The Fed Did Not Just ‘Spend’ $1.5 Trillion
March 13, 2020 Despite criticism from the left, there’s a strong progressive case for the Fed’s actions.
3/13/2020Fed’s $1.5T Stock Market Aid Would Cover ‘Almost All US Student Debt’ Meanwhile, Republicans in Congress WENT HOME for the weekend without passing ANY help for health or economic victims of COVID19.
Sep-20-08 What the $1 trillion dollar federal bailout means to YOU
Robert Reish
– 70% of low-wage workers get no sick days
– Unemployment insurance isn’t available to most workers
– 30M Americans have no health insurance
– No industry — not airlines, not hotels, not cruise ships — should be bailed out.
They can stay in business by borrowing at rock-bottom rates, using their assets as collateral.
Taxpayer money should be used to bail out people, not corporations.
Bernie Sanders pioneered this idea in 2001 — he came up with the idea for $300-per-person stimulus checks during the dot-com crash, and passed it into law. BERN NOTICE: Bernie Was The Original Architect Of The Stimulus Idea Congress Is Now Considering
You legally have to endorse Bernie now because he’s building off that successful initiative with this new & bigger plan. @BernieSanders calls for emergency $2,000 cash payments to every household in America every month for the duration of the crisis.
At Party for Donald Trump Jr.’s Girlfriend, Donors Helped Pick Up the Tab The Mar a Lago party that infected so many Trump supporters was not only irresponsible, but also corrupt. Attendees of the bash for Kimberly Guilfoyle at the president’s private club chipped in — including financial backers of the Trump re-election campaign. nyt
US treasury secretary warned that the coronavirus pandemic could drive up US unemployment to 20%, a Republican Senate source CNN
THIS AGED WELL 2 years and 1 month ago Fri, 02 Feb 2018 16:48:49
CDC to cut by 80 percent efforts to prevent global disease outbreak https://twitter.com/nadabakos/status/959404044090593281
Trump Lied About Rejecting WHO Tests, Doctor Confirms
During his press conference, Donald Trump claimed the WHO tests were not up to FDA standards, choosing instead to develop our own. Dr. Joseph Fair confirms the exact opposite is the case. “The reason WHO didn’t offer us the test is because they only offered them for free to impoverished nations,” Dr. Fair explained on MSNBC. “We have to buy them.” The reason the CDC tests weren’t used? Because they DID NOT WORK.
Facebook is now blocking posting of news articles from many mainstream sources with updates on coronavirus.
Health care workers and hospital staff are our first line of defense against Coronavirus — and they’re telling us they don’t have sufficient supplies. President Trump must use his authority under the Defense Production Act to address this critical medical supply shortage.
6,233 in the U.S. and 105 dead. We have added roughly 1,800 new cases today alone – again, because testing is becoming more available via various means. We added 1,000 yesterday. We have almost doubled the # of cases in the past two days alone.
@SenSherrodBrown embodies the RAGE of everyone that tried to get a test & can’t, who’s lost their job or fears losing it, who’s fearful for their health…
Mitch McConnell wasted FOUR DAYS ALREADY so he could fly home to Kentucky & hold parties to praise himself #COVID19
Amazon says they’ll be cutting off deliveries of all products—except household staples and medical supplies. Also hiring 100,000 Americans to handle the demand in the warehouses.
Tower at Chicago’s Midway Airport closes after ‘several’ air traffic controllers test positive for coronavirus
3/17/2020 Coinbase Announces Support for Bitcoin, Ether, XRP, Litecoin on Google Pay, Powering Payments for Crypto Users in 14 Countries
Coinbase will now allow Android users to link their crypto-based Coinbase Card, a Visa debit card, to their Google Pay wallets. Coinbase Card and Android users in 14 countries will be able to pipeline their cryptocurrency balances through all Google Pay-enabled devices, including smartphones and smartwatches.