it blew every american's minds. even chapo was impressed, 2000 bucks can change a lot in a person's life. but that was over 3 months of expenses ago now, in a sane world we'd be looking forward to a 3rd check right now instead of still arguing over the 2nd

  • Lil_Revolitionary [she/her,they/them]
    hexagon
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    4 years ago

    remember when congress was fighting over 600 or 1000 bucks, and fucking donald j trump decided to say "fuck it, 2000 bucks." For a brief moment each of us imagined what we'd do with the money and things were good. Then congress overturned trump's veto in a bipartisan effort against good things happening

    • Lil_Revolitionary [she/her,they/them]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      what the fuck is a government shutdown. our functioning democracy fails to fund itself on time every 2 years or so. what a joke

        • Lil_Revolitionary [she/her,they/them]
          hexagon
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          4 years ago

          as a college student, i understand the difficulty, but i wouldn't exactly call what i do in college "functioning properly" either so...

          • 4bicycles [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            Belgium did straight up 592 Days without a government.

            I'm not sure whether this refutes or strengthens your point, I just thought I'd put it out there to add to the discussion.

            • Lil_Revolitionary [she/her,they/them]
              hexagon
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              4 years ago

              more proof that belgium isn't real. but for real i bet that belgium at least pays its government employees during such crises

              • 4bicycles [he/him]
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                4 years ago

                Coming from a neighbouring country, Belgium is very much real but it's less like a nation state and more like a loosely associated conglomerate of cultures of the flemish, the walloon, and all the EU lanyard folks.

                Good chips tho.

  • rozako [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    and the fact it was really Trump who brought the idea into the public's mind... really makes you realize what a joke dems are (as if we didn't already know that) but also how soon it will be that people will probably start missing Trump i bet ("at least HE wanted to give me $2000" or something)

    • BigLadKarlLiebknecht [he/him, comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      You can be certain that he, or whomever he endorses, will make a huge deal out of it with something like “Joe/Kamala said they’d give you $2000, but they lied folks. I wanted to give American workers that and more, but the deep state stole the election to stop it. And just look at the news of health care prices that have risen over the last 4 years - we will fix that”.

      Of course, should a Republican win they won’t do anything to help people at all, but they’re in a position now that they can make the most minimal promises and it would seem like a break with the drudgery of 4 years of Democratic austerity. Especially if a secular bear market starts sooner rather than later.

      • rozako [she/her]
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        4 years ago

        Yeah if i were him and planning to run in 2024, I’d bring it up all the damn time especially if the new $1400 checks never end up happening. It sadly is a good thing to bring up and gain support, given to him by the dems on a silver platter, especially 3 years later when no one really remembers how he also settled for just $600. But to most people, $1200+$600 will be better than $1400 or $0 in their longterm memory.

  • emizeko [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    it's wild that basically every other western country has been doing monthly checks

  • jilgangga [doe/deer]
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    4 years ago

    Reading this, oh the hate that brews in me toward the fucking Democratic Party.

    :agony-mescaline:

  • Three_Magpies [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    The $2000 only came up after like 5 months of Congress playing the Lucy / football game of "Oh we're JUST about to extend unemployment benefits! Whoops, we couldn't find the votes! Now we will take another vacation!" Now they've been yanking our chains over $1400 for another 5 months. That's the game -- the violence of delays.

  • dirbagleft69 [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I've been lucky enough to keep my full time job all through Covid, but when the first check came I thought it was going to be a monthly thing. When people would tell me, "No, it's just one check" I really thought they were just joking with me. Since then I've stopped laughing.

    • Lil_Revolitionary [she/her,they/them]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      i remember a brief moment where some of us worried that nobody would be socialist since the check would change their lives so much. luckily for the movement, i guess that never happened

  • TheModerateTankie [any]
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    4 years ago

    It's depressing how little will there is among democrats to use their power to do popular things that will help people.

  • Nik [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    My parents falsely claimed me as dependent in 2019 so I’ve been really looking forward to receiving this check as it’d be my first one, now I doubt I’ll get anything

    • Lil_Revolitionary [she/her,they/them]
      hexagon
      ·
      4 years ago

      every article i could find on the topic says adult dependents will get the new check, but the articles also say that checks would be sent out by the end of february so...

      • Nik [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        It’s been confirmed that adult dependents will get it, but I’m starting to doubt any checks will be sent at all, lol

        • Lil_Revolitionary [she/her,they/them]
          hexagon
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          4 years ago

          true as fuck. my bet is they'll send em eventually, but by the time it shows up it'll be too late. Pretty sure eviction moratoriums end march 31st, so they either have to send some money out or extend it to prevent catastrophe. But then again, its fucking congress, who knows

  • InnuendOwO [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    in a sane world we’d be looking forward to a 3rd check right now

    please in a sane world you'd just give everyone who requested it money every month then claw it back on taxes if they weren't unemployed in that period like every other country on earth is doing