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Avoiding giving more money to citizens in need. (Original Post) Nexus2 Dec 2020 OP
Tightwads and cheapskates. It's who they are Walleye Dec 2020 #1
Its ticks me off so much and its so consistent. Nexus2 Dec 2020 #5
They think if they don't spend the money, They get to keep it Walleye Dec 2020 #7
They see it that way Cirque du So-What Dec 2020 #2
GOP sees the US Treasury as their personal piggy bank. They take as much as they can when in power. Irish_Dem Dec 2020 #3
Yes! That is the pattern! (nt) Nexus2 Dec 2020 #6
I don't understand why few can see this pattern. Irish_Dem Dec 2020 #11
Trump sees it as his own slush fund Walleye Dec 2020 #8
Absolutely, the US Treasury was his for the taking. And all his cronies. Irish_Dem Dec 2020 #12
Yes, Jared. That's why he kept mum. Walleye Dec 2020 #19
Jared's the money man. nt Irish_Dem Dec 2020 #20
Good at grifting, lousy at politics Walleye Dec 2020 #21
He thinks politics is just monetizing everything in sight. nt Irish_Dem Dec 2020 #22
2,000 should have been in there from the start jimfields33 Dec 2020 #4
They love to make us miserable if they can shift the blame to Pelosi Walleye Dec 2020 #9
Hell, some Reps where against the 1200 dollar checks, the 600 or any at all for some reason (nt) Nexus2 Dec 2020 #10
Their corporate masters are terrified that people will never work again Irish_Dem Dec 2020 #13
It is... lame54 Dec 2020 #14
It goes further that that. roamer65 Dec 2020 #16
Those middle class taxes... lame54 Dec 2020 #17
Yes, that's the theft. roamer65 Dec 2020 #18
That's why the tax cuts need to repealed. roamer65 Dec 2020 #15

Nexus2

(1,261 posts)
5. Its ticks me off so much and its so consistent.
Mon Dec 28, 2020, 01:56 PM
Dec 2020

Let some corporation or industry or some other issue for the wealthy, the types that could likely send 600 checks to everyone else on their own, come up and they can pass out millions or billions like a grandmother writing 20 dollar checks to favored grandkids, but the everyday people require something? Suddenly the nations broke

Walleye

(30,723 posts)
7. They think if they don't spend the money, They get to keep it
Mon Dec 28, 2020, 01:59 PM
Dec 2020

Plus it’s never been cheaper to borrow money even right now

Irish_Dem

(45,637 posts)
3. GOP sees the US Treasury as their personal piggy bank. They take as much as they can when in power.
Mon Dec 28, 2020, 11:06 AM
Dec 2020

When they empty it, the Dems get elected and they are pressured to fill it back up.

Irish_Dem

(45,637 posts)
12. Absolutely, the US Treasury was his for the taking. And all his cronies.
Mon Dec 28, 2020, 02:48 PM
Dec 2020

Jared knew it early on.....

jimfields33

(15,471 posts)
4. 2,000 should have been in there from the start
Mon Dec 28, 2020, 11:49 AM
Dec 2020

That and unemployment compensation should have been stand alone bill.

Irish_Dem

(45,637 posts)
13. Their corporate masters are terrified that people will never work again
Mon Dec 28, 2020, 02:58 PM
Dec 2020

if they get a measly few hundred bucks. They oppose Americans getting any help at all.
Because we will no longer be good worker bees.

Also taxpayer money belongs to the elite, not the people.

lame54

(35,138 posts)
14. It is...
Mon Dec 28, 2020, 03:39 PM
Dec 2020

Republicans believe that IT IS THEIR MONEY and hate the thought of handing it to poor freeloaders

roamer65

(36,739 posts)
16. It goes further that that.
Mon Dec 28, 2020, 03:46 PM
Dec 2020

Majority of taxes are paid by middle and lower class here in the US. The Repuke robber barons still think wages paid is still THEIR money and they are trying to get it back through theft.

roamer65

(36,739 posts)
15. That's why the tax cuts need to repealed.
Mon Dec 28, 2020, 03:43 PM
Dec 2020

Then we increase the taxes to 50 pct on anyone making more than $1M a year.

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