The House passed the latest stimulus bill, but what's in the $1.9 trillion COVID relief package? What happens next and when will people see any money?
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The Democratically-controlled House approved President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID relief package early Saturday, a key step for a measure that would provide millions of Americans $1,400 stimulus payments, ramp up vaccine distribution and extend unemployment aid through the summer.
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We need term limits in Congress
Term limits mean nothing when ” voters”keep voting these people in office. The voters of a particular area would simply vote another person in office with the same mentality. People complain every year about the people in office, yet as soon as a politician tells them that all their problems are the fault of someone else or another group then the ” voters” forget about all that that politician did wrong to them as long as they have another group to hate, and they vote that same politician they were disgusted with the day before right back into office.
D J That’s what’s sad.
@Stephanie Drake we all better start burying voter machines if we ever wanna win.😁
@Schlex yes,i dont care for their company.i had my fill of pompass a holes in high school.
ever seen when an imploer
I think we all know where it goes….
Where does it go?
The pockets of people who wear suits.
Yup. Right to the people of the US.
Lots and lots of Pork.
@Stephanie Drake invest in some second amendment supplies
@Mike Barry It was an executive order without the pork, what are you talking about? What did Trump’s plan include that was not related directly to giving money to the people..? If I’m wrong, please, show me a source.
@Hameedullah Khan Each of those things should have their own bill, which can then be voted on. Lumping it all together (along with a minimum wage hike) is bullshit.
@Joe Blow Uhh It’s an economic recovery plan
Not a stimulus bill plan
@Joe Blow do you realize how long that would take?
$ 5 trillion dollars spent , here is your $1400.00 for the year. LOL
@Chris Gilliam Man Stuff
I live in the woods trapping fun.our sport could turn into survival.
I’ve never depended on our government….same job 19 years don’t plan on standing in their food lines & the vaccine isn’t no big deal if you want to take it.. to each their own…lol
@Fentanyl FLOYD I live in Arkansas. You ever heard of cost of living 😂.
@Fentanyl FLOYD I make dam near what nurses make. And I’m only 24 so I’m living quite hood actually. Love my life
@Fentanyl FLOYD no need to feel sorry for me bud. I live in a nice 2 story house that cost me 1100 hundred in rent. The same house in Cali would cost dam near 3k so I’m living very well.
@Joe Rubio The country has over a $100 trillion dollars in debt thanks to your government politicians. America will collapse and millions will died, and it will be people like you who will suffer with it .
I have already check out of the mess, and will sit back and wait for the fall of Rome
Stimulus for the Swamp, that is. Not the people
Crimes against humanity.
Look into Robert Kennedy children’s health defense web site.
Hundreds of doctors are suing cdc for crimes against humanity.
They can not force you to take a vaccine that hasn’t been tested.
We are being used as human guinea pigs.
Look for Dr. Simone Gold she’s one of the frontline doctors that was silenced.
Know your rights and the oath doctors and nurse’s took!!
Tell them you will sue them if they break their oath.
@Marlies Yanke it’s true.
1.) Google hunter Biden laptop
2.) Click on images
3.) Scroll until you see text messages and emails
4.) Read them.
Warning you might see x rated photos and videos.
the swamp is an anti-semitic term. Peace from Israel.
@Biden Fraud Jealous much
@SanaruArts
Trump’s tax breaks to the rich caused the strongest economy and the highest employment numbers in history. Has that not sunk in yet? You’ve had plenty of time for that to sink in.
AOC wants to raise the taxes on the rich to 70%. They will just say no. Do you think they can’t just say no? They will fight back. Because they can. They can live off their wealth.
They will be forced to fight back. If they don’t fight back then they will be stuck at a 70%. How can you not understand that they are people who make decisions and they will be forced to shut down the economy until we feel the real pain of it. until we wake up and vote someone into office who will lower taxes on the rich which causes a strong economy. When the pain is felt then we will vote for someone like Trump who can bring back the strongest economy and the highest employment numbers in history by lowering taxes on the rich.
everyone knows that when you lower taxes you create a strong economy that’s where the tax revenue comes from. wages and opportunity go up because the money machine is at full.
when you raise taxes on the rich you destroy the economy. They fight back by shutting down because they can. They know that massive layoffs will impact tax revenues more than the money that was taken from them. Tax revenue from high employment numbers and a booming economy far outweigh tax revenues of taxing the rich. When they shut down in protest all of those laid off people who were paying in to tax revenue are now sucking money out in unemployment insurance and in welfare assistance. For each one laid off there are two chunks of money reduced from tax revenue. The chunk they used to pay in plus the chunk that they are now pulling out.
How can anyone believe that they would hear the news that Congress has raised their taxes to 70% and they would just say… oh well no big deal.
Congress is absolute corruption at its worst. They don’t represent us anymore they represent themselves and thier special interests. They don’t speak for the American people.
@Craiglaca1 Terror = A group of people who believe in and abide by the USA Constitution.
@zemorph42 Communist China had/has God Mode access to the USA’s ballot machines via SolarWinds software that is used to manage the machines.
