{"id":45825,"date":"2020-12-31T18:42:52","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T18:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=45825"},"modified":"2020-12-31T18:45:26","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T18:45:26","slug":"well-mitch-what-about-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=45825","title":{"rendered":"Well, Mitch? What about ‘need’?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By JOHN KANELIS \/ johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I am not a particularly avid fan of Sen. Bernie Sanders, the democratic socialist from Vermont, the independent who pretends to be a Democrat.<\/p>\n

However, grouchy ol’ Bernie has posted a message on Facebook that I must share here. I cannot express the outrage over Sen. Mitch McConnell’s duplicity any better.<\/p>\n

Take it away, Bernie:<\/p>\n

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All of a sudden Mitch McConnell is \u201cworried\u201d that someone in America might get a $2,000 check “who doesn’t need it.”<\/em><\/div>\n
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Funny. He had no problem giving a $1.4 billion tax break to Charles Koch and his family with a net worth of $113 billion.<\/em><\/div>\n
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He had no problem giving a $560 million tax break to Sheldon Adelson, the casino tycoon who is worth $34.3 billion.<\/em><\/div>\n
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He had no problem giving a $104 million tax refund to Amazon over the past three years combined after it made $30 billion in profits.<\/em><\/div>\n
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He had no problem giving a $1 trillion tax break to the top one percent and profitable corporations.<\/em><\/div>\n
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Tens of millions of Americans have lost their jobs. They have lost their incomes. They have depleted their life savings. They are going hungry.<\/em><\/div>\n
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And they are scared to death that they will be evicted from their homes.<\/em><\/div>\n
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I say to Senator McConnell: Start worrying about the people in this country who are hurting and not just your billionaire campaign contributors.<\/em><\/div>\n
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Stop blocking legislation from coming to the floor which would provide a $2,000 direct payment that the working class of this country desperately needs.<\/em><\/div>\n
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Let the Senate vote, Mitch!<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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