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Sen. Bernie Sanders on His Efforts to Pass a COVID Relief
Bill
Last night, Sen. Ron Johnson objected to my bill to provide
$1,200 to working families, $2,400 for couples and $500 for
kids because he's "worried" about the deficit. Funny. He
wasn't so worried about the deficit when he voted to give
over $1 trillion in tax breaks to the top 1% and large
corporations.
He wasn’t so worried about the deficit when he voted to give
the Pentagon and the military industrial complex a
record-breaking $740 billion – more than the next 10 nations
combined – to wage endless war.
He wasn’t worried so worried about the deficit when he voted
to provide hundreds of billions in corporate welfare to the
fossil fuel industry. Yep. When it comes to tax breaks for
the rich, corporate welfare for the fossil fuel industry and
wealthy defense contractors, we have all the money in the
world.
But, somehow, when it comes to helping the working families
with children, the elderly and people with disabilities who
are facing hunger, eviction and economic desperation, we
just don’t have enough money to address their needs. What
hypocrisy!
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