'I'll be the oversight': Trump vows he will personally oversee $500 billion coronavirus slush fund
Source: RawStory
At his daily coronavirus press briefing, President Donald Trump was asked to justify the provision in the Republican stimulus bill that would grant his administration an unrestricted $500 billion slush fund to be distributed to any corporation imaginable with zero oversight or transparency.
His response was that he would be the entire oversight of the program.
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The $500 billion provision has been a massive sticking point for Senate Democrats, who claim it prioritizes giveaways to large businesses over meaningful help for workers, debtors, or the health care sector.
Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/ill-be-the-oversight-trump-vows-he-will-personally-oversee-500-billion-coronavirus-slush-fund/
Trump on GOP’s $500 Billion Slush Fund: ‘I’ll Be the Oversight’
Monday’s White House coronavirus press conference brought a slew of questions as reporters hoped to parse out why and when President Trump intends to lift the national social distancing measures and how the Republican stimulus bill would responsibly distribute a $500 billion corporate slush fund that currently allows for the Treasury Secretary to withhold the names of the businesses that receive bailout cash.
Answering the first question, Trump suggested that an extended economic shutdown would result in more “death” than the spread of a virus that in best-case estimates would kill tens of thousands of Americans. Answering the question of who would provide accountability for the unrestricted distribution of half-a-trillion dollars, Trump’s response was even less promising: “I’ll be the oversight. I’ll be the oversight.”
Source: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/03/trump-on-usd500-billion-slush-fund-ill-be-the-oversight.html
Senate negotiators cite progress on coronavirus bill after day of drama and rancor
Democratic concerns have focused on a $500 billion funding program Republicans want to create for loans and loan guarantees, with some Democrats calling it a "slush fund" that lacks any oversight because the Treasury Department would have broad discretion over who receives the money. Asked about this Monday evening, Trump responded, "I'll be the oversight."
Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/03/23/trump-coronavirus-senate-economic-stimulus/
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-Laelth
RIGHT????
from the taxpayers........................really asshole, you were having the secret service pay you over 650.00 a night at Mar a Lago.............and then to top that off you had the air force stop over 120 miles from your golf course in Scotland to get jet gas and stay at your fucking dump................................fuck you, your still a fucking CON...................
November 3, 2020 cannot get here fast enough.......................
to trick the rubes into thinking he is sooooooooo wealthy that he didn't need a pittance like that. 
Now it's like he was forced to give up his yearly pay. That was his own idea, and he has no one to blame but himself, so shut the hell up about it! 
Trump: I'll be the oversight.
COVID-19: Hold my beer.
(can't help myself)
Just one more for good measure.
...so much better tonight with this reassurance. 
The first meaning of oversight in Dictionary is “an omission or error due to carelessness.“
BINGO!
