Do you remember Rahm Emanuel cynically saying, “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things that you think you could not do before.”
Do you believe discrimination of the lowest form is to base decisions upon one’s skin color or gender?
Do you believe that asking a question is a responsible way to seek clarity?
Because I remember the first, believe the second and espouse the third I applaud the efforts of some media organizations (including this one) to examine the $1.9 trillion relief bill recently passed by Congress and signed into law by the president.
Needless to say, I support and praise the financial stability and cushion that 9% of the $1.9 trillion relief bill provides American families and businesses.
But what about the other 91% of the bill, some of which, blatantly promotes prejudice and discrimination by denying debt relief to farmers based solely on their skin color – white? Or the section of the bill that will provide Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the Boston Bomber, a $1,400 relief check.
Why are the voices of disgust and righteous indignation not being raised when the federal government awards the perpetrator of violence a relief check, but remains eerily silent concerning the victims of violence? Or when the federal government, by offering relief checks to American citizens based purely on the color of their skin, sets race relations back 50 years?
Questions should have been asked – explanations provided.
Nonetheless Bucks County did receive a great sum of money ($109 million) over a short period of time (March-December 2020) with limited instructions offered.
As a means of understanding, legitimate questions should have been asked during the past months regarding the county’s spending of Covid dollars.
Similarly, questions must be asked relative to anticipated spending of future Covid relief dollars. Legitimate questions such as, “Precisely how did the Covid pandemic justify the expenditure of Covid dollars for:
Sheriff cargo van, $29,228; Sheriff cargo van, $39,212; General service box truck, $81,927; Upgrade IT network (36 months), $1,224,284; Replace telecommunication Platform (allow employees to work at home) $5,760,506.; Salaried employee (six) bonuses $36,000.
Questions should have been asked – explanations provided.
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