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

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Mon Mar 16, 2020, 10:20 PM

Mar 2020

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.

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GOP Sen. Cotton calls for monthly cash payments to Americans during coronavirus pandemic [View all] babylonsister Mar 2020 OP

how would they decide who gets it? demtenjeep Mar 2020 #1

Vote the pos gop senator out rockfordfile Mar 2020 #2

His Democratic opponent dropped out 2 hours after the filing deadline. Patterson Mar 2020 #9

Paging Andrew Yang to the white courtesy phone! bullwinkle428 Mar 2020 #3

conservatives will of course REFUSE this socialist welfare on principle nt msongs Mar 2020 #4

hmmmm.... FirstLight Mar 2020 #5

not everyone, as I recall Grasswire2 Mar 2020 #10

maybe ....though I owed loans that were in deferrment and I got something FirstLight Mar 2020 #13

But that's socialism!!!!!! NickB79 Mar 2020 #6

It's amazing to see all these entrenched Republicans procon Mar 2020 #7

Will the checks be timed to come conveniently just before a major election? July Mar 2020 #8

So how does that help a poor person if they're in student loan default Jake Stern Mar 2020 #11

I did well last year MoonlitKnight Mar 2020 #12