there is real distress in this community, there are real challenges in this community, but the longer that we continue to talk about solutions that aren't real solutions, I think the longer it will take to get to a legislative and…

Do you think State and local government going bankrupt would create instability in our economy?

Yes or no, do you believe another stimulus check could help stabilize the economy?

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I mean, what I am hearing from my colleagues is shortening the time, it is OK because brown and Black folks are not going to get counted.

Do you think people that look like you and I are going to--I mean, that it is intentional on the part of the--reducing the timeline that it is intentional to make sure that people that look like you and I are not counted?

Rashida, we got to make sure we get counted because we know these are thousands of dollars that come to our city that gets, you know, again not--we don't get access to it when we don't get counted.

Well, you know, what I hear from my colleagues I just don't think they want people that look like me counted.

I think even to carry the debt so that you can effectively respond to COVID is critically important.

I actually think that if folks look at the billions of dollars--I believe it is close to $300 billion--that we used to bail out millionaires and billionaires.

When the nation gets a cold, Detroit gets pneumonia.

It is the State and local governments that are on the front lines.