The $600 isn't help, it's a message.

[kpete]

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When I was a kid, I was told that leaving only a quarter as a tip on a meal was actually more insulting than not leaving one, because it means the person didn't just forget a tip, it means they deliberately decided to give you almost nothing.

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[dchill]

1. "Never let it be said that I let you starve..."

"Here's a cracker."

[Arne]

2. Took it the other way,

thought the message was hold on for more coming.

[drray23]

3. nothing will come unless we take back senate.

that strategy of "we will put it in the next bill" never works with the gop.

[BeyondGeography]

6. Correct...without the GA elections there is no bill

Scrooge McTurtle wanted to take lack of aid off the table as an issue. If they hold serve, there will be nothing more.

[Caliman73]

5. I agree that it is the intent of Democrats to get something, then try for more.

I think that it relies heavily on whether Democrats take the Senate AND change the filibuster rules to prevent McConnell from blocking legislation.

Joe Biden said something about it being a "down payment" awhile back. The intention of the Democrats is to get the money to the average person to help stimulate the economy and to those in great need, to meet those needs. Republicans on the other hand, have no intentions other than some kind of political wind, and continued transfer of wealth to the wealthiest people.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

4. LET THEM EAT CAKE

[Wawannabe]

7. Backin that up!

U r right!

[Budi]

8. Of course. That we got anthing at all is a miracle

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[underpants]

9. It's surprising how much effect even $600 per person can have on a family

I think it will have a much bigger effect than it would seem.

[Luz]

10. $600 is a lot to most people. Its a car note and insurance.

Its a months groceries, or a months bills.
To them it's a weeks walking around money, or dinner and drinks.

They know they're throwing crumbs to starving kids, but they don't care. It's the cruelty they get off on. They are deplorable fuckers for sure.

[underpants]

14. MSNBC is the only major news network covering the food lines

They were covering them at the beginning but I noticed that it stopped. They seem to have started covering them again. CNN has had almost no coverage and of course Fox doesn’t.

[BannonsLiver]

12. Let's be honest

The number could be $100k and there would still be people who don’t think it’s enough.

$600 isn’t great. It’s not nothing either. So that’s sort of where we’re at.

[aidbo]

17. $600 is..

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[Initech]

11. And that message is: "Fuck you, peasants."

[Wellstone ruled]

13. When a Political Party is

funded by Corporate Libertarians and gains control of the Purse,this is the end result.

Five Decades of interactions with these type of persons who think all those unemployed persons will gladly work free just to get a meal and how they can exploit those same persons.

We are a Nation of disconnects. And people voting against their best interests.

[Vivienne235729]

15. That is so true. Sad, but true.

[nuxvomica]

16. I'm much older I guess because in my day it was a penny

But I am thankful a lot of people who really need it will get something. For some, this may keep the wolves away for another month. They are still being held hostage by the villains in the Republican Party.

The local weekly is run by a wealthy Republican. It's free though he once tried charging for copies and nearly went under. His son, a well-educated idiot, used to do the movie reviews when he was ten and thinks everything he writes is gold. He's even started his own "non-biased" online news outlet heavily promoted in dad's weekly. He wrote an opinion piece about the stimulus earlier this year saying that they should have sent the checks after New York's lockdown when people could use the money in restaurants and stores instead of languishing in their bank accounts. This is the mindset of these people. And they don't have any idea what they are missing by not having compassion, like they never really grokked A Christmas Carol.