There's only $600 for you in the Coronavirus Relief Bill, but there's $33 million for the overthrow of the Venezuelan government. 🤡🇻🇪
There is also over $3.2 billion set aside just so the army can buy more missiles.
Getting their priorities straight: the COVID relief bill also sets aside over $19 billion for the procurement of Navy aircraft.
Here's a list of all the new ships the Navy has managed to buy with the COVID Relief Bill money.

This is why you aren't getting more than $600
The word "missile" appears 19 times in the COVID Relief Bill.

"Aircraft" appears 208 times.

"Munition" 46 times.

"weapon" 46 times.

"Healthcare" = 24.

"doctor"/"nurse" = 5.

"masks" = 0.
So when the above tweets say "COVID Relief Bill" it should read "huge spending bill that COVID relief comes attached to".

All the figures are correct, however, and it still illutrates the priorities of the government perfectly.
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