The house select committee on Jan 6

[Snowfinch]

@SeaManatee

Can i still say libs forced Trump to do it if he sends the bill back saying it’s a disgrace it’s too low?

You could also mention his unilateral order to suspend the 7.5% FICA tax (supposedly mandatory according to some posters ) with a promise to forgive payments if re-elected.

In hindsight that would also have been bad for this economy.

In short the idea was to throw money at the pandemic. And it was not the right idea.

[DougBH]

That was in the pandemic. That is when you would throw money. The problem occurs when you throw $2trillion for recovery money at exactly the wrong time…when we are already in a recovery.

[Jezcoe]

@DougBH

I just got back from Target. There were empty aisles where the chicken should be. Nobody cares about your little January 6 play.

I know that Trump tried to use the power of his office to overthrow the results of the election that he knew that he lost using a strategy that he knew was unconstitutional … but have you seen that I can’t get chicken?

[Snowfinch]

@DougBH

That was in the pandemic. That is when you would throw money. The problem occurs when you throw $2trillion for recovery money at exactly the wrong time…when we are already in a recovery.

These were 6 months apart. That money would not have evaporated… it would be driving demand just as much as any other $$$ injection.

And same as the Biden stimulus it was untargeted… for unaffected households it was just extra spending money.

I understand the motivation, but in hindsight it was unnecessary and would have added to the problem If employers actually utilized the order.

[DougBH]

@Snowfinch

@DougBH

That was in the pandemic. That is when you would throw money. The problem occurs when you throw $2trillion for recovery money at exactly the wrong time…when we are already in a recovery.

These were 6 months apart. That money would not have evaporated… it would be driving demand just as much as any other $$$ injection.

And same as the Biden stimulus it was untargeted… for unaffected households it was just extra spending money.

Well, at the time it was passed we were deep in shut downs and slow downs. If six months later it wasn’t needed then that would be the time to amend what was done and pull back, not do more of the same on steroids.
The Trump administration, of course, was not in the picture at that point.

[Snowfinch]

@DougBH

Well, at the time it was passed we were deep in shut downs and slow downs. If six months later it wasn’t needed then that would be the time to amend what was done and pull back, not do more of the same on steroids.
The Trump administration, of course, was not in the picture at that point.

Both were incorrect (in hindsight). Likewise the shutdowns.

The focus (hindsight) should have been incentivizing continued operations and production. And of course that would need to be global and who knows if we could have swayed partner economies to follow that policy.

This is not finger pointing, just hindsight evaluation.

[Samm]

@Oryx

@Samm

But they didn’t, so he didn’t.

Most Americans will get $600 after Trump signs stimulus bill | The Texas Tribune

President Donald Trump unexpectedly capitulated Sunday night and signed the stimulus bill into law, releasing $900 billion in stimulus funds into the economy and averting a Tuesday government shutdown.

That is true, but it’s not the point. $900 billion was bad enough, but Trump did not spend two (more) trillion dollars of imaginary money. Biden did.

[Samm]

@Supreme_War_Pig

@DougBH

I just got back from Target. There were empty aisles where the chicken should be. Nobody cares about your little January 6 play.

Aisles? Plural?

How many chickens do you guys need in your grocery stores?

Leave it to you to focus on the “s” instead of “no chickens.”

[Oryx]

@Samm

That is true, but it’s not the point. $900 billion was bad enough, but Trump did not spend two (more) trillion dollars of imaginary money. Biden did.

A bipartisan ■■■■■■■■■■■ no doubt, but I agree the Dems made a bigger contribution to our current inflation woes and will pay for it.

[Supreme_War_Pig]

@Samm

@Supreme_War_Pig

@DougBH

I just got back from Target. There were empty aisles where the chicken should be. Nobody cares about your little January 6 play.

Aisles? Plural?

How many chickens do you guys need in your grocery stores?

Leave it to you to focus on the “s” instead of “no chickens.”

Leave it to you to miss the fact that it was a joke.

[Samm]

@Oryx

@Samm

That is true, but it’s not the point. $900 billion was bad enough, but Trump did not spend two (more) trillion dollars of imaginary money. Biden did.

A bipartisan ■■■■■■■■■■■ no doubt, but I agree the Dems made a bigger contribution to our current inflation woes and will pay for it.

But anything to give Brandon a pass, right?

[Samm]

@Supreme_War_Pig

@Samm

@Supreme_War_Pig

@DougBH

I just got back from Target. There were empty aisles where the chicken should be. Nobody cares about your little January 6 play.

Aisles? Plural?

How many chickens do you guys need in your grocery stores?

Leave it to you to focus on the “s” instead of “no chickens.”

Leave it to you to miss the fact that it was a joke.

I didn’t miss it. The point is, the joke is the only rebuttal you had. No joke.

[Oryx]

@Samm

But anything to give Brandon a pass, right?

Who is giving Biden a pass? I literally said the Dems shoulder most of the blame.

[Samm]

Yet left the buck off Biden’s desk … Have you forgotten that he’s the one with a phone and a pen?

[Supreme_War_Pig]

@Samm

@Supreme_War_Pig

@Samm

@Supreme_War_Pig

@DougBH

I just got back from Target. There were empty aisles where the chicken should be. Nobody cares about your little January 6 play.

Aisles? Plural?

How many chickens do you guys need in your grocery stores?

Leave it to you to focus on the “s” instead of “no chickens.”

Leave it to you to miss the fact that it was a joke.

I didn’t miss it. The point is, the joke is the only rebuttal you had. No joke.

I am under no obligation to rebut him, you, or anybody else.

Why do you always rat terrier the stupidest things?

[Samm]

I respond to what you post, that’s why.

[Oryx]

@Samm

Yet left the buck off Biden’s desk …

Good lord. Biden is the Democratic president, he shoulders the blame for his party’s failures.

[Samm]

Exactly!

[Supreme_War_Pig]

@Samm

I respond to what you post, that’s why.

Get a different hobby then. I don’t know what else to tell you.

[Samm]

@Supreme_War_Pig

@Samm

I respond to what you post, that’s why.

Get a different hobby then. I don’t know what else to tell you.

Don’t tell me what Hobbie I should or should not have.