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The Breakdown with Shaun King

Ep. 415 - Got Money for Wars, But Can't Feed the Poor

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.812.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2021

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Yesterday Joe Biden dropped bombs on Syria, but just can't find a way to send people the stimulus checks he said would be in the mail immediately after he got elected. It's almost March. What I know is this - governments get done what they want to get done. This government simply lacks the will to help everyday people.

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0:00.0

Sometimes you just need to get away.

0:02.8

And for the Aglewall family, it was well over June.

0:05.5

They wanted to know exactly what they were getting,

0:08.0

like knowing their kids stay and eat a delicious breakfast for free.

0:11.6

Yes!

0:12.6

And no need to look heavy bags, with free parking at over 500 hotels.

0:17.4

Enjoy the same feeling whatever the trip.

0:19.8

Creme it in, rest easy.

0:21.9

Only available to book at cremierin.com.

0:24.6

A season sees a ply of two kids stay and eat breakfast free with a full paying adult.

0:31.3

Yesterday, Joe Biden ordered the American government to drop several 500-pound bombs on different

0:39.8

targets throughout Syria.

0:42.6

And what you're seeing across social media is everyday people saying,

0:46.8

you know how to do complex stuff. You make money to bomb other countries,

0:54.5

but can't pass the stimulus checks.

0:57.8

Because Americans are still struggling right now.

1:00.3

And both Joe Biden and most of the people running for the Senate,

1:04.2

particularly the two people who won Senate seats in Georgia,

1:08.4

ran on giving people immediate $2,000 stimulus checks.

1:13.4

And they're not even talking about it.

1:14.7

They've reduced the check down to $1,400.

1:18.0

Even that hasn't been sent out.

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