For John, BLUF: One wonders how many bells and whistles the COVID-19 Stimulus Bill contains. Yes, we need the bill, but over 5,000 pages? Those Congresscritters are playing us. Nothing to see here; just move along.
From The New York Post, by Reporter Steven Nelson, 21 December 2020.
Here is the lede plus three:
Congressional leaders on Monday released the text of a 5,593-page COVID-19 stimulus package hours before a midnight government funding deadline.I know it is newspaper writing, but four paragraphs, each one sentence long, seems strange to me. And the last one is 29 words long, counting each number as a word. That violates what I was taught, which is that sentences should not exceed twenty words. Writing sentences longer than that should be left to the experts, like Shakespheare and James Joyce.The massive legislation is one of the longest bills ever considered, but is expected to pass swiftly over back-bench grumbles.
The bill contains $600 stimulus checks for most Americans with another $600 per child, a $300 weekly unemployment supplement and $284.4 billion in forgivable small-business Paycheck Protection Program loans.
The stimulus checks are means-tested, with people earning more than $75,000 — or $150,000 per married couple filing jointly — getting less money, and people earning over $95,000 getting nothing.
Speaking of too long, a 5,593 page bill, even with wide margins and large type, is way too long. It is especially too long when it is exposed to the public only hours before the vote. Our Federal legislative leaders are treating us like mushrooms. It is something that should raise a cry. But, alas, no.
And it isn't just Capitol Hill. Look at Massachusetts, on Beacon Hill, where the General Court deliberated in private for 100 days to birth its Police Reform Bill. Sure, it is C
Maybe Vanna Howard, my State Rep Elect, will start the Revolution in January.
Hat tip to the InstaPundit.
Regards — Cliff
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