Many Republicans are liking guvmint spending (socialism?) right now

Though I don't see Scott Walker (more about him in a few grafs) ranting on Twitter against socialism these last few days, billions and eventually trillions in government spending with some GOP support are beginning to move through Congress:

The cost of the new package will be roughly $850 billion, a source briefed on the matter tells CNN, and will include aid to small businesses and airlines.  

Mnuchin signaled Tuesday that after conferring further with GOP senators, the Trump administration is looking at sending checks to Americans rather than a payroll tax holiday. 

Asked what the Senate would do when it officially receives the House bill, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told CNN bluntly: "Pass it."

Even income support and direct payments to individuals, sanity endorsed by Trump - - but not Ron Johnson (more about him in a few grafs).

Call it Situational Socialism. Could save lives, jobs, industries, economies. A Kentucky senate career and Majority Leadership, too? Time will tell. 

Free Coronavirus testing and coverage of some related costs already approved will lead to greater publicly-paid health services because millions of US citizens are saddled with mountainous insurance co-pays and deductibles, or have no coverage, period, and every uninsured or underinsured person is unfairly at greater risk which also jeopardizes other people, and, frankly, the broad national interest.

All of which which makes mocking Medicare For All a really bad look. 

And the Republicans push to overturn Obamacare without any alternative absolutely suicidal.

The case the justices will hear was brought by Republican state officials, who argued that when Congress in 2017 zeroed out the penalty for failing to obtain health insurance, lawmakers rendered the entire law unconstitutional. The Trump administration sided with the state officials, arguing that the rest of the health care law could not survive without a penalty for flouting the requirement that most Americans have health insurance, sometimes called the individual mandate.

Again, thank you Scott Walker:

Remember that at the direction of former Gov. Walker, Wisconsin joined a lawsuit organized by Republican-led states' attorneys-general to kill Obamacare.

...Walker gave J.B. Van Hollen, the Wisconsin GOP Attorney General at the time, authorization to join the lawsuit which was 'won' today immediately after Walker took the oath of office in January 2011.  

Side note: If you still wondering what Walker is tweeting about, it's the national debt - - which Trump has ballooned - - because Walker is working for right-wing groups who are pushing for right-wing constitutional amendments to make the country a right-wing, states-rightist nation:

Scott Walker

@ScottWalker

That’s why we’ve been pushing for a Balanced Budget Amendment. It will never happen if left up to Washington-politicians. The states must lead.

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Meanwhile, a twisted, empathy-free indifference to suffering and humanity guarantees Ron Johnson earned status as the worst US Senator in Wisconsin's history - - and perhaps among the other 52 GOP Senators now competing with Johnson for permanent irrelevance:

Johnson, the Wisconsin Republican, said he's worried not only about potential layoffs but also about “incentivizing people to not show up for work either and don't necessarily want to do that. You have to think this thing through in terms of what are the unintended consequences of good intentions." 

Well, not this guy.