Yesterday, Mitch McConnell said it's "tiime to begin to think about the amount of debt we’re adding to our country and the future impact of that. ... Until we can begin to open up the economy, we can’t spend enough money to solve the problem."
He added: "There’s not going to be any desire on the Republican side to bail out state pensions by borrowing money from future generations."
But presumably he has, in his dotage, forgotten about the $2.3 trillion the GOP's tax cuts for the rich will cost over the next ten years.
But presumably he has, in his dotage, forgotten about the $2.3 trillion the GOP's tax cuts for the rich will cost over the next ten years.
And I assume, then, the $1.5 trillion we pumped into financial markets in March has slipped his addled mind.
Understandable.
Or maybe what he's telling you is that the real problems of real people who are facing an unprecedented crisis —
Understandable.
Or maybe what he's telling you is that the real problems of real people who are facing an unprecedented crisis —
-- that the suffering of working class and poor Americans doesn't actually matter.
It isn't worth the spend.
It isn't worth the spend.
You are expendable.
I know we can't take the streets when the streets aren't safe. But let this anger sit inside you. Hold it. Feed it.
These are the moments that foment revolution.
I know we can't take the streets when the streets aren't safe. But let this anger sit inside you. Hold it. Feed it.
These are the moments that foment revolution.