Well, consider me shocked by Mitt again. First the impeachment vote and now suggesting $1,000 for every adult in response to the Corona Virus.
“Every American adult should immediately receive $1,000 to help ensure families and workers can meet their short-term obligations and increase spending in the economy,” a press release from Romney said Monday. “Congress took similar action during the 2001 and 2008 recessions. While expansions of paid leave, unemployment insurance, and SNAP benefits [the program formally known as food stamps] are crucial, the check will help fill the gaps for Americans that may not quickly navigate different government options.”
And…
The proposal to give every adult $1,000 is one of several put forth by Romney to try and address the pandemic — and was central to entrepreneur Andrew Yang’s Democratic presidential campaign.
Yang, who qualified for several debates before exiting the race last month, ran a campaign almost entirely focused on a universal basic income proposal that would give every American adult $1,000 per month.
Early Monday morning, ahead of the release of Romney’s proposal, Yang tweeted, “Putting money into people’s hands is the obvious thing to do in this situation. I hope Congress wakes up to this before it’s too late. Every day is enormous at this point.”
Gotta say, in light of the current crisis we are in, a lot of Republicans can see what real sensible Republican leadership looks like in Mitt Romney. As in Country before party. see here:
“We also urgently need to build on this legislation with additional action to help families and small businesses meet their short-term financial obligations, ease the financial burden on students entering the workforce, and protect health workers on the front lines and their patients by improving telehealth services,” Romney said in the statement from his office Monday. “I will be pushing these measures as Senate discussions continue about an additional relief package.”
Gonna be tough for the Republicans in the Senate to argue against one of it’s own members in funding relief efforts for the Corona Virus. And of course Tr$mp is devoid of any answers as he celebrated the Fed’s last ditch effort to cut the interest rate to nearly zero, only to have the Dow crashing yet again — Tr$mp’s only claim of success as a President.