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stopbush

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4. Indeed. Why is there no thought given to cost of living in different areas?

Reply to bamagal62 (Reply #3)

Sat Feb 6, 2021, 09:20 PM

Feb 2021

A person earning $50k in WV who moved to San Francisco would need to earn $157k to maintain the same level of CoL. Using income as a means test without adjusting for CoL adversely effects people living in urban districts, districts that are typically Democratic.

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Bernie: In these difficult times, ALL working class people deserve the full $1,400 [View all] Donkees Feb 2021 OP

I agree... FirstLight Feb 2021 #1

$75k isn't a whole lot of money. BlueTsunami2018 Feb 2021 #2

Agreed. My son makes about $60,000 bamagal62 Feb 2021 #3

Indeed. Why is there no thought given to cost of living in different areas? stopbush Feb 2021 #4

Here they come with this BS again Thrill Feb 2021 #5

Very stupid politics on the dems part. MontanaFarmer Feb 2021 #6

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Bernie rso Feb 2021 #9

Love that Bernie is so front and center lately Johnny2X2X Feb 2021 #10

It drives me fucking nuts that anybody's arguing like $1400 is some huge amount of money. ZZenith Feb 2021 #11

it's 400 usd less than what was sent out under Rump (and that POS actually wanted to send 2000 Celerity Feb 2021 #15

The last thing Democrats want to do is create a class of voters who got checks under Trump tritsofme Feb 2021 #12

"Deserve" is such a messy concept. Just give people money. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2021 #14