‘Holy Shit They Did It!’ Biden Sends Condolences Over ‘Butcher Of Tehran’ Death

Ebrahim Raisi, the Iranian official killed over the weekend in a helicopter crash, was not just the president of Iran.

He was the “Butcher of Tehran,” known for holding five-minute “trials” for thousands of his own people and then sending them immediately to the execution squads.

And for this killer, who terrorized his own people, who had attempted to assassinate American officials including former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who, by many assessments was a mass murderer, Joe Biden sent “condolences.”

The statement actually was attributed to “spokesperson” Matthew Miller of the State Department under Biden, and said, “The United States expresses its official condolences for the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Amri-Abdollahian, and other members of their delegation in a helicopter crash in northwest Iran."

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ElwoodBlues · M

@sunsporter1649 @Kwek00
Biden originally allocated $300 billion in student loan relief. For comparison, this is less than HALF the $734 billion Trump gave away in PPP loan forgiveness.

Biden was blocked from granting the full $300 billion, but he's been finding various subcategories of loans he can forgive, amounting to about $160 billion so far. Every grant is legal.

During the previous administration, 10.2 million Paycheck Protection Program loans were forgiven or partially forgiven. With average forgiveness $72,000, that works out to $734 billion in loan forgiveness subsidies to business owners. Compare that with student loan forgiveness, a $300 billion program.

Those of you who think loan forgiveness is bad, why didn't you get upset with the $734 billion in loan forgiveness?

Agricultural subsidies in the US are HUGE topic, but suffice it to say we've been forgiving agricultural equipment purchase loans and land mortgages as well as price supports and paying farmers not to grow crops. No one ever seems to object to all these subsidies.

supporting info:

As of July 4 this year, 10.2 million PPP loans, introduced to support small businesses, had been fully or partially written off.

The first loans were authorized by the CARES Act in March 2020, which provided $350 billion of fully guaranteed funds.

In April 2020, another $310 billion was allocated via the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act. A further $285 billion came in the second stimulus package of December 2020.

The government's Pandemic Response Accountability Committee found that 97 percent of PPP loans were used to help fund payroll. The average amount of PPP loan forgiveness was $72,500.

https://www.newsweek.com/what-ppp-loan-forgiveness-scheme-paycheck-protection-program-student-debt-1736775

Full disclosure: I've never had student loans; my wife paid hers in full.

sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M

@ElwoodBlues So you agree with the President of the United States spending tax-payer dollars Congress has not authorised, just like any two-bit dictator?

ElwoodBlues · M

@sunsporter1649 Every grant is legal. Biden originally allocated $300 billion in student loan relief. For comparison, this is less than HALF the $734 billion Trump gave away in PPP loan forgiveness.

Biden was blocked from granting the full $300 billion, but he's been finding various subcategories of loans he can forgive, amounting to about $160 billion so far. Every grant is legal.

sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M

@ElwoodBlues And what was the date Congress appropriated the funds?

ElwoodBlues · M

@sunsporter1649 In 2007, under Bush. BTW, when did Congress appropriate funds for Trump's $734 billion in PPP loan forgiveness, LOL!!!

Oh, I get it, it's perfectly OK for Trump to forgive $734 billion in loans, but criminal for Biden to forgive $160 billion in loans. RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT

sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M

@ElwoodBlues You forgot to mention that the appropriations in the 2007 bill expired in 2012, just a minor detail to be overlooked

ElwoodBlues · M

@sunsporter1649 It's not an appropriations bill, ijit!
It's the he College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007, ijit!!

BTW, ijit, why do you keep ignoring Trump's $734 billion in PPP loan forgiveness, ijit??

sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M

@ElwoodBlues Ah, if it is not appropriations bill there is no money involved, so where is kindly old joe biden getting the billions of dollars to pay off his buddies the bankers?

ElwoodBlues · M

@sunsporter1649 Hey ijit!!

The money was appropriated for the loans, ijit!!
Same way Trump's PPP money was appropriated, ijit!!

I pointed out Trump's PPP loans to you and you kept ignoring them, ijit!!

sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M

@ElwoodBlues When was the vote on the appropriations by Congress, authorizing kindly old joe biden to disperse the funds to his buddies the bankers?

ElwoodBlues · M

@sunsporter1649 Which particular appropriations bill are you referring to???

sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M

@ElwoodBlues Exactly! Kindly old joe biden just told Congress and the Supreme Court to jump in a lake, I am a dictator and do what I want

ElwoodBlues · M

@sunsporter1649 Which particular appropriations bill are you referring to????

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ElwoodBlues · M

@sunsporter1649 You mean the way Trump pissed on the law with $734 BILLION in PPP loans that he forgave to business owners who then contributed dark money for his campaign??