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Our Politicians Don’t Know How People Live
WARNING: You’ll be pissed off when you read this
Let me put the stimulus debate into perspective for you.
If you make $50k a year, but you were arguing from the lofty perspective of Nancy Pelosi’s estimated net worth of $120 million, you would be deciding on whether to send everyone a check for a measly 25 cents.
Rightfully, — as a normal working person living in the real world — you would reject it as too small of a sum to consider as it would not make a noticeable difference to anyone.
You would have to be greatly disconnected from the lives of everyday people to think that 25 cents would help.
Yet, a whole bunch of multi-millionaire politicians in Washington believe it will.
A Ridiculous Proposal
All told, an estimated 30 to 40 million Americans could be at risk of residential eviction. . .2.8 million Americans would be behind an average of $5,400 in rent, and that debt could balloon to nearly $70 billion by the end of the year. — USA Today
Understand that our elected officials are spending time and money on this absurd proposal after millions of Americans have been struggling for nine months, charitable aid is collapsing, and many have resorted to shoplifting food.
