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So committing to $15/hour in

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:23:34 +0000

In reply to Warren's Plan for Boeing, Wall Street Bailouts

So committing to $15/hour in a financial/health meltdown?

I don't quite get it - this isn't the time to be promoting Bernie jingoism.
Yes, boost the minimum wage. But to something sustainable.

How are CEOs supposed to earn

NCD — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 04:47:03 +0000

In reply to Miz McArdle has definitely

How are CEOs supposed to earn a living and reap bonuses, if they can't use taxpayer loans to buyback their companies stock ? Shareholders need dividends, not fair to make company investors suffer just because the company went broke.

Miz McArdle has definitely

artappraiser — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 23:38:23 +0000

In reply to Warren's Plan for Boeing, Wall Street Bailouts

Miz McArdle has definitely noted it:

Trying to load your pre-existing ideological agenda onto covid-19 relief is wrong, and means more unnecessary suffering. The administration seems to be giving up its payroll tax cut. The left needs to give up its attempt to restructure corporate America. https://t.co/Z3yrxrkuAy
— Megan McArdle (@asymmetricinfo) March 17, 2020

To place in context, her op-ed for WaPo yesterday was the shocking A libertarian’s unlikely pandemic plea: Subsidize everything

Remarkable man kf integrity,

NCD — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 22:54:36 +0000

In reply to Aside on Sherrod Brown, if we

Remarkable man of integrity, just the type McConnell, Trump, Putin and Fox News would like to frustrate and push out of politics.

I recall when he chewed out Orrin Hatch because Hatch was moaning Republicans couldn't approve $3 billion to extend CHIP, healthcare for poor kids, because the country couldn't afford it.

Aside on Sherrod Brown, if we

artappraiser — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 21:06:28 +0000

In reply to Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio

Aside on Sherrod Brown, if we can all do as good a "hand over heart" as he does, the whole social distancing thing be a breeze:

Back to Washington he goes, by car. This is ⁦@SenSherrodBrown’s promised⁩ greeting for everyone: Hand over heart. Whenever possible, smile. pic.twitter.com/UBQN0uwFR7
— Connie Schultz (@ConnieSchultz) March 16, 2020

Doing Putin's dirty work -

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 20:20:48 +0000

In reply to Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio

Doing Putin's dirty work - that's a good Mitch. We are so fucked.

Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio

NCD — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 19:48:27 +0000

In reply to Warren's Plan for Boeing, Wall Street Bailouts

Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) blasts McConnell, Trump on 3/12, just before McConnell dismisses the Senate and heads out of town, and before allowing debate or a vote on the House aid Bill for coronavirus. Today, 3/18, McConnell has not yet allowed a senate vote on that Bill.