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Our economy, thanks to Donald Trump

 On Friday the Labor Department announced that the U.S. economy had lost 140,000 jobs during the month of December.  It's a number that isn't likely to get much better over the coming months until the coronavirus vaccine has had time to do its job.

I note this because it's obvious our economy is going to need more stimulus over the next few months, which would be next to impossible had Ralph Warnock and Jon Ossoff not won their runoff elections in Georgia last week.  The republican party has shown again and again that the livelihoods of ordinary Americans are secondary to their need to keep a grip on power, and had we lost those elections, God only knows how far they would have been happy to let the economy fall in an attempt to make President Biden look bad.

In light of the attempted coup last week, it's easy to forget about how important winning a majority in the U.S. Senate was.  It's highly likely that the Democratic Party saved our republic not just once, but twice last week--and three times now in the past two months.

Contrary to what the right wing nutjobs who stormed the capitol building last week think, we are the true patriots.

385,000+ Dead Americans Because of Donald Trump's Incompetence

Certified Tally--Biden:  306 EV's, Trump:  232

emaycee

Digging their own graves

It's hard to see, in light of the coronavirus stimulus packages being heavily weighted toward corporations and the utterly craven and disgusting behavior (seriously, read the piece at the link--I truly thought it impossible to hate the rich anymore than I already do, but apparently I was mistaken) of the wealthy, how we either pass a wealth tax or else grab our pitchforks and start lighting our torches.

I mean, it's one thing when you lose your job during a recession and have to go through hard times for a few months, and it's completely another when your friends and family are dying and your kids are going hungry...while rich folks are lining their pockets with your tax dollars and fleeing for their estates in gated communities.

It's only going to be a matter of time before the wheels start coming off the limousines.

Fuck Donald Trump,
emaycee

MAATWC

Foraging for food in the U.S.A., courtesy of Donald Trump

Economic stimulus packages around the world:

• U.K.--80% of workers' salaries
• Denmark--75% of workers' salaries
• South Korea--70% of workers' salaries
• Netherlands--90% of workers' salaries
• Canada--Two thousand a month
• Australia--One thousand a month
• U.S.--One time $1200 check that no one seems to know when it will arrive

Donald Trump and the republican party...making America A Third World Country!

Put that on your fucking red hats.

Fuck Donald Trump,
emaycee

Goddamn guarantee it

Republican fealty lies with the 1%

If there is one thing about the coronavirus pandemic that I am absolutely certain of, it's that the republican economic stimulus plan will be nothing more than a sop to corporations and the wealthy and will leave the rest of us to literally starve.

January of 2021 cannot possibly get here soon enough--for all of my worries about Joe Biden, he'll at least make sure we can survive economically until this is over.

Fuck Donald Trump,
emaycee