Marco Rubio $1.5 million, Scott Walker $1.1 million, Lindsey Graham $800,000

THE COST OF REPUBLICAN PROSTITUTION 

CORPORATE WELFARE & REPUBLICAN PROSTITUTION

Cape Cod Women for Change

This has been said repeatedly - but it's important. If states like NY and CA and even MA were to go bankrupt it would impact so many aspects of the economy- including Trump's all-important stock market. Think, municipal bonds. This explains why it's such a bad idea.... and also seems to indicate that McConnell doesn't grasp some important aspects of our basic economy!

“I would certainly be in favor of allowing states to use the bankruptcy route,” McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, said during an interview on the Hugh Hewitt show. “It saves some cities. And there’s no good reason for it not to be available.”
The comments came as Congress considers extending aid to cities and states that are seeing tax revenue disappear as wide swaths of the economy are shut down. The resulting budget gaps could force deep spending cuts that would exert a drag on any recovery. Governors alone have asked for $500 billion to help soften the blow of what could be the worst fiscal crisis they have faced in decades, with cities also requesting funds.

https://www.bloomberg.com/…/bid-to-let-states-go-bankrupt-m…

The last time America’s states were in the throes of a crippling fiscal crisis, an idea was floated in Washington to help them swiftly bring it to an end: let them file for bankruptcy and escape from the trillions of dollars owed to bondholders and retired public employees.

bloomberg.com

Bid to Let States Go Bankrupt Met Rapid Demise a Decade Ago

The last time America’s states were in the thro

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This goes far beyond the dictates of Wall Street.

If Moscow Mitch, corporate prostitute, thinks states should go bankrupt, then he needs to stop bailing out CORPORATIONS, especially those that PAY NO TAXES and there are a host of them.

Corporations that pay no taxes would include airlines that spent their cash buying back stocks to increase shareholder prices, none of the cruise lines are registered in the US, but there was a hocky deal with Saudi Arabia, and how about those OIL COMPANIES?

What taxes have they paid? They're subsidized and protected.

Dirty Coal is mostly bankrupt and needs to be euthanized.

Dirty Tar Sands is moving forward? Why? BFF of Donnie?

The following companies had effective rates of 0% or less, according to the report:
Phillips-Van Heusen
Gannett
INTL FCStone
Murphy Oil
AECOM Technology
International Business Machines
CenturyLink
DowDuPont
Activision Blizzard
Avis Budget Group
Celanese
JetBlue Airways
Deere
First Data
Duke Energy
Pitney Bowes
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold
WEC Energy Group
Levi Strauss
Brighthouse Financial
Aramark
Whirlpool
Prudential Financial
Trinity Industries
Ryder System
United States Steel
Eli Lilly
CMS Energy
Tapestry
EOG Resources
Beacon Roofing Supply
SPX
Realogy
Public Service Enterprise Group
Rockwell Collins
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
MDU Resources
FedEx
Williams
SpartanNash
Chevron
Delta Air Lines
Edison International
Penske Automotive Group
Principal Financial
PulteGroup
Air Products & Chemicals
Honeywell International
Netflix
General Motors
Tenet Healthcare
Xcel Energy
Halliburton
MGM Resorts International
Atmos Energy
Molson Coors
Nvidia
PPL
American Electric Power
Starbucks
Dominion Resources
Mohawk Industries
DTE Energy
Amazon
Andersons
Kinder Morgan
Owens Corning
Devon Energy
DXC Technology
FirstEnergy
Ameren
Hartford Financial Services
Alaska Air Group
Darden Restaurants
Ally Financial
Sanmina-SCI
Builders FirstSource
McKesson
Occidental Petroleum
UGI
Westrock
AK Steel Holding
ABM Industries
Cliffs Natural Resources
AMR
Chesapeake Energy
HD Supply
Navistar International
Pioneer Natural Resources
Salesforce.com
Visteon

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TRUMPCARE 2020, ADAM SCHIFF, LOSER BEN CARSON, JARED KUSHNER

The US could have addressed CORONAVIRUS promptly instead of allowing SENATORS to profit and sell their stocks, warn wealthy donors and take no action.

The US could have reduced the SPREAD, reduced the DEATHS....ensured that ventilators, protective gear and masks were available....

Instead, it was called a HOAX and a Democratic plot....

It cost American lives and allowed the virus to spread.

A Democrat in the Wilderness

Yes, that's right.

The Trump administration has faced steep criticism for their Coronavirus response fumbling, which has included the failure to get adequate large-scale testing regimens in place weeks to months after the virus first emerged. Among other issues, the administration has also dragged its feet in respondi...