@Random 549 please honestly you don’t sound like your in the US
@Random 549 Then why are the media outlets that spread that so afraid of defamation lawsuits, in a judiciary stacked with conservative judges, including all the Trump appointees, that they retracted all those claims, including Newsmax and OANN? Because it’s bs and they know it. If it was true they’d have nothing to fear.
Lady Gaga’s dogs get better relief than the person shot.
Yeah it’s messed up but I think Lady Gaga is going to look out for him I don’t think he’s just a dog walker I think he’s a friend too ijs
@Richard Lewin it has to do with everything
@Julio Robinson Definitely wrong lol. What is this story even that gives you the anger you so crave?
@L M noice.
That’s what repugnicans and libs want
Damn getting this government to do anything for the people it serves is like pulling teeth
@Thy Staff Okay sure I will make sure to do that
@Kyle S Lmao 🤣 people are fine if 1,400 will change your life you really need to rethink your finances. Vaccines are getting out infection rates are going down every country went through the same thing. Regulation is a good thing look what happened to Texas they refused regulation and their grind got knocked out
@Joseph Gutierrez Thinking little or not enough about the lower class will end up biting you hard. Tread softly.
@Kyle S K lmao
@Kyle S you think people are suffering due to restrictions, then things will only get worse if the PUA and extensions aren’t modified. It’s all set to end 04/10 unless a new bill is passed. Everyone knows that if the government wasn’t working on THAT right now, THAT is what you would be complaining about. Part of the bill goes to vaccines and UI extensions. If you WANT people to suffer, then stop the bill because MILLIONS of parents, children, and good citizens(in my state alone) will lose all funds and have no income, no house, no car, no food and no jobs to turn to during the pandemic.
9% of this money will actually go to the people. Think about that. Where else is the rest of it going.
@The Void Consumes
Why should Trump take people into his home and care for them? Are you crazy? If you did do you know how many losers would take advantage of that free ride?
Trump created the strongest economy in the highest employment numbers in history. The rest is up to the citizen to leverage that strong economy. It is also our duty to sock money away during the boom economy for a rainy day such as a pandemic. Not to buy s*** you don’t even need or to live like a king prematurely before you have achieved a successful career.
You are correct Trump would not and should not carry someone who did not choose, focus, allow no detours, allow no unnecessary expenditure, by only the things necessary for your business plan, limit addictions, allow no criminal activity, expect no other person to pay for your comfort expect no one else to pay for your mistakes, if you don’t work you don’t eat, if you don’t dedicate yourself success your fired!
Your hate blindness means that you never once went to dot gov and read the list of his accomplishments. Because Love is blind but hate is also blind. Hate focuses on flaws and refuses to acknowledge accomplishments.
@The Void Consumes
Trump had no obligation to carry other human beings. Or take them into his home. He loves the American people by saving billions in foreign expenditure and creating billions in revenue through a strong economy and the highest employment numbers in history which he created by lowering taxes on the rich and causing a boom economy.
The billions he saved in foreign expenditure and the billions he created through strong economy means that we entered the lockdowns from a much better tax revenue position of strength. But your hate blindness would not allow you to make that connection. it even though I explained it to you it will go right out of your head because your hatred will not allow it to stick.
trump, unlike the Democrats understands that you cannot afford socialism or brand new deals from a position of weakness deep in debt. Every household knows you don’t go on a spending spree when you’re deep in debt. If you ever did read the list of his accomplishments you would see the common thread of cutting back on any unnecessary spending and every possible measure to create Strong economy, high employment numbers which equates to higher tax revenue.
The ridiculous Dim idea that you can get away with raising taxes on the rich and they won’t do anything about it.
No bid $Billion dollar contracts for Pelosi’s kids is a guarantee.
@Sadie Young lol that isn’t going so well
@Jeffrey S doing way better in his first month than trump did in 4 yrs so i’m okay with waiting 😃
They send us pennies while shipping most of it over seas and special interest groups
@Aric Goetz What does that have to do with the COVID-19 RELIEF PLAN!?
@Aric Goetz And?
@bill hicks In the bill genius. Keep up Sweetie 😘
@Brad Dyches exactly where dummy
I only ask because I know you love being lied to.
What a waste of time, since they didn’t remove the minimum wage off the bill, and it will be modified by the senate, therefore sending it back to the house again for a revote, so again, what a waste of time, and political show!
@Freedom Constitutionalist Wether you’re flipping burgers or not, if you’re working, you should be receiving a living wage. $15 an hour isn’t even a living wage. It’s peanuts and is completely doable.
@boi mac
then McDonald’s and the rest will raise their prices but their food isn’t worth more than it is right now, if that… so then nobody will go there so then they will all shut down.
… completely. … gone. The same applies to other businesses with premise of the business is not to provide gourmet food or the highest quality furniture or the highest quality anything but to provide the lowest possible price for the sake of the poorest people in this country. They will shut down and it is the poorest citizens who will be impacted.
I could think that the poor would not be so poor if they could land a $15 per hour job. but if so many jobs have already been lost there won’t be enough to go around and they will be the ones who are not qualified for the higher paying position. That is my main concern.
