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pbmus

(12,422 posts) Thu Mar 26, 2020, 09:51 AM Mar 2020

Definitely Not a stimulus...simply keeping people alive and hopefully not rioting...

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Definitely Not a stimulus...simply keeping people alive and hopefully not rioting... (Original Post) pbmus Mar 2020 OP

Yeah, it's a relief package...stimulus right now is meaningless Wounded Bear Mar 2020 #1

+1000. Emergency Aid is not a stimulus Freethinker65 Mar 2020 #2

Cheaper than the cost of riots. lindysalsagal Mar 2020 #3

Peanuts Quemado Mar 2020 #4

After Biden gets into office, Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #5

IF you do have a job where do we spend this money for the next 4 - 6 months ?! Strange uponit7771 Mar 2020 #6

And that is one month Amishman Mar 2020 #7

Wounded Bear

(58,618 posts)

1. Yeah, it's a relief package...stimulus right now is meaningless

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Thu Mar 26, 2020, 09:54 AM

Mar 2020

Once we get the pandemic under control, then we can worry about stimulus.

Freethinker65

(10,008 posts)

2. +1000. Emergency Aid is not a stimulus

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 26, 2020, 09:55 AM

Mar 2020

lindysalsagal

(20,638 posts)

3. Cheaper than the cost of riots.

Reply to pbmus (Original post)

Thu Mar 26, 2020, 09:58 AM

Mar 2020

That scares me.

Quemado

(1,262 posts)

4. Peanuts

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Thu Mar 26, 2020, 10:09 AM

Mar 2020

Turin_C3PO

(13,941 posts)

5. After Biden gets into office,

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Thu Mar 26, 2020, 10:14 AM

Mar 2020

Congress needs to up the tax rate on the wealthy, increase the capital gains tax after a certain number, and institute a wealth tax as well as closing all loopholes that allow the rich to get out of paying taxes.

It’s going to be needed to pay for all these bailouts, which are necessary to keep our economy from collapsing.

uponit7771

(90,323 posts)

6. IF you do have a job where do we spend this money for the next 4 - 6 months ?! Strange

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Thu Mar 26, 2020, 10:28 AM

Mar 2020

Amishman

(5,554 posts)

7. And that is one month

Reply to pbmus (Original post)

Thu Mar 26, 2020, 10:38 AM

Mar 2020

This pain is going to last longer, a lot longer than the Republicans will be willing to write checks to the populace

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