The response is worse than the ailment

Is it any wonder that the U.S. Congress consistently has the most abysmally low approval ratings? Their dithering over how to assist struggling Americans in the midst of a deadly pandemic has been utterly disgraceful. I guess their pettiness and finger-pointing are OK given these elected officials will suffer little to no real-world consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. We peons are told to suck it up and stop being selfish for wanting to work and tend to our families, while their gravy train continues to roll along. 

I guess passing a nearly 6,000 page bill (which no one read in its entirety) totaling close to $1 trillion is no skin off their Ashtabula since we the taxpayers will be on the hook. Eh, what's another trillion when the National Debt is already at about 25T? 

Not surprisingly, House Speaker Marie Antoinette Nancy Pelosi, who extolled the virtues of expensive ice cream on national TV while many American struggled to make ends meet and violated COVID protocols for a hair appointment, continues to be the most two-faced, disingenuous figure in all of this. 

While Pelosi praised the $600 payment provision, she previously characterized thousand-dollar bonuses provided to employees by corporate America as “crumbs” in 2018.

After the Republican-led tax reform bill, known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, passed, many companies – ranging from Capitol One to Fiat Chrysler – decided to reinvest in their businesses by giving out worker bonuses. These efforts were largely encouraged by perceived savings from a number of provisions, including a drastically lowered corporate tax rate.

This is all in light of the fact that Pelosi pretty much admitted she torpedoed a more significant stimulus payment to Americans for fear it might portray President Trump in a positive light. 

I may be stating the obvious here, but the fecklessness and lack of engagement from our elected officials is not sustainable for a more peaceful union. Their response to a global pandemic was confirmation of that.

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