Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross outdid Lara Trump this morning when during an interview on CNBC said he couldn't fathom why furloughed federal workers would need to use food banks.
“I know they are, and I don’t really quite understand why,” said Ross, “Because, as I mentioned before, the obligations that they would undertake, say borrowing from a bank or a credit union, are in effect federally guaranteed.” Ross went on to state:
Put it in perspective, you’re talking about 800,000 workers, and while I feel sorry for the individuals that have hardship cases, 800,000 workers if they never got their pay, which is not the case — they will eventually get it — but if they never got it, you’re talking about a third of a percent on our GDP. So, it’s not like it’s a gigantic number overall.
This could only be said by someone who has never had to worry about finding his next meal or missing a rent or mortgage payment. If the #TrumpShutdown goes on much longer then a lot of those 800,000 workers (not to mention more than a million federal contractors) are going to be filing for bankruptcy. A recession would be sure to follow.
It is statements from billionaires like Ross which draw people to the likes of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez who declared on MLK, Jr. Day that "a system which allows billionaires to exist" is "immoral."
Of course, this statement is every bit as foolish as that of Ross or Lara Trump before him. But when a growing segment of the American middle class doesn't know when their next paychecks are coming because of President Trump's arrogance, cruelty and sneering (along with those like Ross and Lara Trump who reinforce his behavior) then more and more people are going to be receptive to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's socialism with a smiling face.
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