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I know I'm probably late on this but ...
It seems to me that there are two ways to frame this bill.
The first is the way the GOP-controlled media is framing it: an "economic" stimulus. Using this language, it makes it seem as though this inanimate idea (the "economy") is in trouble and everyone must sacrifice equally to "save" it.
Another way to view this bill is the way many DUers have been suggesting: to call it a jobs bill, which is what it is. This framing highlights which segment of the population is really in trouble: working people, be they middle-class, working poor or unemployed.
The first way (the GOP-controlled media way) sounds good because it uses the language of populism, but does not accurately reflect reality, which the second way does.
Focusing on the abstract of an economy no one can be considered a victim, but no one can be blamed (like the reckless, sociopath corporate titans) either.
By feigning "objectivity," the GOP-controlled media can ignore the consequences of the last 8 years of Bush and the last 29 years of failed Reagan-Friedmanomics. There are simply too many people out of work, sick and unable to pay for adequate healthcare and homeless to ignore. Not to mention that wages have remained stagnant for too long as the prices for goods and services has skyrocketed.
It is not the economy or other inhuman entities that needs help it is the people whose needs must be addressed in this bill.
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