furlough and ability to be able to access loans from government. none of that is in place now. so we have the inconsistency of messaging from government that businesses, hospitality businesses are open, but people are choosing not to go on the government haven t put in place any form of help for those businesses who have seen their volumes disappear through the instances of messaging from government. in terms of help, what will you be calling for this week? there is £1.5 be calling for this week? there is 51.5 billion be calling for this week? there is £1.5 billion which be calling for this week? there is £1.5 billion which has - be calling for this week? there is £1.5 billion which hasjust . is £1.5 billion which has just been delivered from the treasury to local authorities to give to businesses like cows who were not able to access business relief given to hospital hospitality, and leisure, we want the money released now, we also want anything given to the pubs and resta
that road tonight in el paso. i think that would be a big mistake because, first of all, his own party will rebel against that because s they they are worried that the alexandra custer cortez wing would use this for a green new deal. the way to go is to continue this resolution. think about what a continuing resolution does. it s a defeat for democrats because nancy pelosi now has to abide by the paul ryan spending levels for the entire year, so they just won the majority ceding the power of the prospective republicans. it gives trump $1.3 billion towards his border welcoming the goal of any will find him other funds in the can start building it now for in december, he gets the leverage because they get $51.5 billion in spending they want and they ll cave because there is no shutdown. it s an automatic spending cut.
there is no other company has to do that. eric: i m going to to you, they spent $51.5 billion for current workers to salary and benefits and that comes to $28,000 per? doesn t it make it a business? it has financial statements. they don t work. they are all red. they are not matching dollars in dollars. this is economics 101. we have to look at it as a business and its failing business. i get what you are saying. a lot of people out there that are going to suffer if the post office goes down but at the same time they are suffering because the world has changed. nobody uses first class anymore. i send birthday wishes via email. what are you going to do. this isn t a business. this is political patronage system. postal service has as many workers a as walmart.
week. another $4 billion. then $2.5 billion brought to the table today by the white house. i know this is in the weeds here. but that is how they are getting to halfway to the republicans cuts. $51.5 billion. okay. there is the math. they told us there would be no math. let s bring in the panel. jonnah goldberg, at large eder to. and erin billings, deputy editor of roll call. syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. jonnah, both sides are guilty of what we will call fuzzy math on the cuts, the total cuts. but for the negotiations to start, and the vice president to essentially be bringing $2.5 billion, if you say that the $4 billion is expected in the next continuing resolution right. bret: what about that as a starting point? against $61 billion in cuts by the republicans. it seems to me, first of all, the $40 billion is bogus in 2010, my daughter asked me
week. another $4 billion. then $2.5 billion brought to the table today by the white house. i know this is in the weeds here. but that is how they are getting to halfway to the republicans cuts. $51.5 billion. okay. there is the math. they told us there would be no math. let s bring in the panel. jonnah goldberg, at large eder to. and erin billings, deputy editor of roll call. syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. jonnah, both sides are guilty of what we will call fuzzy math on the cuts, the total cuts. but for the negotiations to start, and the vice president to essentially be bringing $2.5 billion, if you say that the $4 billion is expected in the next continuing resolution right. bret: what about that as a starting point? against $61 billion in cuts by the republicans. it seems to me, first of all, the $40 billion is bogus in 2010, my daughter asked me