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> small business == 500 employees per location is a farce This particular definition was inserted by the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurshi

> small business == 500 employees per location is a farce This particular definition was inserted by the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, led by Marco Rubio (FL). You can also blame the other GOP Senators on that committee: Risch (ID), Paul (KY), Scott (SC), Ernst (IA), Inhofe (OK), Young (IN), Kennedy (LA), Romney (UT), Hawley (MO).

garmaine 7y ago
Why not blame the democrats on that committee too?
- caseysoftware 7y ago
  Because only Republicans can do bad things, obviously.
- delecti 7y ago
  Because minority members of a congressional committee can't stop the majority members from getting things through. The Senate is R majority, thus so are the Senate committees, thus the Dems on that committee couldn't have stopped it.
dantheman 7y ago
The bill was passed, everyone that voted for it is responsible.
- bradleyjg 7y ago
  Yes, exactly. Every last one of the fire breathing soi disant small government conservatives and anti-big business progressives proved their mettle that day.
- raz32dust 7y ago
  This is reductionist. There is a crowd dynamic here. Something needed to be done quickly. A minority of senators cannot keep waiting until they get what they want. Republicans would then blame the democrats for stalling the bill. GOP has become either stupid or plain evil. I have no doubt any more after events of the last one year.
  - dantheman 7y ago
    What needed to be done? Backstopping unemployment? Making sure there is some funding for the medical establishment? This was the 3rd bailout bill, of many? They had time for 4 hours of debate, but then went for a voice vote so they wouldn't be on the record. This 2T bailout is going to go down in history as one of the most reckless things / or outright transfer of wealth that has ever occurred. It was bad legislation. Lastly it was dishonest -- calling a grant with conditions a loan is just a lie. People pay back loans, these will never be paid back.
    - raz32dust 7y ago
      My point is, you are basically saying, screw them all. That they are all liars and putting them in one big bucket. I am saying that a Dem majority would have gotten us a bill that was closer to what you want here compared to what he have today. And in this case, closer is better.

garmaine 7y ago

Why not blame the democrats on that committee too?

caseysoftware 7y ago
Because only Republicans can do bad things, obviously.
delecti 7y ago
Because minority members of a congressional committee can't stop the majority members from getting things through. The Senate is R majority, thus so are the Senate committees, thus the Dems on that committee couldn't have stopped it.

dantheman 7y ago

The bill was passed, everyone that voted for it is responsible.

bradleyjg 7y ago
Yes, exactly. Every last one of the fire breathing soi disant small government conservatives and anti-big business progressives proved their mettle that day.
raz32dust 7y ago
This is reductionist. There is a crowd dynamic here. Something needed to be done quickly. A minority of senators cannot keep waiting until they get what they want. Republicans would then blame the democrats for stalling the bill. GOP has become either stupid or plain evil. I have no doubt any more after events of the last one year.
- dantheman 7y ago
  What needed to be done? Backstopping unemployment? Making sure there is some funding for the medical establishment? This was the 3rd bailout bill, of many? They had time for 4 hours of debate, but then went for a voice vote so they wouldn't be on the record. This 2T bailout is going to go down in history as one of the most reckless things / or outright transfer of wealth that has ever occurred. It was bad legislation. Lastly it was dishonest -- calling a grant with conditions a loan is just a lie. People pay back loans, these will never be paid back.
  - raz32dust 7y ago
    My point is, you are basically saying, screw them all. That they are all liars and putting them in one big bucket. I am saying that a Dem majority would have gotten us a bill that was closer to what you want here compared to what he have today. And in this case, closer is better.