Biden to unveil $1.9 trillion economic rescue plan

President-elect Joe Biden will detail how he plans to address the economic crisis through stimulus checks, unemployment benefits and improving the vaccine rollout. Weijia Jiang reports.

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[sandyelliott]

He's going to ruin life for people on fixed incomes.

[gursewaksingh]

“Hey let’s create a problem then pretend we’re the heroes”
-US Government

[dbphillips]

When that recession hits again. Just remember, you voted for this.

[Kommander_Rahnn]

Yay. The government's gonna rescue us from....the government.

[bartman]

I can't be the only person that is positive Harris will be President soon. Ol' Joe just isn't going to last that long.

[andrewmalaro]

And here’s where the money is going

New Initiatives for International Development

$700 million for Sudanese economic development
$85.5 million to Cambodia to promote democracy, education and constitutionalism, as well as counter growing Chinese influence
Developmental assistance in India and Laos
$8 million to sustainable development and education in Tibet
$125 million to economic development in Egypt, with special emphasis on education (minimum of $40 million) and student scholarships (minimum of $15 million)
$33 million to pro-democracy programs in Venezuela
$50 million toward U.S. schools in the Middle East and Asia
$18.5 million for USAID and $30 million for the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad program
$100 million to the Prevention and Stabilization Fund (as authorized by the Global Fragility Act of 2019)
$1.65 billion for Jordan, about half of which can be spent indiscriminately.
$325 million for economic development in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with special emphasis on the eradication of Ebola
New Women’s Rights Program

Promotion of women’s rights and political involvement in Afghanistan [as a matter of national security]
$130 million exclusively for empowering women’s equality and equity abroad
An additional $15 million for preventing at-risk women and girls from succumbing to violent, extremist ideologies
Human Rights and Refugee Initiatives

$135 million in financial incentives to cease ethnic cleansing in Burma (Myanmar). These same funds would be available for humanitarian organizations in Thailand to support Burmese refugees.
Funding for the benefit of human rights in North Korea
$40 million to the “non-lethal stabilization” of Syria, with special emphasis on emergency medical/rescue responders and investigation into the use of chemical weapons
$25 million to the World Bank for the express purpose of assisting refugees and their host communities
$4 billion exclusively for the global distribution of the novel coronavirus vaccine(s)

[Ferreal]

How about letting everyone go back to work?

[gregj]

Keep printing money until the money is worthless.

[WW-bdyh]

They're making certain the dollar crashes. Thanks Joe!

[Akemari]

This stimulus woulda been pretty good if this were August or September.

[davidpaglia]

After 12 years the 'Shovel Ready Jobs' are just about 'Ready.'

[macks]

Is this gonna be like the last stimulus where only a small fraction goes to the American people and the rest goes a joke on the people

[chasedowney]

We'll get ready for prices to go up on everything.

[joeywho]

What a complete mess he’s going to put this country in.

[armandomartinez]

The working class will suffer the most from this

[tingli]

Stupidity and radicalism have no limit in the US government.

[lriellriel]

Just in time for Facebook and Twitter they just had massive losses, Whew.

[countinghalo]

This video explained nothing other than what everyone else knows

[SpreadTheTruthUSA]

The economy is ducked. Prepare to work harder to support this guys spending. Tax is going to be brutal.

[ilovevag]

Throwing fake money at closed and struggling businesses instead of spending it on way so they can open. Not smart.