LogFAQs > #936822390

ChaosTonyV4 posted...

https://twitter.com/jaredlholt/status/1246146259020324864?s=21

Excuse me while I sit here and cry

Uh, he's not actually saying "we can afford this, why don't we do this?" He's arguing from the perspective of

1) The stimulus costs $4 trillion, which is bad because deficit spending
2) The precedent is now set that Congress is okay with passing $2-4 trillion bills in a year
3) M4A costs about that much per year
4) What is stopping Congress from passing M4A and making more deficit, which he is opposed to

Kirk is actually making a similar argument as LOTM here. That's why the headline says "worries," although it isn't a good headline.

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