OPINION:
I just knew that those opposing the much-needed $1.9-trillion pandemic-relief bill would cite as their reason for doing so the belief that we need to be “fiscally responsible” and not add to our national debt and federal budget deficit. It is one thing to say that we can’t afford to bankrupt our nation over expensive items like the Green New Deal and Medicare for all, but it is something else entirely when we are having a national crisis and when most of our citizens (both Democrats and Republicans) are hurting financially. Even many upper-middle-class Americans are struggling to pay their bills. This is not the time to preach fiscal responsibility.
If you want to find out the real reason behind these sanctimonious Congress people’s complaint that the proposal is too generous, simply follow the money trail. Then you will learn the identities of their biggest, richest, most powerful and most influential campaign donors. Next, find out how the donors want them to vote on this measure and others, and you will learn why the legislators are taking their particular stance. The big donors pressure them to vote in favor of what is in the donors’ economic and financial self-interests, not what is best for the American people.
Aas my dad always said to me, “Stewie, the Piper must be paid.”
STEWART B. EPSTEIN
Rochester, N.Y.
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