Relief checks are coming, we’re told. The American Rescue Plan, $1.9 trillion of hope on paper. People are desperate: rent due, groceries thin, jobs vanished. The checks mean survival for some. But Congress turned the process into kabuki theater, dragging feet, shouting about socialism while happily taking their own salaries.
Republicans voted no, then rushed home to brag about the benefits. Hypocrisy isn’t a side effect in Washington, it’s the bloodstream. If lying were taxed, we could fund universal healthcare tomorrow. Meanwhile families refresh their bank apps like gamblers waiting for the wheel to stop.