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Showing Original Post only (View all)Sanders Calls for 'Unprecedented Legislative Response' to Coronavirus Crisis--Not Corporate Bailouts [View all]
Sen. Bernie Sanders is raising the alarm over the Senate economic stimulus bill being drawn up to combat the domestic effects of the global coronavirus pandemic, warning that the legislation is being unduly influenced by lobbyists and business interestsnot the American people.
"Now is not the time to allow large corporations to take advantage of this horrific crisis by ripping off U.S. taxpayers and profiteering off of the pandemic," the Vermont senator said in a statement Sunday.
The $1 trillion stimulus bill is being drafted in the Senate and the chamber's leadership aims to vote on the legislation on Monday. Reportedly included in the bill are a number of provisions assisting industries affected by the fallout from the coronavirus outbreakhuge bailouts that Sanders said were too much to ask the American taxpayer for in a time of crisis.
According to Sanders:
Just in the last few days, we've seen numerous examples of lobbyists and their agents fighting for special favors: the airline industry is asking for $50 billion, the private space industry is asking for $5 billion, the hotel industry wants $150 billion, the National Association of Manufacturers wants $1.4 trillion, the International Council of Shopping Centers wants a guarantee of up to $1 trillion, Adidas wants to sneak in a long-sought provision allowing people to use pretax money to pay for gym memberships and fitness equipmenteven when many gyms and retail stores are closed nationwide, and corporate pork producers are using the coronavirus to push Congress to expedite guest worker visas, even at a time when international travel and immigration is largely shut down.
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https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/22/sanders-calls-unprecedented-legislative-response-coronavirus-crisis-not-corporate
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Sanders Calls for 'Unprecedented Legislative Response' to Coronavirus Crisis--Not Corporate Bailouts [View all]
Uncle Joe
Mar 2020
OP
He left Washington late on Wednesday afternoon to "assess". Meanwhile most Senators stuck around...
George II
Mar 2020
#6
Don't talk about it, DO IT!!! Let's see some action, okay? Of course he has to throw in....
George II
Mar 2020
#5
I'm just fucking TIRED of seeing all these lectures from a politician with virtually no action....
George II
Mar 2020
#19
He has never been specific, he just bashes "corporations" along with "corporate Democrats"....
George II
Mar 2020
#29
The OP has a specific list of which industries are asking for how much, coming from Sanders
mr_lebowski
Mar 2020
#33
Senator Sanders talks a lot about what is wrong. Other people have been the ones to make it better.
Blue_true
Mar 2020
#71
And this is why most people don't support Sanders or his views...our economy would be destroyed.
Demsrule86
Mar 2020
#16
and this is why many people do support Bernie or his views, in today's modern America
Uncle Joe
Mar 2020
#21
Not as many as support Biden, and as we're seeing not as many as have in the past....
George II
Mar 2020
#34
Exactly, Sanders would have allowed the banks and autos to fail in 2008...that is all I need to know
Demsrule86
Mar 2020
#61
It is not about paying the workers...it is the irrational hatred of all business.
Demsrule86
Mar 2020
#58
Agreed. What we should all be looking for is LOANS with strict rules about payback ...
mr_lebowski
Mar 2020
#62
I'm not holding my breath for a cogent and succinct, economics driven response.
NCProgressive
Mar 2020
#43
This is not a natural occurrence...it is a fucking emergency...you may want to live through a
Demsrule86
Mar 2020
#73
Pandemics are a natural part of the human condition and as such are part and parcel
Uncle Joe
Mar 2020
#77
It's amazing how people don't understand the concept of "Action speaks louder than words"! Sanders..
George II
Mar 2020
#11
If you haven't, then you haven't been reading the right sources. Common Dreams will never....
George II
Mar 2020
#45
The Senate is not working from home...just Sanders. I have no interest in any words from his lips
Demsrule86
Mar 2020
#14
He is sick...what is Sanders' excuse? Drop out and endorse...Sanders is dead to me at this point..
Demsrule86
Mar 2020
#56
From his house...just blasting the bill ...not doing anything really...more talk talk and talk.
Demsrule86
Mar 2020
#12
You're a US Senator, Bernie: stop talking and do your job. Don't dream it, Be it!
beastie boy
Mar 2020
#36
Harvard College Students for Bernie @Harvard4Bernie: In one month, the fed will have lent out the
BeckyDem
Mar 2020
#69
The usual...'unprecedented'...what does that even mean...no details...nothing useful.
Demsrule86
Mar 2020
#74