Stimulus Checks and Money for El Dorado County

       Well, Congress did something.  Hard to believe that our elected officials "acted" like real representatives elected by us to do something.  Thank you, Joe, and old Chuck Schumer.  The stimulus bill or Act will send $1.9 trillion dollars around the country.  Yea if you are on the list.  California is at the top of the list-population is the name of this game.   We have lots, ergo, we get lots of $$$$$$$.  Seems right, especially if you lost your job, ran out of unemployment benefits, or are awash in debt and can't pay rent.  Hmmmmm.  Sounds like there would be many folks in each category.  So, who gets what?  Let's see the breakdown as per our friends in Sacramento:

1. $40 billions for $1,400 checks(low income citizens)utions)
2. $30 billions in unemployment benefits
3. 16 $billions lost tax revenues for counties
4. 15.9 $ billions for K-12 schools to reduce class sizes(more teachers), PPE's, and transportation upgrades
5. $5 billions for state colleges
6. $4 billions for transit agencies(T.A.R.T.)
7. $3.9 billions for childcare support
8. $3.8 billions for rental assistance(landlords, lending institutions)
9. $550 millions for capital improvements(roads, sewers, dams, bridges, etc)

$300 millions for vaccination efforts(in addition to FEMA mass vac sites)

     So, it's obvious, the bill injects quite a bit of Do-Re-Me into the country, a much needed boost in light of the economic fallout from the pandemic that has been the scourge of the USA and the world for over a year.  The end is in sight.  Vaccination rates are improving, at least in the USA.  california is one of the leading states in numbers alone.  However, it might not be sufficient to stave off a recall of Gov. gavin Nuisance or Newsom.  Signatures to qualify for the ballot must be registered in Sacramento today.  The State's inspectors have until April 12 to check the veracity of the signatures submitted(+ 1, 500,000).

     So, voters will be subjected to months of campaigning by supporters of Newsom and supporters of the recall effort.  Voters will also choose a new governor at the same time to replace the Marin County businessman, the former mayor of San Francisco, home to a hard core democratic base populated by the likes of Willie Brown, Diane Feinstein, Nancy Pelosi, among others.

       Ready, Set, Spend. Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

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