I’m howling at Biden’s $2000 stimulus plan being a payment of $1400 on top of the $600 that Trump gave
By Hitch Go To PostWhat was the first year they started treating it like a Superbowl halftime show?Obeezy
By Perfect Blue Go To PostI’m howling at Biden’s $2000 stimulus plan being a payment of $1400 on top of the $600 that Trump gaveIncredible these people still manage to hold on to power.
By inky Go To Post1400+600 is indeed 2000Checks out
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This is unreal. How can they get away with this?
Let's be real, nobody's a saint and I doubt anyone would have done anything unfortunately. This world is too busy fighting over petty twitter arguments and shit.
By Fenderputty Go To PostWho cares about this, honestly. Biden fucking lied about Georgia leading to $2k checks. He's a liar just like Trump.
Y’all are hilarious
When I was in some Dutch history museum, I was googling to see who the left party in the Netherlands was and saw that they have a prominent politician called Tiny Kox. Give it t' Tiny Kox 'til the end of the season.
By Pedja Go To PostThe EU already falling apart
One can hope.
By Perfect Blue Go To PostI’m howling at Biden’s $2000 stimulus plan being a payment of $1400 on top of the $600 that Trump gaveI think they're underestimating how mad people are going to be about this. Most people think they're getting $2000 checks and an extra $1400 is definitely not what they were selling people on in Georgia.
*We do not have you
By rodeoclown Go To PostI think they're underestimating how mad people are going to be about this. Most people think they're getting $2000 checks and an extra $1400 is definitely not what they were selling people on in Georgia.why on earth would anyone think that was happening?
By Daz Go To Postwhy on earth would anyone think that was happening?American education system
By Daz Go To Postwhy on earth would anyone think that was happening?Because they campaigned in Georgia on $2000 checks?
“Their election will put an end to the block in Washington on the $2,000 stimulus check,” Biden said. “If you send Sen. Perdue and Loeffler back to Washington, those checks will never get there. It’s just that simple. The power is literally in your hands.”
Ossoff and Warnock are both running aggressively on a promise for $2,000 checks. At the rally, they sharpened the contrast by framing the race as a referendum on whether Congress passes a $15 minimum wage, an infrastructure package and Covid-19 recovery spending they said Republicans will block if they can.
By DiPro Go To Posthuh even bernie and aoc were always selling 600+1400. i thought that was obvious.this was my understanding too - I dont even live in the US.
By DiPro Go To Posthuh even bernie and aoc were always selling 600+1400. i thought that was obvious.
If Biden and co were actually clear in their messaging, then this wouldn't even be an issue. They just look like liars, before he even steps a foot in the door.
Stacey and the rest of the black south did all of that work, and they're already fucking up.
Stacey and the rest of the black south did all of that work, and they're already fucking up.
By Facism Go To PostOne can hope.Dreams can become a reality
What a load of shit. I know a lot has occurred in the past week and a bit, but how honestly incapable are people of recalling the context of the $2000 figure.
San Francisco – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement on House Republicans blocking Democrats’ Unanimous Consent request to increase economic impact payments to $2,000, as the President called for:
“Today, on Christmas Eve morning, House Republicans cruelly deprived the American people of the $2,000 that the President agreed to support. If the President is serious about the $2,000 direct payments, he must call on House Republicans to end their obstruction.
“House and Senate Democrats have repeatedly fought for bigger checks for the American people, which House and Senate Republicans have repeatedly rejected – first, during our negotiations when they said that they would not go above $600 and now, with this act of callousness on the Floor.
“On Monday, I will bring the House back to session where we will hold a recorded vote on our stand-alone bill to increase economic impact payments to $2,000. To vote against this bill is to deny the financial hardship that families face and to deny them the relief they need.
By EldritchTrapStar Go To PostIf Biden and co were actually clear in their messaging, then this wouldn't even be an issue. They just look like liars, before he even steps a foot in the door.Yeah, and Warnock is already up for reelection next year. They're gonna put him in a spot to talk about how when he campaigned on $2000, he meant $1400?
Stacey and the rest of the black south did all of that work, and they're already fucking up.
There's zero downside to including $2000 checks in this stimulus.
By trevorariza Go To PostWhat a load of shit. I know a lot has occurred in the past week and a bit, but how honestly incapable are people of recalling the context of the $2000 figure.
What do people think amend means?
By FortuneFaded Go To PostThat is not Biden's plan but amending Trump's. Two different things.
