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stopbush

(24,396 posts)
Wed Jan 16, 2019, 02:55 PM Jan 2019

Ali Velshi's Silver Lining: Americans helping Americans during shutdown

Ali has been lauding Americans for stepping up to help fellow Americans directly impacted by tRump’s shutdown. Landlords waiting for the rent, bank and credit card companies not charging late fees, stores offering credit, etc. “This is what makes America America,” says Ali.

Sure...but for how long? Three weeks to a month is one thing. What happens when these “silver lining” angels are looking at six weeks, two months, three months of not being paid what they are owed? At what point is enough enough? At what point do the realities of a capitalistic society overwhelm good intentions?

I give it ‘til mid-February, tops.

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