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• An additional $25 million for “democracy and gender programs” in Pakistan. • $85.5 million for assistance to Cambodia, plus $134 million to Burma. • $505 million to Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. • $40 million for the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., which is not even currently open for business (and already received $25 million in the first go around). • $1 billion to the Smithsonian Museum (for the creation of the National Women’s History Museum and the National Museum of the American Latino). And, an additional $154 million for the National Gallery of Art. This is neither the time nor the place to be spending so much money. I understand spending money on vaccines and the distribution of vaccines. We need that. And I understand the assistance to small businesses and an extension of unemployment benefits to out-of-work Americans... But this spending bill targeting so many foreign pet projects? A spending bill that hands out $2,000 checks to everyone making less than $75,000, regardless of whether they’ve lost work or not? (To be clear, that means a government worker and spouse with three kids could see a hand-out of $10,000.) While we want to be generous, shouldn’t this be targeted to people who actually need it as opposed to a big giveaway we can’t afford?!
It’s high time America realizes that we cannot spend so much on ourselves, and certainly not overseas. As such, this is as good a time as any, amidst a pandemic, to look inward at the moment and consider what’s needed immediately here. This is neither the time nor the place to be spending so much money . Reopen Our Economies I am a big believer in an individual’s right to go to work, go out to dinner, go shopping, etc... We are all capable of assessing our own risks and should be able to do so. After all, no one wants to get coronavirus, and no one would willingly expose themselves or their families and friends to the virus – but that’s what some lawmakers continually forget. The reality is individuals are fairly good arbitrators of risk and can determine for themselves whether or not it’s safe to be out in their community. It’s for that reason that we must reopen our economies.
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