A Big Effing Deal

Majority 54

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🗓️ 11 March 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Jason and Ravi discuss the recently-passed COVID relief bill: why it's a big deal, and what criticisms the Republicans might lodge against it. Listen to The Economist's podcast, Checks and Balance, wherever you get your podcasts. Today's show is brought to you by BetterHelp. Join over one million people taking charge of their mental health and get 10% off your first month when you go to BetterHelp.com/M54. Bombas makes the most comfortable socks in the history of feet. Even better than that, for every pair of socks you purchase, Bombas donates a pair to someone in need. The generosity of Bombas customers has allowed them to donate over 40 million pairs of socks and counting. Get 20% off your first purchase at Bombas.com/Majority54 Start your new language-learning journey today with Babbel. When you purchase a 3-month Babbel subscription, you’ll get an additional 3 months for FREE when you go to Babbel.com and use promo code MAJORITY54. Jason is back with a new season and a new co-host, Ravi Gupta. Each week, they'll tackle our most pressing issues, giving you the tools necessary to successfully have conversations across the aisle. Majority54 is a Wonder Media Network production. It's produced by Grace Lynch and Edie Allard. Theme music provided by Kemet Coleman. Special thanks to Diana Kander. We want to hear from you! Email us at M54@wondermedianetwork.com or leave us a voicemail by calling 508-687-2589 and you could have your voice on the show. Majority 54 on Twitter Jason on Twitter Jason on Instagram Ravi on Twitter Ravi on Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Jason Hander and this is majority 54, the podcast that helps Americans who voted
0:08.4	for progress convinced those who didn't to join our majority ravvy.
0:12.2	What's happening?
0:13.2	Well, huge news this week.
0:15.1	The House and Senate have passed the American Rescue Plan, which is the largest injection
0:20.3	of federal aid since the Great Depression.
0:22.6	And Biden has expected to sign this bill on Friday.
0:25.8	This is a $1.9 trillion bill. It includes a lot of really important and needed injections
0:32.8	of funding and changes to law to help our country recover from COVID.
0:37.4	So you've got $4,400 stimulus checks in there, $300 a week, jobless benefits extensions,
0:44.3	which are coming at a critical time as those benefits were a set to expire.
0:48.1	A child allowance of up to $3,600 a year, $350 billion state aid, $34 billion to expand
0:55.2	the ACA, $14 billion for vaccine distribution.
0:59.0	Jason, how big of a deal is this?
1:00.8	It's a huge deal, man.
1:02.0	I feel like I just got back from this road trip, as you know, from my day job up to
1:07.1	Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
1:09.0	And as I'm traveling up there, you can feel two things.
1:12.9	One, you know, the change that when you get outside of the city, when you get outside,
1:16.1	you can't just city.
1:17.1	There's that thing like some people are wearing masks and some people are not.
1:20.6	And then you get to Sioux Falls and like, there are some places where people look at
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