Trump issues a signing statement saying he will be the oversight for business stimulus, not a Congressionally approved IG, as in the bill he negotiated and agreed to with Congress. So “trust but verify” is now just “trust”.
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Peggy Noonan writes about what it is like in the trenches of the tested.
It is her blog. She writes opinions for WSJ and has been a respected conservative voice for decades. She lives in NYC.
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OK, now right wing ideologues are holding up the stimulus bill.
I thought part of the idea was to keep people home so they would not feel obligated to go to work even if not feeling great.
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OK, this is shameless sponsoring…but a feel good note nonetheless.
No link. I am good friends with the part owner of Uncle Al’s Hotdogs in Greenbrier, Chesapeake. It’s a small venue almost always packed for lunch due to quality fare and terrific staff.
They are doing curbside takeout now and working to pay bills as best they can.
Here is the wonderful part. The partners have decided to cover the full payroll out of their own pockets for however long it takes to reopen. At the same time, long standing customers are using the curbside pickup. That’s not all. The customers, in obvious appreciation of the long serving staff, are tipping big.
I mean $10, $20 and even up to $100 for an order that probably caps off at less than $10 for a dog, fries and Coke.
I understand there are other places doing as much as they can. Lots of restaurants, high end and less so, that are doing curbside pickup. And customers are tipping more than usual because they know that servers and others in the restaurant business are losing income. Of course it can be a huge strain on startup restaurants in which the owner sank savings and credit into the opening.
BTW lots of places like Walmart, Kroger, Aldis, Target, Amazon are hiring big time. We are talking 10’s to 100’s of thousands of jobs. Walmart will even get you started same day as the interview if feasible. The food, drug and supply pipelines are working OT to stay open and clean. And they have temporarily raised wages to both existing and new employees.
Finally, I have made it a point, now that I am finally mobile and can shop myself, to heartily thank all the frontline workers at HT, Fresh Market, Rite Aid, Costco, etc., for their efforts and long hours. Kind words go a long way.
2 Trillion record bill, an interesting analysis of conservatism v. Trumpism
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-03-25/trump-coronavirus-stimulus
“Someday, once the pandemic has waned and the economy has recovered, the GOP’s fiscal conservatives will find a federal deficit ballooned far beyond their fears, and will begin campaigning to shrink it — or blame Democrats for it.“
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The forgotten Americans
Apparently they are not part of the business assistance packages being debated in Congress.
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Masks are still an issue. What is the holdup?
The gist of the article is that we are still struggling to get masks to the front lines. I’ve included pertinent quotes for bypassing the NYT paywall.
This is not a bashing post, just an update and some queries.
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A behind the scenes industry that is suffering.
The story is about European restaurant suppliers and their virtual total loss of business.
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Perhaps we will rearrange our national priorities after this crisis.
No link, just a thought about where we are today and should be tomorrow.
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To say this looks terrible would be an understatement.
“Both senators attended briefings on the growing coronavirus outbreak for weeks leading up the national emergency that was declared by President Trump days ago. Burr and Loeffler are each members of the Senate Health Committee, while Burr also serves as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.”
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