Letter to the editor: Party favors fatten stimulus bill
Nancy Pelosi was on TV extolling the virtues of the Senate’s bill. She went on at length about how she and the Democrats changed the bill from a corporate bailout to one aiding American workers.
She didn’t mention they had delayed this bill for about a week trying to get in various environmental provisions that had nothing to do with the current crisis. She also didn’t mention the pork that was inserted, such as $25 million for the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, $75 million for the National Endowment for the Arts, $88 million for the Peace Corps, $325 million for diplomatic programs, $350 million for migration and refugee assistance and $95 million for USAID operating expenses.
As former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel once said, never let a crisis go unused. I guess that real help for the people must take a backseat to party favors.
Lloyd Kline
Mt. Lebanon
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