FUBAR: Government Passes COVID Relief and Spending Bill

The House of Representatives split the coronavirus relief and government funding legislation passed Monday into two separate votes — allowing members to vote against the part that included military and Homeland Security funding. The entire spending bill passed to the amount of approx $2.3 trillion dollars. 

With all this money being spent and added to the national debt – most citizens are reportedly going to receive a stimulus check for $600. If you take the $900 billion, which is targeted towards COVID relief, and divide it by 330 million people in this country – that’s roughly $2700 per person.

I did a little math. The United States gives Israel approx $3.8 billion dollars per year. That’s around $422 per Israeli citizen. The United States is giving every Israeli citizen $422!!!!!

The following is floating around the internet today. I haven’t fact-checked it and even if the numbers are skewed it’s not far off showing the pathetic efforts by our government to do their job.

Behind your little $600 check….

1.      $300,000,000 for Migrant and Refugee Assistance pg.. 147
2.      $10,000 per person for student loan bailout
3.      $100,000,000 to NASA, because, who knows why.
4.      $20,000,000,000 to the USPS, because why not
5.      $300,000,000 to the Endowment for the Arts – because of it
6.      $300,000,000 for the Endowment for the Humanities/ because no one even knew that was a thing
7.      $15,000,000 for Veterans Employment Training / for when the GI Bill isn’t enough
8.      $435,000,000 for mental health support
9.      $30,000,000,000 for the Department of Education stabilization fund/ because that will keep people employed (all those zeros can be confusing, that’s $30 BILLION)
10.   $200,000,000 to Safe Schools Emergency Response to Violence Program
11.   $300,000,000 to Public Broadcasting / NPR has to be bought by the Democrats
12.   $500,000,000 to Museums and Libraries / Who knows how we are going to use it
13.   $720,000,000 to Social Security Admin / but get this only 200,000,000 is to help people. The rest is for admin costs
14.   $25,000,000 for Cleaning supplies for the Capitol Building / I kid you not it’s on page 136
15.   $7,500,000 to the Smithsonian for additional salaries
16.   $35,000,000 to the JFK Center for Performing Arts
17.   $25,000,000 for additional salary for House of Representatives
18.   $3,000,000,000 upgrade to the IT department at the VA
19.   $315,000,000 for State Department Diplomatic Programs
20.   $95,000,000 for the Agency of International Development
21.   $300,000,000 for International Disaster Assistance
22.   $90,000,000 for the Peace Corp pg. 148
23.   $13,000,000 to Howard University pg. 121
24.   $9,000,000 Misc. Senate Expenses pg. 134
25.   $100,000,000 to Essential Air carriers pg. 162. This of note because the Airlines are going to need billions in loans to keep them afloat ($100,000,000 is chump change.)
26.   $40,000,000,000 goes to the Take Responsibility to Workers and Families Act. This sounds like it’s direct payments for workers pg. 164
27.   $1,000,000,000 Airlines Recycle and Save Program pg. 163
28.   $25,000,000 to the FAA for administrative costs pg. 165
29.   $492,000,000 to National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) pg. 167
30.   $526,000,000 Grants to Amtrak to remain available if needed through 2021 pg. 168 (what are the odds that doesn’t go unused) Hidden on page 174 the Secretary has 7 days to allocate the funds & notify Congress
31.   $25,000,000,000 for Transit Infrastructure pg. 169
32.   $3,000,000 Maritime Administration pg. 172
33.   $5,000,000 Salaries and Expensive Office of the Inspector General pg. 172
34.   $2,500,000 Public and Indian Housing pg. 175
35.   $5,000,000 Community Planning and Development pg. 175
36.   $2,500,000 Office of Housing

Are you angry yet? Enjoy the pocket change while everything else gets bailed out.

Participation at the ballot box continues to be largely a waste of time.

A pissed-off Rourke

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7 Comments

  1. The Sheltie Kid says:

    I don’t even know what to say.
    Our overlords just do whatever they want.
    This is not a representative government on any level, anymore.
    Just the lords doing what they want to.
    They even threw away the farce of elections this year.

  2. NormlChuck says:

    Our representatives either don’t realize or don’t care that the debt that is being created added to the already insurmountable national debt will surely hasten the
    economic,financial,and monetary systems collapse of our country.
    If you factor in the pandemic damage I doubt that any meaningful recovery is possible.

  3. JohnP says:

    The mortgage in government no longer care about the people, only themselves and how much power they can take before the steeple wake up before it is to late if it isn’t already.

  4. Arlene says:

    Rourke- thanks for the inf. My blood is boiling. This is totally unacceptable .
    WE need to vote the bums out -should have been done a long time ago.
    Can the President veto this bill ? With prayers . Arlene

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