@Chris Bunting I’m all for increasing minimum wage, but it has to be done realistically and productively over a longer period of time. $15 by 2031 would by my proposal. That’s a $1.5/hr raise per year. THAT is something that more businesses would be able to tolerate, adapt to and carry the burden of, without instantly shuttering businesses and putting tons of people out of work (or just moving overseas like so many have done already when the government starts forcing more and more expense).
The “instant increase to $15 minimum wage”, is going to do nothing but put far more people out of work and even more people reliant on government subsidies than current… Do you think businesses are just going to suck up a 100% increase in their bottom line costs overnight, and not pass that on to the consumer? The money has to be pulled from somewhere, and I can promise you they’re not going to pull the money from their own profits. Everyone above the vet latest tier of worker would all have to take substantial pay decreases, in order for the bottom end employee to get a larger pay increase. OR, they’ll have to charge wayyyy more for their products in order to make up the costs (but, then less people will buy from them, resulting in them being in the same boat they started in. So, closing the lowest profiting businesses, to offset the expense load, is really all they can do to then be able to use that money to pay existing employees the raise. But, at the expense of hundreds and thousands of others losing their jobs entirely.)
They tried the $15 minimum wage thing in Seattle. Krogers, Mcdonalds, Burger King, and tons of other businesses closed down multiple stores immediately, and nearly 40% of small family owned businesses shut down entirely, to offset the new large costs of having to pay nearly double what they were paying for employees previously.
So, in the end, you simply end up with less jobs available (meaning ZERO money for a larger portion of people) and FAR more people on government assistance than previous.
In short, when you drastically raise minimum wage, a small portion of a few people end up with better pay. But, it’s at the expense of the majority of the masses (in that sector of industry) losing their jobs and ending up on welfare. :/
Keep in mind, the pay increase value is only part of the increase on the business side. They also then have to match those higher taxes being taken out of the check due to higher level of income for the employee, on top of other costs that come with it.
@Chris Bunting We aren’t saying that, we’re saying senate may not pass the $1400 checks because they’re stacking the bill. I’m with you on the minimum wage but not at the cost of stimulus checks. One thing at a time.
Traitors to this Country. they are steeling from us to pay off there Bribes.
SAD
This is what you voted for America! Enjoy!
When you lay your “evidence” when making formal charges, use the spell checker next time. That red line
doesn’t mean emphasize. It makes you look even more hysterical.
Not traitors. More like you are, just waisting time to cause trouble for America, maybe russian bot?
It’s no wonder why Congress has a -16% approval rating. They have done absolutely nothing for the people.
Just wait til the African Americans start running the show!
@Blondstoner If that happens then We will really be in a 3rd World SHITHOLE! And that in itself will cause a Major Revolution!
@Mack Bolin not if, but when
@Mack Bolin The problem with shooting people that you don’t like is that you probably don’t know if anything you heard about them is true. Most so called “patriots” are nut jobs that believe every conspiracy they hear, so I wouldn’t want them deciding who to execute.
Massachusetts: Entertaining is watching democrat politicians killing each other over the Right to own dope shops
The best stimulus is an open America 🇺🇸
It’s such a simple, effective solution. Agreed
Once again, our tax dollars that are straight from the American Citizens, going anywhere but towards its own people, genius!
@Chris Gilliam Man Stuff 100% of a “American covid relief bill” should go to Americans! I don’t understand how anybody can argue even 1% of it shouldn’t go to Americans, it’s tax payer money to begin with
@Random 549 Water in Flint has tested safe since 2019.
@Snuse Mcgoose Show me what money is going to foreigners. I haven’t read the bill, and neither have you.
@Chris Gilliam Man Stuff Uhh yes I have, look for yourself if you don’t believe me, the number is $1,800
@Chris Gilliam Man Stuff lol ok now your just lying, I have friends in Michigan and they still don’t have good drinking water there
There is a TRILLION dollars UNSPENT from the last enormous bill.
Meanwhile alot us are extremely poor
We need that for the wars that mr. senile will be getting us into.
The problem is…the bill has a deadline. If there wasn’t a 04/10/2021 deadline to Pandemic Unemployment, they may not need a new bill.
You got sauce on that? I am unaware of it.
Did you just pull that out of your @$$? proof or STFU
Ridiculous how difficult it is to get these people, who claim to care and be for the people, to actually provide them with some relief! They obviously don’t care that much
I mean progressives won’t vote unless they get the people 15$ minimum wage if anything they care way too much
@Lorie Matthews *looks at Texas during the winter storm* … no.. no that’s definitely Republicans.
The direct payments are what many people are focused on, but it’s a small part of the package. Unemployment insurance, mortgage help, housing, vaccine distribution, are all in this bill, so the actual dollars going to the people are far more than $1,400, but people are too stupid to understand this.
As long as there are Dominion ballot machines (results guaranteed) Congress does not have to care what We the People think.
If you put the people first: the positive effects will come back to you. Put the people first. 🧐
The government doesn’t make money. This is OUR TAXES.
20 or 25% for Covid related? Term limits for all. False promises to get “elected” and then all the excuses start.