Lobbyists are twinkling around the GOP stimulus Christmas Tree. Some will shine bright, others must be turned off.
Airlines are essential, but cruise ships are not. Airlines serve business as well as recreational needs. Cruise ships are merely recreational. Airlines employ Americans, by and large, cruise ships do not. Working seven days a week, while squeezing into a shared bunk bed for nominal wages, has no 1st world takers.
The lights getting the juice must be visible. The proposed bill includes 150 billion in discretionary dollars. Even if the GOP proposes on bended knee, we must say no. Equally important, as with the 2008 bailout, a carefully appointed committee must approve all grants and loans. Trump has the girth of Santa Claus, but not the equanimity.
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