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Nexus2

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5. Its ticks me off so much and its so consistent.

Reply to Walleye (Reply #1)

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

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Avoiding giving more money to citizens in need. [View all] 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That's why the tax cuts need to repealed.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