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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGOP senator: 'I hope' pandemic stimulus talks fail -- so the government doesn't spend more money
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/08/gop-senator-i-hope-stimulus-talks-fail-so-the-government-doesnt-spend-more-money/On Monday, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said that he hopes bipartisan talks on the next round of coronavirus pandemic stimulus break down because he doesnt want the federal government to spend any more money on it.
Johnson said in a Friday interview with Breitbart News Tonight that he hopes negotiations stay broken down between the Trump administration and House Democratic leaders on a new pandemic relief package given the trillions Democratic leaders proposed in new spending, reported Molly Beck. From my standpoint, the breakdown in the talks is very good news. Its very good news for future generations, Johnson said. I hope the talks remain broken down.'
Johnson was a supporter of the 2017 Republican-backed tax bill that gave hundreds of billions of dollars to corporations and billionaires, with no means of paying for it.
Negotiations have stalled because the House and Senate cant agree on the broad outlines of how much to spend. In the meantime, President Donald Trump has signed four executive orders of uncertain legality that are intended to extend portions of the previous round of stimulus.
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GOP senator: 'I hope' pandemic stimulus talks fail -- so the government doesn't spend more money (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Aug 2020
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budkin
(6,703 posts)1. He's absolute SCUM
Fucking Russian traitor!
AllaN01Bear
(18,261 posts)2. why do we even bother paying our taxes for these dufusses ?
self centered jerk. that was their let them eat cake moment . its ok for your rich butt budies and corperations to get all the subsides and tax breaks , not the rest of us .
Poiuyt
(18,125 posts)3. Johnson was never good, but now he's regressed to one
of the absolute worst senators in the US. And a traitor to boot.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)4. Putin puppet.
Takket
(21,577 posts)5. so he'll be joining Democrats then in passing legislation to stop drumpf's illegal EOs then?
After all those are "spending money" and he doesn't want that to happen, right?
Tanuki
(14,918 posts)6. Kremlin stooge says what?
BusyBeingBest
(8,054 posts)7. "It's very good news for future generations..."
What about people who actually exist now, you asinine dumbfuck?