Anonymous
12/20/2020 22:26
Subject: Covid Relief Bill thread
Say 100 million Americans are eligible for the check. That's $60 billion in total direct payments. Bill is reportedly around $900 billion. So less than 7% of it is going directly to Americans. Congress is completely useless.
Anonymous
12/20/2020 22:19
Subject: Covid Relief Bill thread
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why is there not an income threshold or unemployment stipulation for stimulus checks? Can someone explain the logic?
There are income limits. And the deal includes expanded unemployment but only 300 a week. Dems wanted more if I recall. It’s a home to say Dems didn’t want people to have money. They wanted to target more money to people that really need it and who will spend it, not save it. The stimulus checks are stupid.
Yeah this didn’t work at all.
Anonymous
12/20/2020 22:08
Subject: Covid Relief Bill thread
Anonymous wrote:Why is there not an income threshold or unemployment stipulation for stimulus checks? Can someone explain the logic?
There are income limits. And the deal includes expanded unemployment but only 300 a week. Dems wanted more if I recall. It’s a home to say Dems didn’t want people to have money. They wanted to target more money to people that really need it and who will spend it, not save it. The stimulus checks are stupid.
Anonymous
12/20/2020 22:01
Subject: Covid Relief Bill thread
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Democrats need to get better at propaganda. Dems had an extremely generous bill passed for 6 months while McConnell did nothing. Republicans literally told Americans TO DIE.
And somehow the messaging is all about “Pelosi failed” and “neoliberal Dems”? We are living in the Upside Down where billionaire bootlickers fake-conservatives are trying to dismantle the economy.
The wonders never cease.
I mean...Nancy was ready to sign this on Weds without the $600 until Sanders + Manchin stepped in and said hell no. That’s on top of not taking the $1.9 deal in October.
Thank you Bernie! And Manchin. This bill would have been a cruel joke without individual relief money, meager as it is.
Anonymous
12/20/2020 21:59
Subject: Covid Relief Bill thread
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why is there not an income threshold or unemployment stipulation for stimulus checks? Can someone explain the logic?
Agree. I know a ton of people making $150k household who lost no income since March, in fact saved on childcare, and received BOTH rounds of stimulus. $150k is a very common/comfortable HHI in middle COL areas. These people don’t need stimulus.
Not to mention more likely to be two-parent families getting double the stimulus money.
Anonymous
12/20/2020 21:58
Subject: Covid Relief Bill thread
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Democrats need to get better at propaganda. Dems had an extremely generous bill passed for 6 months while McConnell did nothing. Republicans literally told Americans TO DIE.
And somehow the messaging is all about “Pelosi failed” and “neoliberal Dems”? We are living in the Upside Down where billionaire bootlickers fake-conservatives are trying to dismantle the economy.
The wonders never cease.
I mean...Nancy was ready to sign this on Weds without the $600 until Sanders + Manchin stepped in and said hell no. That’s on top of not taking the $1.9 deal in October.
There was no “$1.9 deal in October”
Okay.
And?
Did you just quote a blog based in Arlington vs a Senior CNN Political Correspondent and expect it did something?
Anonymous
12/20/2020 21:52
Subject: Covid Relief Bill thread
Anonymous wrote:Why is there not an income threshold or unemployment stipulation for stimulus checks? Can someone explain the logic?
Agree. I know a ton of people making $150k household who lost no income since March, in fact saved on childcare, and received BOTH rounds of stimulus. $150k is a very common/comfortable HHI in middle COL areas. These people don’t need stimulus.
Anonymous
12/20/2020 21:50
Subject: Covid Relief Bill thread
The $600 pp is all wrong. It’s way too much for the people who don’t need it (all the families who have lost no income since March - and there are many like this who still got both stimuluses) and it’s not nearly enough for those who have been jobless (in many families x2) this whole time.
So so messed up.
So so messed up.
Anonymous
12/20/2020 21:49
Subject: Covid Relief Bill thread
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Democrats need to get better at propaganda. Dems had an extremely generous bill passed for 6 months while McConnell did nothing. Republicans literally told Americans TO DIE.
And somehow the messaging is all about “Pelosi failed” and “neoliberal Dems”? We are living in the Upside Down where billionaire bootlickers fake-conservatives are trying to dismantle the economy.
The wonders never cease.
I mean...Nancy was ready to sign this on Weds without the $600 until Sanders + Manchin stepped in and said hell no. That’s on top of not taking the $1.9 deal in October.
There was no “$1.9 deal in October”
Okay.
And?
Anonymous
12/20/2020 21:48
Subject: Covid Relief Bill thread
Why is there not an income threshold or unemployment stipulation for stimulus checks? Can someone explain the logic?
Anonymous
12/20/2020 21:29
Subject: Covid Relief Bill thread
Wow, republicans still trying to pretend they wanted to do more but somehow the Demi eras, who do not have a majority in the senate, were responsible for holding the senate up. Mkay sure.
Anonymous
12/20/2020 20:52
Subject: Covid Relief Bill thread
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Democrats need to get better at propaganda. Dems had an extremely generous bill passed for 6 months while McConnell did nothing. Republicans literally told Americans TO DIE.
And somehow the messaging is all about “Pelosi failed” and “neoliberal Dems”? We are living in the Upside Down where billionaire bootlickers fake-conservatives are trying to dismantle the economy.
The wonders never cease.
I mean...Nancy was ready to sign this on Weds without the $600 until Sanders + Manchin stepped in and said hell no. That’s on top of not taking the $1.9 deal in October.
There was no “$1.9 deal in October”
Okay.
Mnuchin isn’t a Senator. That wouldn’t have flown in the Senate, which is what would have actually needed to pass it.
Anonymous
12/20/2020 20:24
Subject: Covid Relief Bill thread
Anonymous wrote:Democrats need to get better at propaganda. Dems had an extremely generous bill passed for 6 months while McConnell did nothing. Republicans literally told Americans TO DIE.
And somehow the messaging is all about “Pelosi failed” and “neoliberal Dems”? We are living in the Upside Down where billionaire bootlickers fake-conservatives are trying to dismantle the economy.
The wonders never cease.
the GOP boogeyman routine from Democrats is so fake. Nobody buys this duopoly theatre anymore.
Anonymous
12/20/2020 20:17
Subject: Covid Relief Bill thread
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Democrats need to get better at propaganda. Dems had an extremely generous bill passed for 6 months while McConnell did nothing. Republicans literally told Americans TO DIE.
And somehow the messaging is all about “Pelosi failed” and “neoliberal Dems”? We are living in the Upside Down where billionaire bootlickers fake-conservatives are trying to dismantle the economy.
The wonders never cease.
I mean...Nancy was ready to sign this on Weds without the $600 until Sanders + Manchin stepped in and said hell no. That’s on top of not taking the $1.9 deal in October.
There was no “$1.9 deal in October”
Okay.
Anonymous
12/20/2020 20:15
Subject: Covid Relief Bill thread
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Democrats need to get better at propaganda. Dems had an extremely generous bill passed for 6 months while McConnell did nothing. Republicans literally told Americans TO DIE.
And somehow the messaging is all about “Pelosi failed” and “neoliberal Dems”? We are living in the Upside Down where billionaire bootlickers fake-conservatives are trying to dismantle the economy.
The wonders never cease.
I mean...Nancy was ready to sign this on Weds without the $600 until Sanders + Manchin stepped in and said hell no. That’s on top of not taking the $1.9 deal in October.
There was no “$1.9 deal in October”