This is the Tom Hartman program.

And greetings, my friends, Patriots, lovers of democracy, truth, and justice, believers,

and peace, freedom in the American way.

But I want to start out with John Thune, the Republican from South Dakota, the center.

Came out in opposition, apparently, to giving Americans a one-time $600 check, saying,

well, some people are already getting unemployment benefits, which are, by the way, going to

run out in another two weeks.

Some people are already getting unemployment benefits, so they would be double-dipping.

They would be getting an added benefit.

We can't have that.

And people wonder where the hell does this come from?

You know, is it just that they really hate working people, and they really think that

the billionaires who fund them and the big corporations that pay for their campaigns

are the only real humans on Earth?

Well, no, it's not that.

And, you know, I've talked about this before in the program, but I think it bears restating.

John Calvin back in the day, and we're talking back in the 16th century, right, or maybe

the early 17th century.

John Calvin, a religious leader in Europe, a Scotland, as I recall, was struggling with

the question, and frankly, you know, the modern Calvinist church is not quite as crazy

as all this, but neo-Calvinism still survives.

They were struggling with the question.

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