The White House reportedly wants another trillion dollar stimulus package to continue getting us through the pandemic:
MYFOX8 – A top aide to Vice President Mike Pence said Tuesday the White House is looking at a second stimulus package totaling around $1 trillion.
“There’s obviously been a lot of stimulus put in the system over the last couple bills and so the price tag for us would be that,” Marc Short, Pence’s chief of staff, said during an interview on Bloomberg Radio.
Bloomberg’s Saleha Mohsin first reported the possibility of a $1 trillion package.
Mohsin noted provisions for the next round of relief could include changes to unemployment benefits, a back-to-work tax credit for workers returning to their jobs, a payroll tax cut, liability protections and tax decisions for companies for workers’ restaurant and entertainment expenses.
Mark Meadows…
This report follows White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows signaling support Monday for additional stimulus while noting there are proposals beyond the direct checks sent to taxpayers earlier this year.
“I think the president’s been very clear that he’s supportive of another stimulus check,” White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said Monday. “And yet at the same time, we want to make sure that we’re addressing things in a real, systemic way, whether that is making sure that the take-home check for every American is greater with a payroll-tax deduction, whether it’s making sure that we provide incentives for American manufacturing to be brought back from abroad.”
Mitch McConnell…
At the end of June, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate will consider a second stimulus package in July.
“As you’ve heard suggested, I said back in March we would take another look at this… probably in July… take a snapshot of where we are, both on the healthy front and the economic recovery front, and decide at that point what needs to be done further,” McConnell said last week.
You know what this means. If the White House wants a trillion dollar stimulus, the Democrats will make it at least two trillion by the time it’s all said and done. Because, you know, money grows on trees and debt doesn’t really mean anything.