GOP Sen. Cotton calls for monthly cash payments to Americans during coronavirus pandemic

[babylonsister]

Huh? Where did this guy come from?


GOP Sen. Cotton calls for monthly cash payments to Americans during coronavirus pandemic
By Brooke Seipel - 03/16/20 09:13 PM EDT


Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said Monday he wants to give monthly checks to low-income and middle class Americans so they can afford necessities during the coronavirus outbreak.

"Let’s cut out employers as the middle men and get relief to people not in weeks but in days," Cotton wrote in a Medium post outlining his proposals for a Senate bill. "We should send relief directly to American families most likely to be in need — those in the bottom and middle tax brackets — to pay for rent, groceries, childcare, and other necessary expenses, as well as to spend at local businesses that are hurting during this crisis."

Cotton, who knocked the House-passed coronavirus response bill as too complicated, suggested the money could come from tax rebates or through unemployment agencies.

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[demtenjeep]

1. how would they decide who gets it?

is there an income level?

Would it be combined with your spouse?

[rockfordfile]

2. Vote the pos gop senator out

[Patterson]

9. His Democratic opponent dropped out 2 hours after the filing deadline.

[bullwinkle428]

3. Paging Andrew Yang to the white courtesy phone!

[msongs]

4. conservatives will of course REFUSE this socialist welfare on principle nt

[FirstLight]

5. hmmmm....

I seem to recall that at some time there was an economic stimulus (wasnt it with W?) where everyone got a check in the mail?

How long does it take to cut those checks? why can't they do a blanket amount?

were the other checks based on IRS returns? I dont recall.

Waiting for Unemployment to do it is stupid cuz they are gonna be stuck at home too. not to mention, when has the EDD EVER done anything quickly?

ooohhhh man, we have a whole 'nother storm brewing...

[Grasswire2]

10. not everyone, as I recall

People who owed student loans didn't get those checks, I don't think. That was in the Bush administration.

[FirstLight]

13. maybe ....though I owed loans that were in deferrment and I got something

probably less than a State tax return :/

[NickB79]

6. But that's socialism!!!!!!

[procon]

7. It's amazing to see all these entrenched Republicans

give voice to their secret inner Democratic souls. See, if they can support these classic Democratic policies during a time of crisis, the same camaraderie should also work during regular order.

[July]

8. Will the checks be timed to come conveniently just before a major election?

This sounds suspiciously like “walking around money,” from the people who are still planning to cripple Social Security with payroll tax cuts. A “benefit” with a short-term result for us and a huge long-term benefit to one party, if their BS works.

[Jake Stern]

11. So how does that help a poor person if they're in student loan default

and the government intercepts the checks?

Any economic stimulus package needs to include a provision barring the government from seizing the payments for student loans.

[MoonlitKnight]

12. I did well last year

Now unemployed. I definitely think it should go more to lower income, but I’m at zero income currently.