.@senatemajldr McConnell’s dismissive remark that States devastated by Coronavirus should go bankrupt rather than get the federal assistance they need and deserve is shameful and indefensible. To say that it is “free money” to provide funds for...
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...cops, firefighters and healthcare workers makes McConnell the Marie Antoinette of the Senate.
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Should federal dollars be spent to make state pensions solvent?
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Why not? Why would you want to see US citizens lose the pension benefits they saved for?
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Especially when you realize these states are the ones that pay for the rest of the country to prosper, NY, NJ, CT, perpetual givers to the rest of the country
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Then they’re spending money they can’t afford. Stop it.
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Kentucky is ranked the second most federally dependent state in the nation. For every dollar a Kentuckian gives, they’re actually getting $2.61 back.
McConnell's whole state has been taking “free money” every year for decades.
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If there is no more money to return to a State's taxpayers to save their lives or livelihoods it's because Trump&McConnell overinflated the deficit with tax giveaways for the wealthy, loopholes for big business, and failed tariff wars. The values behind policy have consequences.
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Fake news.
Stop spreading lies and disinformation.
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1/2: This is OUR money that McConnell is talking about. I think I speak for the majority here when I say that a dollar to help a State in crisis is better spent than giving it to a company which over-leveraged itself in good times and now wants to save shareholders in tough times
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