A ridiculous relief package: Trump right to criticize the 5,593-page COVID-19 relief boondoggl
The Washington Times
ANALYSIS/OPINION:
The Kennedy Center ($40 million), gender programs in Pakistan ($25 million), military assistance for Egypt ($1.3 billion), stimulus checks for the family members of illegal immigrants ($1,800 each). In the 5,593 pages of the new coronavirus relief package, you will find these allocations and much more absurdity yet. As President Trump, speaking Tuesday night, noted, “it’s called the COVID Relief Bill, but it has almost nothing to do with COVID.”
Mr. Trump implicitly threatened a veto unless Congress goes back to the drawing board and excises the incredible and, in these desperate times, immoral amounts of pork. As he should.
What the president demanded, besides getting rid of the excess fat, was an increase in stimulus checks from $600 to $2,000 or $4,000 for a couple, and additional relief for restaurant owners. For the millions of Americans on the brink of collapse, this, not billions in aid to foreign countries and wealthy lobbyists, is what’s needed.
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