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Schiff Announces Plan To Investigate Virus Response Fails

The Trump administration has faced steep criticism for their Coronavirus…

The Trump administration has faced steep criticism for their Coronavirus response fumbling, which has included the failure to get adequate large-scale testing regimens in place weeks to months after the virus first emerged. Among other issues, the administration has also dragged its feet in respondi...

https://bipartisanreport.com/2020/04/02/schiff-announces-plan-to-investigate-virus-response-fails/?fbclid=IwAR0bIU1Rgi1E6PK_ScFPGQg9kORuscgCXe75Up9DnMa0ng8B34lScPj22ZE

REPUBLICANS SET OUT TO PROVE THAT GOVERNMENT WAS THE PROBLEM....THEIR INCOMPETENCE PROVED IT.

Let's work together to make government work again.

DYING FOR THE DOW!

REPUBLICAN PROSTITUTION & THE PANDEMIC

REPUBLICANS WANT TO REWARD CORPORATIONS THAT IN TOO MANY CASES DON'T PAY TAXES AND FREQUENTLY RECEIVE TAXPAYER REBATES!

40% OF AMERICANS DON'T HAVE $400 IN CASE OF EMERGENCY....

LEFT THE AIRLINES & HOTELS FILE FOR BANKRUPTCY - tRUMP DID.

FOCUS: Trump's Legal Team Gave Thousands in Contributions to Republican Senators Ahead of Impeachment Trial

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FOCUS: Trump's Legal Team Gave Thousands in Contributions to Republican Senators Ahead of Impeachment Trial

Igor Derysh, Salon
Derysh writes: "Former independent counsels Ken Starr and Robert Ray, who both investigated former President Bill Clinton ahead of his impeachment, contributed thousands of dollars to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell last year before they joined the president's team."

Trump's lawyers also gave thousands to Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham, and Ted Cruz before the trial began

resident Trump's legal team made numerous campaign contributions to Republican senators overseeing the impeachment trial.

Former independent counsels Ken Starr and Robert Ray, who both investigated former President Bill Clinton ahead of his impeachment, contributed thousands of dollars to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell last year before they joined the president's team, according to data from the Center for Responsive Politics (CFPR).

Starr, who lamented that "we are living in … the age of impeachment" during the trial on Monday and accused Democrats of waging a "domestic war," gave $2,800 to McConnell in July 2019, according to CFPR.

Ray, who wanted to indict Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky affair but now claims Trump has been vindicated by the transcript of his July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, contributed the maximum $5,600 to McConnell in September 2019, according to the report.

The contributions came months before McConnell bragged to Fox News host Sean Hannity that he would be in "total coordination with the White House counsel's office and the people who are representing the president in the well of the Senate."

"Everything I do during this, I'm coordinating with the White House counsel," he said. "There will be no difference between the president's position and our position as to how to handle this."

Starr also contributed $2,700 to Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., in 2017. Graham has been one of the most ardent Trump defenders in the Senate and previously pushed for Republicans to dismiss the impeachment charges against Trump without a trial.

Trump's personal attorney Jay Sekulow has contributed to multiple Republican senators over the last two decades, according to CFPR, including Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Sen. John Thune of South Dakota. The right-wing Washington Times noted that "no Republican has been more active in defense of President Trump during the impeachment trial than Sen. Ted Cruz." Thune has accused Democrats of presenting an "especially partisan" case and rejected calls for new witnesses, arguing the record is "pretty complete."

Sekulow, White House counsel Pat Cipollone and deputy White House counsel Patrick Philbin all also gave thousands to Sen. Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign, according to CFPR. Ironically, Romney has been one of the most vocal Republicans pressing for former national security adviser John Bolton to testify after his leaked book manuscript blew up Trump's trial defense. Romney's comments drew criticism from fellow Republicans, like Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., who accused him of trying to "appease the left" by "calling witnesses who will slander" Trump.

Trump himself came under fire after he launched a fundraising committee effort to raise money for vulnerable Republican senators ahead of his impeachment trial. Trump raised money for several vulnerable Republicans who expressed support for him ahead of the trial but snubbed others, including Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, who has said she may be open to witnesses.

Along with raising money for senators who will decide his fate, Trump has also been accused of threatening Republicans after a Trump confidant told CBS News that senators were warned: "vote against the president, and your head will be on a pike."

Senators like Collins vehemently denied that any Republican was threatened by Trump but Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., who is a member of Trump's defense team, confirmed to CBS News on Monday that any senator who votes against Trump may "face political repercussions."

"I mean listen, I don't want to speak for my Senate colleagues. But there are always political repercussions for every vote you take," Meadows said. "There is no vote that is higher profile than this."

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