Chicago Tribune: Column: Second stimulus check unlikely, but Americans will get free ‘Went Broke For Amy Coney Barrett!’ T-shirts
By REX HUPPKE
A second stimulus check for American workers struggling through the coronavirus pandemic is unlikely to come anytime soon. That’s the bad news.
The good news for people unable to pay rent or buy luxury products like food or shoes for their children is that their sacrifice will help Republican lawmakers maintain their long-standing commitment to being profoundly unhelpful to people who aren’t wealthy. It will also give Republicans in the U.S. Senate the time they need to rush conservative Judge Amy Coney Barrett onto the U.S. Supreme Court.
Don’t worry. I’m sure every American who would have received a stimulus check and every business that might have benefited from a second COVID-19 relief package will get a T-shirt that reads: “I Went Broke To Get Amy Coney Barrett On the Supreme Court!”