That's all. Not a fan of any bailouts but wondering why they didn't stop the others.
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Because, I’m assuming all of those bailouts were approved by Congress. Student loan forgiveness was by executive order.
From a technical point of view, seems sort of the same. Although I get the Congress thing.
My ideal government would be just powerful enough to guarantee constitutional rights and no more. However, I get the impression that giving billions to military industrial complex, banks and whatever else seems to sit better with conservatives than putting money back in the pocket of individuals. They seem more offended by tuition bailout than any other form of welfare.
From a technical point pf view, it’s completely different. It’s unconstitutional because congress controls the purse instead of one person.
And no, just because congress votes for bailouts for other industries doesnt mean we agree with it. The covid “relief” bill was a complete travesty and essentially paying companies to implement totalitarianism.
Then theres giving money vs paying for services, though in government most of the former is disguised as the latter, hence the need to drain the swamp.
Sounds like you were hoping for some of that student loan forgiveness money. If you were, i wish you the best of luck in paying off those loans.
This makes sense.
I happen to notice that some seem more at ease giving money to military industrial complex or Israel than back to citizens but I totally agree with all your points.
It seems we have been governed so long by executive order even many conservatives have forgotten about the first article of our constitution which gave this power to congress. (Liberals haven’t forgotten, they just ignore that which doesn’t fit their agenda.)
Will they be able to reverse Ukraine money? I know some came through congress but I seem to recall some headlines where Biden was handing it out.