#Bailout

Andy McMillan

andymcmillan

Republicans have been slowly strangling USPS for decades, and with momentum finally gathering to push for voting by mail, they're redoubling efforts to defund and privatize. Vox has a really

Don Moynihan

donmoyn

One more reminder that blue states subsidize red states; telling blue states that the federal govt will abandon them does not seem like a wise long term strategyhttps://www.businessinsider.com/mcconnell-states-bankruptcy-coronavirus-federal-bailout-e

Mattilda B Sycamore

mbsycamore

We’re at the point in this crisis where a @nytimes article can casually state that a multibillion-dollar hospital chain “invests in hedge funds, runs a pair of venture capital funds

Jesse Eisinger

eisingerj

Dark morning thoughts:At first, Coronavirus looked like it might be an "equalizer." Affluent people who traveled got it. Celebrities & politicians got hit.Also at first, the rescue in the US

Tax Justice Network

TaxJusticeNet

Following bans from Denmark, Poland and Argentina on companies registered in tax havens from receiving #COVID19 bailouts, we've published a "bail or bailout" test to clarify uncertainty on how govt's

Ben Cahn

Buncahn

if you get $100k in student loan debt, that's your problem. if you get sick and your insurance won't cover you, it's on you. if you're a CEO and you

Matt Stoller

matthewstoller

Pelosi put the corporate lobbyist bailout in her new legislative proposal. https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20200511/BILLS-116hr6800ih.pdf This bill also lets wealthy people who make money from dividends and royalties claim the earned income tax

Matthew Yglesias

mattyglesias

I think you have to understand the school opening debates in the broader context that bars and restaurants are open. What could justify that? Well it could be that schools

Jordan Weissmann 🗽

JHWeissmann

Here's another sign that the small biz bailout is going badly: Owner have started a hashtag, #EIDLHOAX. SBA was supposed to provide $10k grants as advances on Economic Injury Disaster

N1_Nasty_1

1Naasty

Australian Government refuses to bailout Richard Branson's Virgin Airlines (Aus) Well done Gov Get the Billionaire to bail himself and the other foreign owners out.The man is scum ,

Geoff Redick

GeoffWSYX6

“80% of likely Ohio voters want their lawmakers to repeal HB6,” the nuclear energy bailout tied to the Larry Householder bribery scandal.New polling research from Coalition to Restore Public Trust,

john rentoul is a vampire

sazza_jay

Furlough scheme is costing £14bn a month.That’s £168bn a year.Renewing Trident is estimated at £205bn.The bank bailout of 2008 cost £500bn. Just some perspective. nothing to promote except don’t vote

David Roberts

drvolts

My new post: fossil fuels weren’t doing well even before Covid-19 hit, and their structural challenges will outlast the virus. Stimulus resources would be wasted on an industry in long-term

Paul Krugman

paulkrugman

To make sense of the benefits disaster, you have to realize that Republicans don't understand that lack of sufficient demand can cause mass unemployment. I don't mean that they've rejected

Cullen Roche

cullenroche

This will draw a lot of ire, but I don't understand the hatred of these Fed programs. They're just trying to help entities, *most of whom* did nothing irresponsible or

Matt Stoller

matthewstoller

Not to pick on Sam, since this seems to be a widespread view, but I genuinely don't understand this take. If it showed anything the 2020 primary revealed that progressives