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16. You know what the disaster capitalists say --

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Mon Mar 23, 2020, 08:58 AM

Mar 2020

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Ladies and gentlemen, what you are seeing in the Senate right now is McConnell [View all] Atticus Mar 2020 OP

Yep! kentuck Mar 2020 #1

Wow, I didn't think of that, but by jove, I think you got that totally right. lark Mar 2020 #4

Romney is not "positive"... kentuck Mar 2020 #9

Romny himself said he has had extended contact with Rand (lunch meetings. etc) riversedge Mar 2020 #55

They are true, classic conmen. no_hypocrisy Mar 2020 #2

RIP: Fiscal Conservatives TheBlackAdder Mar 2020 #24

Oh, that's been a charade for decades JHB Mar 2020 #52

I actually think DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #67

Oh, definitely. As I said, "last wheezing gasp"... JHB Mar 2020 #70

Great post. Nt raccoon Mar 2020 #97

And then DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #73

Free delivery by parents, not to mention hitting their friends for orders so the kid could win some Frustratedlady Mar 2020 #78

You can bet your sweet ass DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #79

What hurts the most is that they believe we are stupid enough to let them slide by w/o being caught. Frustratedlady Mar 2020 #81

That sounds absolutely, unbelievably, true-to-life accurate for the Grifter Bush family. Profiteers Evolve Dammit Mar 2020 #86

In short: THIEVES!! lastlib Mar 2020 #43

There are actually TWO epidemics going on DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #80

Here's a little help qwlauren35 Mar 2020 #3

Get us fucking tests...ventilators...actual spending to protect our country Docreed2003 Mar 2020 #5

I've been saying it from the beginning.... diverdownjt Mar 2020 #96

Any doubt his shell companies are on the list? dreamland Mar 2020 #6

I Doubt It ProfessorGAC Mar 2020 #62

Agreed DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #71

Absolutely. dalton99a Mar 2020 #7

This is the absolute truth malaise Mar 2020 #8

Boeing has suspended pay and bonuses for the CEO and Chairman..... Bengus81 Mar 2020 #10

They should have done that when the whole 737 Max scandal broke. Dime short, a dollar late. Fla Dem Mar 2020 #48

They fired the CEO thinking that would do the trick......... Bengus81 Mar 2020 #72

It looks to me that the Senators who went into quarantine did so to prevent passage... patphil Mar 2020 #11

I think that is it exactly. kentuck Mar 2020 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author 58Sunliner Mar 2020 #47

It would be a possibility. 2naSalit Mar 2020 #14

New paradigm: Privatized Profits & Socialize Debts. n/t aggiesal Mar 2020 #22

That's what we have currently... 2naSalit Mar 2020 #23

But nobody says it ... aggiesal Mar 2020 #29

It is. 2naSalit Mar 2020 #36

It's not exactly new - "Privatize Profits, Socialize Costs" has been in effect pretty much as long scarletwoman Mar 2020 #61

The Repubs have been headed towards DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #66

Or using their namesake ... aggiesal Mar 2020 #88

LOL DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #92

hat tip ... aggiesal Mar 2020 #93

Not really new....... DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #63

They were all Koch-heads! n/t aggiesal Mar 2020 #89

Plus, they have been doing GOP only Senate sessions, committee meetings, etc. Hestia Mar 2020 #90

Well first of all... GeorgeGist Mar 2020 #12

Overnight the Fed propped up the markets while negotiations JCMach1 Mar 2020 #15

You know what the disaster capitalists say -- LuvNewcastle Mar 2020 #16

+1 2naSalit Mar 2020 #25

Not even really trying to hide it any more... Wounded Bear Mar 2020 #17

And also 2naSalit Mar 2020 #26

Share why Democrats oppose, too. Media headlines leave room for misunderstanding. BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2020 #18

I have to agree with you there. 2naSalit Mar 2020 #28

I don't know either. I'm just hunkering down BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2020 #41

Emailed both of my senators based on your post infullview Mar 2020 #19

The only way for America to truly be great is to be great in service to the homeless, sick,the least BeckyDem Mar 2020 #20

Trumpsters are online claiming Dems want us to all die IronLionZion Mar 2020 #21

And just a month ago MAGOTS were calling CV a Democratic HOAX Bengus81 Mar 2020 #33

OMG, the trumpians are so evil. What'll they say when the the virus hits them. nt iluvtennis Mar 2020 #38

They think they're safely isolated out in the rural areas IronLionZion Mar 2020 #39

+ agree...it's so sad that they've been swallowed in the body of the cult. nt iluvtennis Mar 2020 #40

Ahem - 34 tied to Arkansas church test positive for coronavirus, deacon says Hestia Mar 2020 #91

Ahem, Trump's deplorables believe in alternate facts IronLionZion Mar 2020 #94

God's Will ?????? N/C DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #60

Call your Senators MoonlitKnight Mar 2020 #27

A slush fund is too kind a term.... getagrip_already Mar 2020 #30

You are so correct Geta DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #64

It's criminal all right, but the half-a-trillion is dwarfed by the... brush Mar 2020 #31

Yes, this was a half trillion dollar TrishaJ Mar 2020 #32

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Nope. The Dems won't roll over. They know that this is pure thievery. Eyeball_Kid Mar 2020 #37

Indeed. Any congressperson that votes for it is sticking knives BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2020 #44

So tell me if this is right: Eyeball_Kid Mar 2020 #35

If the Dems don't start a major public awareness push, like RIGHT THE F NOW we will SayItLoud Mar 2020 #42

👆🏾This. BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2020 #45

👍 uponit7771 Mar 2020 #46

Indeed . . . markpkessinger Mar 2020 #74

so what the gop is still going to lose rockfordfile Mar 2020 #83

Emailed my senators, could not get a call in! Resorted to twitter. 58Sunliner Mar 2020 #49

Been calling all morning.. mountain grammy Mar 2020 #50

I got through on the 202 number MoonlitKnight Mar 2020 #56

Thanks, I'll try that.. mountain grammy Mar 2020 #59

Some quotes from a Billionaire. moonseller66 Mar 2020 #51

nice post - that last line... Locrian Mar 2020 #65

Lobbyists... BlueIdaho Mar 2020 #53

Please stay strong! Don't give into corporate overlords! OrlandoDem2 Mar 2020 #54

How much wryter2000 Mar 2020 #57

Yep. calimary Mar 2020 #58

K&R spanone Mar 2020 #68

Sen Kennedy (R-La) spouting the good in the bill but COMPLETELY ignoring the $500 billion blank chk Roland99 Mar 2020 #69

You know what would be fun? DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #75

I would put at least one sentence in the bill bluestarone Mar 2020 #76

and eventually dems will have to decide between lives and letting these traitors do this Eliot Rosewater Mar 2020 #77

WTF are you talking about? The Democrats will have their own Bill rockfordfile Mar 2020 #84

You got that right! BlueJac Mar 2020 #82

Corporate slush fund. zentrum Mar 2020 #85

Why does he need it if he's insisting the governors take responsibility? JudyM Mar 2020 #87

Disaster capitalism, only worse. Dark n Stormy Knight Mar 2020 #95