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Irish_Dem

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1. Some young people I know make around 50K and they are strapped.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sun Feb 7, 2021, 07:32 PM

Feb 2021

Huge college debt, car payment, and apartment rents are expensive.
Some of them lost their jobs last year, and several months of being
unemployed took all their savings. They could lose their new jobs at any time.
They need the relief money.

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Some young people I know make around 50K and they are strapped. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #1

K&R...nt Wounded Bear Feb 2021 #2

Much more so Traildogbob Feb 2021 #3

Plus, they may have made that much the last time they filed taxes, but they might not catbyte Feb 2021 #4

$55,000 Rebl2 Feb 2021 #5

Not to mention the fact that soldierant Feb 2021 #6

It is hard to imagine, for us boomers, just how hard it is to get by these days, BobTheSubgenius Feb 2021 #7

In NJ, the adjusted poverty level is around $28,000. TheBlackAdder Feb 2021 #8

K & R Tommymac Feb 2021 #9

If the limit is below what it was for the $600, it's a political scheme to hurt Joe. Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2021 #10