Trump rejects bill to protect workers hurt by virus and pushes tax cut

[turbinetree]

Source: American Independent

By Emily Singer -March 12, 2020 10:45 AM

The White House said Democrats' bill to protect poor and low-income workers impacted by coronavirus closures 'falls short.'

The White House already appears to be rejecting legislation from congressional Democrats that would extend protections to poor and low-income workers hurt by the economic impacts of the current COVID-19 outbreak, saying the bill "falls short of what's necessary," NBC News reported Thursday.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer introduced the "Families First" legislation Wednesday night, which would guarantee free testing for suspected coronavirus cases, 14 days of emergency paid sick leave, and expanded food security measures for low income families, among other provisions.

"The Families First Coronavirus Response Act is focused directly on providing support for America’s families, who must be our first priority in this emergency," Pelosi said in a statement Wednesday night. "We cannot fight coronavirus effectively unless everyone in our country who needs to be tested knows they can get their test free of charge. We cannot slow the coronavirus outbreak when workers are stuck with the terrible choice between staying home to avoid spreading illness and the paycheck their family can’t afford to lose."

Read more: https://americanindependent.com/donald-trump-coronavirus-bill-nancy-pelosi-paid-leave-congress-covid-19/

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Well, Speaker Pelosi, this is what happens when systems are put in place to have a malignant psychopath and libertarians that are hell bent on taking down the social safety nets in this country and then for them to blame people for having safety nets.............and to top it all off, the traitor sitting on his golden toilet gutted the program to save the country from this stuff......................this is on him lock, stock, and barrel, right along with the libertarian asshole in the Congress and the corporations and oligarchs that have been attacking this for at least 45+ years ..................................

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

1. November can't come quick enough

[bronxiteforever]

5. +1 Amen

[dhill926]

2. so what does the asshole mean by...

"falls short." Certainly he doesn't actually want MORE aid to go to families....

[Bayard]

3. He means there's no bailout

For oil companies and cruise lines.

[BlueIdaho]

4. Everything this monster does - is driven by self interest. nt.

[DrToast]

6. Include the payroll tax holiday

I know everyone here seems to hate it, but it IS stimulative to the economy. I know people will say it won’t help people that lose their jobs, but that’s why there are other measures in the package.

[cstanleytech]

11. Thats because its fake stimulus. Whats needed is long term stimulus which best can be done

by getting employers to begin to pay their workers a significant pay increase.
After all 1 million people earning 6000 more a year to spend will do more to stimulate the economy the economy than 10 that are earning 100 million a year.

[angstlessk]

14. Other measures in whose package?

What trump is offering is not a tax holiday..it is a permanent stop to social security...don't let him fool you...

[riversedge]

16. NO__That would cut into #Medicare and #socialSecurity

[iluvtennis]

7. He doesn't care about the ppl of this nation, only his self interests. nt

[cstanleytech]

8. "Trump tells working Americans to fuck off" should be the title.

[yaesu]

9. tax cut will do more damage than good as tax revenue will already be crashing with everything else

[safeinOhio]

10. Don't want them rich bastards to have to

sell off one of those yachts or mega homes. Why not just let the poor eat cake?

[CountAllVotes]

12. dump does nothing to help the elderly, the disabled & children

Those that cannot go out could sure use some *stimulus*.

Send the American people some stimulus for a change.

To hell with more tax cuts!

Wake the hell up and dump tRUMP!!!

[moonseller66]

13. Where the FUCK is the Media?

They could stop this right now by letting Americans know on National TV and Radio that this POS doesn't care one bit about them...only business and his money. Report everything that's going on for a change and DON'T sugar coat it.

They are as complicit as if they are in the room with him making these decisions.

Liberal media my ass.

In a sense the media is worse than the virus. They're going to kill themselves off by killing off everything and everyone else. Soon there'll be no mass audience to watch and listen to their thoughts and prayers. Then when will their corporate masters pay them?

Fuck Trump!

Fuck the Media!

[CrispyQ]

15. It falls short of benefiting the rich while giving help to the working poor.

McConnell's going to hold up voting on the bill until after recess. The republicans in congress are nasty fuckers, every one. I am embarrassed and ashamed of the people I know who still identify as republican.