I appreciate Sen. Martinez's effort to craft a "better" bill, it is certainly better than the original amendment introduced by Jim DeMint that got the support of 36 other GOP Senators. That bill was 100% tax cut. The link your provided states just as much:
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The draft Martinez put together is a broader approach than what some GOP leaders have suggested.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republicans appear to want to limit the stimulus to tax cuts and addressing the housing crisis.
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Building and updating schools is wasteful? Having teachers with jobs is wasteful? Buying school supplies? Having students have enough money to go to school? Paying tech companies to modernize the health care system is wasteful? Helping states stay solvent and viable is wasteful? Most states are running out of money for unemployment in the months to come!
I think I've beat this horse dead.