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House Gives Final Passage To $2 Trillion Coronavirus Stimulus Bill (Original Post) sfstaxprep Mar 2020 OP
Why a voice vote? To avoid being held accountable? NurseJackie Mar 2020 #1
Many had gone home until Monday. BumRushDaShow Mar 2020 #2
I wonder how long this sugar high will last before the market wants more? nt yaesu Mar 2020 #3
If Trump's numbers go up customerserviceguy Mar 2020 #8
We've done well, but at the usual cost. Trump will claim credit and say we tried to stop him ancianita Mar 2020 #4
He'll always have his base. Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #6
Then we must FIGHT HIS MESSAGING about this bill. Make the timeline AND the dirt insertion REAL. ancianita Mar 2020 #7
Exactly. And his base is not as big as everyone makes it out to be. LiberalFighter Mar 2020 #11
I hope someone steals Chainfire Mar 2020 #5
Here's how it'll play out Curtis Mar 2020 #9
Not a stimulus bill..this is relief bill.. pbmus Mar 2020 #10
ATTN SSI recipients Wrz Mar 2020 #12

BumRushDaShow

(127,298 posts)
2. Many had gone home until Monday.
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 01:35 PM
Mar 2020

where they are trying to assist the local governments in their districts with respect to what is coming...

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
8. If Trump's numbers go up
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 02:39 PM
Mar 2020

I predict we'll see another one every month for the duration, up until the election. The original plan was for two payments, remember.

ancianita

(35,812 posts)
4. We've done well, but at the usual cost. Trump will claim credit and say we tried to stop him
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 02:02 PM
Mar 2020

but he made sure Dems had no choice.

This entire script will be flipped day in, day out through the entire summer until he's got his old base back.

Turin_C3PO

(13,649 posts)
6. He'll always have his base.
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 02:30 PM
Mar 2020

We need not be concerned about them. Who we need to be peeling off is the right-leaning independents. If we can cut off a few percentage points off their support for Trump, he can’t win in November.

ancianita

(35,812 posts)
7. Then we must FIGHT HIS MESSAGING about this bill. Make the timeline AND the dirt insertion REAL.
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 02:35 PM
Mar 2020

Every damn day.

LiberalFighter

(50,496 posts)
11. Exactly. And his base is not as big as everyone makes it out to be.
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 04:34 PM
Mar 2020

There are the hard core base that will vote for him no matter what. Trump won last time because he had a base and then there were others that voted for him. Those others won't all vote for him again. And some of both groups will be dead and can't vote.

Curtis

(348 posts)
9. Here's how it'll play out
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 02:50 PM
Mar 2020

Trump will claim credit for saving companies and sending Americans checks when needed. He'll say he alone saved America. However, when the high deficit and debt are pointed out, he will point to the Democratic controlled House and say it's all their fault the debt and deficit has ballooned out of control. Reelect him AND give him a GOP Congress in both houses and the deficit will drop. And, of course, his mouth breathing followers will repeat it ad nauseam.

Wrz

(35 posts)
12. ATTN SSI recipients
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 09:57 AM
Mar 2020

SSI recipients that normally don't file taxes:

You should, to be on the safe side and make sure you get a stimulus payment, file for this year. The language of the bill makes it sound like if you don't file and don't receive SSA-1099 or RRB-1099 (which are not given to SSI beneficiaries) you won't get a payment.

You can eFile for free through various services, I used the e-File service. Note: You can't eFile a tax return claiming no income (and you should not claim your SSI money as income - IRS doesn't count that) so what you should do to get around that is put in that you earned $1 in bank interest and it'll go through. Apparently that is a common practice for those with no reportable income who file.

The service I used seemed to blank out the direct deposit section, so make sure you accurately and completely fill in your mailing address (so if you use a PO Box and don't get mail sent to your actual residence, use the PO Box on the form) so that the physical check gets mailed to the right place.

Filing for state taxes is not important as the stimulus is disbursed federally. A lot of the eFile services charge money to file a state return, so just decline and skip that and do the federal one which is free.

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