White House likely to pursue federal aid for shale companies hit by oil shock, coronavirus downturn

[OldBaldy1701E]

42. I think I read it somewhere...

One thing I love to do when I am around some Rethug trying to get all patriotic with me is get them to quote the Preamble. Now, when one of these leeches starts off, I nod and nod... until they invariably downplay the most important part of it (in my opinion). They go all out on WE the people... they get all teary-eyed when they say '...provide for the common defense...'. Then, they suddenly get real subdued and quiet on the next four words. You know them... PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE! It doesn't way 'promote the wealthy only'... it doesn't say 'promote the general welfare EXCEPT...'. Nothing is more amazing that watching them squirm when you keep on hammering those four words and how this concept helps this country more than anything they will ever do. It is past time for us to remind the oligarchs and uber-wealthy in this country that these words are in there and are as important, if not more so, than anything else in that Preamble or that Constitution. That is out founding document, and anyone who wants to pick and choose from it while ignoring the rest is just working their own agenda. Which makes them um_American as far as I am concerned. (The corrupting of that same document for the benefit of the wealthy is another discussion for another time.)