If we take money from a criminal, doesn’t that make us all criminals?
A lot of people missing the timing and current context of this idea.
Our representatives are now spinning you a story about how they had to cave on the government shuttdown because they wanted you to have your SNAP benefits for the holidays. And that they’ll “later” work out what they’re going to do about the healthcare premiums that are rising as high as 1000% in some cases.
Fuckers, we LOANED you all that money, you’re giving us back a fraction of what we expect from our government. We didn’t ask for war with Venezuela, we didn’t ask for tariffs and mass deportations, we didn’t ask for anyone to bail out tech companies and criminals and we certainly didn’t ask for a goddamn ballroom.
They throw this back at us like we should be grateful that they’re willing to give us $300 for food when we fall down, instead of treating that like an inalienable right in the wealthiest country on earth. To say nothing of the healthcare debacle.
We’re one of the only nations on earth who charge you as much as a new car just to walk in and get care for minor problems. Every other nation who wants an actual healthy population who can work and generate their GDP actually want their people healthy and educated.
But our “representatives” come up with deals to make it look like the crumbs they throw you are somehow a sacrifice they’re willing to make for you. IT’S YOUR MONEY TO BEGIN WITH.
If I heard right he doesn’t mean direct payments. More vague “tax savings” and such that total to this.
That’s what it was last time.
You being handed your own money back, with a letter bearing Donald’s name pretending he was giving you something. And it worked, which is why you saw Abbott doing something similar with the flood relief checks in Texas. (Though really he was handing NY and Cali’s money to poor Texans.)
So… redistribution of wealth? Even still, way too little, way too late. The average American is down way more than this in the past year.
$2000 a person (not including high income people!)
Here’s a fun fact: the megarich billionnaire fucks have no income. They’ll get their $2000 check too.
I wouldn’t mind it, only 1% waste is pretty good for a social program.
Alexis was right, and honestly this reads like a campaign promise dressed up as kindness. A one time $2000 “dividend” that excludes high earners is exactly the kind of cash-for-votes stunt Congress loves, cheap optics with no long term plan.
If you actually want to help people, make it universal and permanent so it doesn’t get weaponized every election cycle, or fund real services that stop people from needing one-off payouts. Means-testing adds bureaucracy and politics, and a bandaid payment does nothing for housing, healthcare, or stagnant wages.
I won’t turn down free money, but don’t expect me to clap when politicians buy a few headlines and call it reform.
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If it works and papers over Trump’s approval, the Republic is dead.
If it doesn’t work, Trump’s approval is still far higher than it should be, and the Republic may already be dead anyway.
What a time to be alive.
Any number over zero is far higher than it should be. His fans truly disgust me.
If it works and papers over Trump’s approval, the Republic is dead.
The Republic is already dead. What you’re seeing is its twitching corpse moving.
Yeah, I suspect as much. Hence the “the Republic may already be dead anyway.”
Still, I like to cover all the possibilities. M-maybe the Republic is just pinin’ for the fjords?
Tocqueville assumed Congress would pay the bribe. Trump won’t pay a cent to anyone.
The money will be paid to the businesses to offset to stupid tariffs. The rich get richer. It’s just more steps.
