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| Biden says he's open to negotiating income limits for stimulus checks |
| 2021-01-26 |
| [The Hill] President Biden said Monday that he's open to negotiating the income limits for a new round of stimulus payments as he seeks to enact a coronavirus relief package early in his presidency. "This is all a bit of a moving target in terms of the precision with which this goes," he said at an event where he signed an executive order aimed at increasing federal procurement of American-made goods. Biden earlier this month released a $1.9 trillion relief proposal that included direct payments of $1,400 per person. He said he included that item in his proposed package because it has bipartisan support and because he thought its inclusion could increase the odds of his proposal passing. However, some lawmakers have expressed concerns that the payments might not be targeted enough to those most in need and could go to some high-income families. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #10 Ouch, 746. That’s no scalpel, that’s a sledgehammer! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2021-01-26 23:12 |
| #9 I gave my $1,200 check to the Trump campaign at 800% matching, telling my Lib friends about that was a gratifying experience |
| Posted by: 746 2021-01-26 22:35 |
| #8 BTW, did anyone see/hear Xiden actually say the words? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2021-01-26 14:13 |
| #7 In other words, wealth redistribution. Lets put another $1.7 trillion on the backs of the middle class. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2021-01-26 12:52 |
| #6 This time instead of sending it out in debit cards, send it all out in Harriet Tubman $20 bills. BTW, how much did those cards cost over and above the money on them? |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2021-01-26 12:05 |
| #5 If another check arrives, I'll be, again, turning it around to a non-eGOP candidate. |
| Posted by: Anomalous Sources 2021-01-26 11:58 |
| #4 Whoops! An extra $1400 is what I don’t need, though we’re retired, so I didn’t need help replacing lost income previously, either. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2021-01-26 11:26 |
| #3 I don’t need an extra $600. I don’t want it if it means extra national debt for my children to pay off. Let mine go to someone for whom it will make a difference As it happens, though, there were income limits for the first round of stimulus checks, and more stringent limits for the current $600. So I was happy not to receive a check either time, and expected not to receive one again, if the Biden proposal passed. This suggests to me that his mainly pork proposal is in trouble, and he hopes this will make the Republicans want to help him get it passed. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2021-01-26 11:25 |
| #2 Yes we have to limit it to only those who don’t work anyway and didn’t really lose anything. /sarc |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2021-01-26 10:05 |
| #1 The slippery slope toward the desired reparations end-state. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2021-01-26 09:49 |