What do people think amend means?
The messaging was $2000 stimulus cheques from literally everyone if Biden gets in and they win Georgia lol. This $600+$1400 stuff is entirely new, hence the confusion.
So if they send the $1,400 and people still say they were told it would be $2,000, are they going to send another $2,000, totalling to $4,000?
The problem isn’t the $1400, the problem is Dems suck at messaging while GOP has mastered it and this will backfire.
Dems are the person who works at the suicide hotline but they are inexperienced and offer little help to people calling in. Republicans are the people calling in and somehow convincing the worker to kill themselves instead.
Dems are the person who works at the suicide hotline but they are inexperienced and offer little help to people calling in. Republicans are the people calling in and somehow convincing the worker to kill themselves instead.
I don’t want to be an asshole but it does amount to 2k... I understood it as raising 600$ to 2000$, not 2600$...
And it isn't 'entirely new'. It was born out of Mitch not putting it on the senate floor [standalone].
Weird how $2000 check was commonly understood shorthand for $1400 in addition to the $600 stimulus in coverage two weeks ago, but completely foreign now.
At least Bernie's still playing a team sport.
McConnell said a House-passed bill authorizing the $2,000 checks had “no realistic path to quickly pass the Senate.” Instead, he said he would bundle the $2,000 checks into a broader bill that would include curbs on technology companies as well as an effort to study the 2020 election, nodding to complaints raised by Trump about his loss. Democrats said such a package had no chance of passing and accused McConnell of deliberately seeking to kill the stimulus payments.
Weird how $2000 check was commonly understood shorthand for $1400 in addition to the $600 stimulus in coverage two weeks ago, but completely foreign now.
By FortuneFaded Go To PostWhat do people think amend means?If 'Progressives' thought an additional $1400 fell short, they should have drafted an amendment for $2000. But hey, why highlight Dems learning lessons from Florida when you can go for individual point scoring instead.
At least Bernie's still playing a team sport.
By cRrusheR Go To PostI don’t want to be an asshole but it does amount to 2k… I understood it as raising 600$ to 2000$, not 2600$…I think for maybe the first 24 hours they mentioned the 1400.
After that it’s just been $2000 checks.
While they were obviously going to give $1400, their messaging will allow the GOP to tear them apart before they even take control
“One of the first things that I want to do when our new senators are seated is deliver the $2,000 checks to the American families,” Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) — who will become majority leader — told reporters Wednesday.
Literally up and down Google, when you search for Georgia campaign and $2,000 checks.
The only reason this is even a thing, is because they decided to cash in on Trump trying to stick it to the GOP. It's a messaging problem, and yet again, they played themselves.
By aka Espi Go To PostI think for maybe the first 24 hours they mentioned the 1400.Yeah, they were talking $2000 checks even after Trump signed the last stimulus. The optics on this are terrible and there's absolutely going to be this avalanche of propaganda about how Democrats lied to people and Republicans actually gave Americans more stimulus, etc.
After that it’s just been $2000 checks.
While they were obviously going to give $1400, their messaging will allow the GOP to tear them apart before they even take control
By aka Espi Go To PostThe problem isn’t the $1400, the problem is Dems suck at messaging while GOP has mastered it and this will backfire.Trump said Mexico would pay for the wall.
By FortuneFaded Go To PostTrump said Mexico would pay for the wall.
We just had an insurrection, due to people believing the GOP's bullshit.
By FortuneFaded Go To PostTrump said Mexico would pay for the wall.Yeah and what did Dems do about it? Nothing
GOP gonna press Dems harder about 1400 vs 2000 more than Dems did when Mexico was supposed to pay for the wall but instead billions of taxpayer money went to it
By FortuneFaded Go To PostTrump said Mexico would pay for the wall.they paid in blood what more do you want
surely no one was actually expecting $2600... they gotta be rolling with this as a ploy for more money
looks like americans are gonna provide us another four hilarious years
looks like americans are gonna provide us another four hilarious years
So people expecting $2600 are going to elect Republicans who didn't want to give them anything and settled on $600 as a compromise?
By FortuneFaded Go To PostSo people expecting $2600 are going to elect Republicans who didn't want to give them anything and settled on $600 as a compromise?They'll vote GOP in the midterms to hold Dems accountable because they're held to a different standard, lack cohesive messaging, and the public will believe they lied and didn't do anything with all three branches.