- 12 Aug 2020 06:43
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That is all nonsense. All states can come up with the money if they care about their citizens. The states don't have to come up with half, but only a quarter of the cost. Trump is trying to get the Democrats to make a deal with the Republicans at $1 trillion instead of the $3 trillion that Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer were demanding, most of which had nothing to do with covid-19 relief.
It was Dr. Fauci, the so-called expert that told Trump that he need to shut the country down. Trump said that he thought that was crazy, but he decided to listen to the expert in order to save lives.
Politics_Observer wrote:@wat0n
The problem with the executive order that Trump has signed is that it requires states to come up with a quarter of the cost of the extra $400. That's money that some and perhaps most states don't have. Which means, workers might not receive that extra $400 a week at all. I think this was a way for Trump to say to the American people "see, I am trying to help you" without ever actually helping given that the unemployed won't receive that extra $400 a week anyway. That means, the feds won't have to pay anything too as well as the states.
So, signing executive orders that don't effectively do anything is still not doing anything or helping anybody. It also enables Trump to try to pass the buck and say, "it's not my fault, I signed an executive order and the states didn't pay their half. It's the state's fault." It's Trump's way of trying to show he is trying to help while not really trying to help and trying to pass the buck back to the states when in reality, the buck stops with him and not the states. He is playing a game of hot potato trying to pass liability off for his job and his responsibilities onto somebody else so that he can try to deflect blame for his own failures.
That is all nonsense. All states can come up with the money if they care about their citizens. The states don't have to come up with half, but only a quarter of the cost. Trump is trying to get the Democrats to make a deal with the Republicans at $1 trillion instead of the $3 trillion that Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer were demanding, most of which had nothing to do with covid-19 relief.
Politics_Observer wrote:@Chad
It's not that simple. The thing is, Trump closed down the pandemic team BEFORE the pandemic hit, which was really stupid. He did so, because he needed a way to pay for tax cuts to the rich. See, he was trying to get something for nothing and so were his rich friends. But then, the pandemic actually hit and Trump did not listen to the advice of the experts.
It was Dr. Fauci, the so-called expert that told Trump that he need to shut the country down. Trump said that he thought that was crazy, but he decided to listen to the expert in order to save lives.
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