05/08/2020 8:21PM

Right, but you have 3 SENATORS proposing -- BocaHoo91 05/08/2020 8:26PM

Exactly why I hope Joe doesn’t pick her. Although the D party may choose -- BFKDHokies 05/09/2020 10:07AM

Maybe Harris jumped on a Sanders proposal to try to appear aligned enough -- 00 Hoo 05/09/2020 12:04AM

That could put me on the sidelines. Don’t overthink this VP pick Joe! ** -- BFKDHokies 05/09/2020 10:15AM

Markey Mark and the Flunky Bunch ** -- Tuckahokie 05/08/2020 9:28PM

You misspelled "Malarkey". ** -- ResistHoo 05/09/2020 06:59AM

Now Biden can ride in on his donkey & sister solja the crap out of Harris -- Wahoo Ron 05/08/2020 8:39PM

Are u ok with any similar support? -- DanTheFan 05/08/2020 8:14PM

Two f'ity ** -- Hoogle.com 05/08/2020 8:55PM

In Philadelphia, it’s worth 50 bucks ** -- Mad Bowl Hoo 05/09/2020 12:34AM

Burn my hands ** -- TpkeHoo 05/09/2020 09:09AM

Amount. And scope. In fact I say as much in my post. -- BocaHoo91 05/08/2020 8:23PM

We are very sheltered in place. -- Shenhoo 05/08/2020 8:39PM

Totally agree. We’re hunkered down too. Expenses -- BocaHoo91 05/08/2020 9:23PM

Thank goodness for that Vizio BAGFSTV class action settlement check. -- capwater 05/09/2020 06:24AM

And to be fair, I am sure there are folks pay if $1100 -- Shenhoo 05/08/2020 9:31PM

This disease is really hitting the poor, mostly minimum wage worker -- NJHoo 05/08/2020 10:02PM

And we have a huge problem with the 20 million unemployed who -- Shenhoo 05/08/2020 10:34PM

This shows how fragile our fragmented medical system is. -- NJHoo 05/09/2020 1:58PM

Is it any wonder these people lost to Weekend at Biden’s? ** -- Hokieesith 05/08/2020 7:59PM

I think this should disqualify Harris as a VP candidate. ** -- JohnHoo2 05/08/2020 7:51PM

Not long ago Harris was the shining star of the pathetic list of Democats ** -- Wahoo Ron 05/08/2020 7:50PM

Only if they agree to cancel student debt too! ** -- MBHoo 05/08/2020 7:45PM

Yes, good catch! ** -- Hoogle.com 05/08/2020 7:47PM

Can I get a 911 Turbo S? I don’t want the money. ** -- Hokieesith 05/08/2020 7:45PM

Not for $120k you can’t. Better hope for -- BocaHoo91 05/08/2020 7:59PM

I know. I was hoping for 120 this year and next. I can get a really well -- Hokieesith 05/08/2020 8:05PM

For you? Anytime! ** -- Hoogle.com 05/08/2020 8:56PM

Someone inadvertently added an extra zero to the Yang plan ** -- TpkeHoo 05/08/2020 7:44PM

Hoo woulda thought Yang’s plan would be considered the most conservative? ** -- BambooHoo 05/08/2020 10:18PM

It is a proposal. It is excessive. It will never become law. -- Chuck Taylor 05/08/2020 7:43PM

Right, but why propose something so stupid -- BocaHoo91 05/08/2020 8:05PM

So 25% of it doesn't seem to bad. ** -- GoochlandHoo 05/09/2020 08:44AM

But it’s not about redistribution, right Chucky? ** -- TpkeHoo 05/08/2020 7:45PM

Yeah, it’s not like the tax plan, which redistributed money we didn’t have -- TomGlansAski 05/08/2020 8:57PM

You say "redistribution" like it's a bad thing. -- southdenverhoo 05/08/2020 8:39PM

I don't think so. Do you think so? ** -- Chuck Taylor 05/08/2020 7:46PM

Giving people more than they made? Yeah I’d say so ** -- TpkeHoo 05/08/2020 7:47PM

What if they made $10 or $15k or something below the poverty line? -- TomGlansAski 05/08/2020 9:00PM

Any aid is supposedly temporary, correct? -- Chuck Taylor 05/08/2020 7:54PM

Paying less in taxes means keeping more of what you earned. Who is it being -- TpkeHoo 05/08/2020 7:58PM

Defining federal aid to out of work citizens as wealth redistribution...... -- Chuck Taylor 05/08/2020 8:32PM

Yeah, that kind of sticks in my craw. -- BocaHoo91 05/08/2020 8:19PM

People are corporations too:)?? ** -- Shenhoo 05/08/2020 7:37PM

Not bad. I’ve been against the aid to companies too -- BocaHoo91 05/08/2020 8:10PM

Exactly. There are exceptions (critical infr or companies that could create -- TomGlansAski 05/08/2020 9:04PM

Yep. ** -- Shenhoo 05/08/2020 8:35PM

Might as well promise the world if it has zero chance of passing, I guess -- WahooMatt05 05/08/2020 7:34PM

Why not propose something that has a chance at passing. -- BocaHoo91 05/08/2020 7:37PM

How about if you lose your job you get what you were making a week -- Cold Hoober Hoo 05/08/2020 8:30PM

Up to a cap. I think the previous -- BocaHoo91 05/08/2020 9:08PM

I have no idea. That sounds reasonable ** -- WahooMatt05 05/08/2020 7:43PM

DOA...election year politics from a senator who wants to be VP ** -- Moneyshot 05/08/2020 7:31PM

Crazy. A lot of people would have no incentive to return to work. ** -- Hoos Operator 05/08/2020 7:31PM

Heck, that's already the case. $600 extra bucks a week, not a month -- GoochlandHoo 05/09/2020 08:45AM

Its crazy. Although, I wish they would give it to me, only. ** -- Hoogle.com 05/08/2020 7:48PM

That is ridiculous. Does anyone on here think that is reasonable? ** -- SCHOO 05/08/2020 7:30PM

It’s absurd. ** -- KCHoo 05/08/2020 7:27PM

Our nation is whirling down the toilet of economic collapse. ** -- Hoogle.com 05/08/2020 7:34PM

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