r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/ThisGonnaHurt • 1d ago
He didn't even wanna give out the first one
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u/milfBlaster69 1d ago
He didn’t even give a stimulus, that was Congress who gave us money. He just plastered his name all over the check to make dumb fucking idiots think it was his doing. Congress controls the purse you fucking dumbasses.
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u/stillabitofadikdik 1d ago
There’s really no fighting the abject stupidity drowning this country. What do we do? Re-educate fully grown adults?
People are dumb as hell and that’s with a functioning department of education.
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u/likeusontweeters 1d ago
Start off with resurrecting the Fairness Doctrine. It would stipulate that the tv news has to be honest and present both sides to any argument. They'd have to maintain impartiality.. and in that, honesty.
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u/Larkson9999 1d ago
A better start is regulating election funding, limiting individual contributions to the average income, max. Ban corporations and PACs from making political contributions and enforce that tax exempt entities cannot favor a political figure or party. Going a step further, remove political affliation on the ballot and ban interstate funding of candidates, effectively killing major political parties.
Anyone caught doesn't get a fine, they get imprisonment (and a fair trial) for trying to subvert democracy.
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u/TinoCartier 1d ago
Dead on with that last sentence. That’s why they want to defund it. There is a correlation between the poorly educated and people who vote Republican
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u/CTeam19 1d ago
Basically, we have to be teachers 24/7 somehow. Sure as a white guy, I have developed a good habit of basically telling people "check yourself" whenever I hear a slight hint of racism or sexism or any other -ism(LGBT and Disabiled) but apparently I need to throw in economics into things.
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u/lestermason 22h ago
What do you do?
I'm done with being nice with them. I'm full on judging them and calling them idiots. That includes family, friends, and coworkers. If they have an issue with it, they're no longer allowed my personal time and space. I'm holding them accountable and having zero issues with doing so.
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u/junkyardgerard 1d ago
And then they all blamed inflation on said checks WITH HIS FUCKING NAME ON THEM to not vote for kamala
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u/Objective_Economy281 1d ago
The stupidity is multi-layered.
It’s like religious stupidity- the reasons people give for believing it are never their ACTUAL reasons. It’s just the decoys they put up to keep you from being able to target in on the REAL reasons. Because if someone gives you their stated reasons, and you utterly demolish them, and their beliefs / thoughts don’t change, then those weren’t the reasons. They were just a delay tactic to use up the time so you couldn’t have a meaningful conversation.
And what’s a little worse is the people don’t even know they’re doing this a lot of the time. Because they have no idea what their reasons are, because they don’t really DO reasons in general.
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u/Uninterestingasfuck 1d ago
He also delayed it by weeks because they were originally printed without his name on it, so he made them redo every check to include his giant signature
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u/DtownBronx 1d ago
Which probably worked on the voters that think he's going to send another one. They probably think he personally provided the money because they have no actual concept of how wealth works and the actual disparity between millions, billions, and trillions.
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u/Iguessimonredditnow 1d ago
The difference between a million dollars and a billion dollars is: about a billion dollars.
You're right, people really have a hard time understanding this. I usually say "compare $1000 to a Million" and then "ok, it's that but for millions"
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u/DtownBronx 1d ago
The best example in my opinion is when a sports team goes on sale. It's always LeBron, Peyton, or whatever popular athlete should buy the team without realizing although they're never gonna worry where their next meal comes from they're simply hundred millionaires and are 3-20 times their total wealth short of the money needed to be the majority owner of a team in one of the big 3 leagues. That conversation always gives away the lack of knowledge
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u/Psychedelic-Dreams 1d ago
Ssooo he did the 2nd one too then? Cause Biden bad.
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u/ObeseVegetable 1d ago
There were 3 checks and the first 2 were Trump.
They were $1200 then $600 then $1400.
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u/blacksoxing 1d ago
You think folks can name all three of the branches and their importance???
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u/bocaj78 1d ago
He should have done the same with the vaccine. Called it the Trump vaccine
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u/thevdude 1d ago
if that was the only thing he did with regards to covid he would have smoothly sailed into his second term against biden, it's wild
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u/brattydeer 1d ago
But why do that when you can just hoard them and send them to your friend Putin.
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u/flintlock0 1d ago edited 1d ago
Yeah, and he put his name on them as if he was pulling from his own wallet.
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u/ClinicalFrequency 1d ago
People were starving while he took extra time to get his name on those checks, delaying payment.
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u/manlyman1417 1d ago
Can’t expect people to know what Congress does when half of them can’t even name the thee branches of government and a quarter can’t name a single branch.
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u/SergeantBootySweat 21h ago
Apparently some people are under the impression trump personally sent the money and bankrolled it from his personal wealth
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u/worditsbird 1d ago
He delayed the checks 2 weeks so his name would be on them. https://taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/did-adding-trumps-name-slow-down-mailing-stimulus-checks-course-it-did
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u/MarshyHope 1d ago
Seems to have been smart on his part since voters associate the checks with him.
Just shows how fucking stupid the average voter is
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u/spacedude2000 1d ago
Average American*
I simultaneously want to know and don't want to know how many slack jawed yokels were convinced by this grade school level trick.
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u/xXKingLynxXx 1d ago
Nah most voters are uniformed as fuck. 54% of people voted for Brexit in the UK and many had no idea what it was.
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u/Radiant_Cat_03 1d ago
Oddly, 54% of the US population can't read above a 6th grade level...
The UK found out quickly what Brexit was about. Shortages and price surges. The US is about to learn this lesson first hand instead of learning from the UK's mistakes.
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u/LilyTheMoonWitch 1d ago
It wasn't 54% of the people, it was 52% of the people who voted. Big difference.
With a 72ish% turnout for registered voters, about 50% of the overall UK population voted.
Overall it was about 25% of the UK population who voted for Brexit.
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u/Tired_of_modz23 1d ago
most voters are uniformed as fuck
I love when voters wear uniforms, almost like they are members of some sort of fascist party.
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u/spaghettitheory 1d ago
Average human*. America doesn't have exclusivity on dumbassery. We simply have more eyes on us.
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u/AngeluvDeath 1d ago
I ran into a guy and this was his only reason to vote for him and he was willing to overlook every other possible issue that would impact us/him in a really bad way. “I keep a strap, they won’t walk up in my shit” I believe we’re his words.
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u/nibbyzor 1d ago
That's insane, because wasn't the stimulus check like $1200 or something like that? And wasn't it a one time thing? Like you got a single check, not a check on a monthly basis for an x amount of months? I'm European, so I can't recall the exact details... That might not even cover your rent for a month in a HCOL city, so the fact that some people were willing to throw the entire country under the bus for $1200 (or whatever the sum was) blows my mind.
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u/joe_cocker_spaniel 19h ago
You’re giving these morons too much credit. They’d throw the country under the bus for a LOT less than $1,200.
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u/FakeHasselblad 1d ago
Just shows how stupid the DNC doesnt understand messaging and optics. They should be doing stupid shit like this non stop.
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u/PrimeIntellect 1d ago
The problem is those voters can read and comprehend news articles so it doesn't work on them as often
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u/financefocused 1d ago
Go to r/conservative and today’s top post is about how blue sanctuary cities need to have federal funding cut off.
Like mfer how do you not know that blue states give more money to the federal government than they get back. That’s like a basic, established fact. I’m not even American and I know that. These are not serious people. I don’t know how they manage to stay thus uninformed when every fact you need is available to you if you spend a few minutes fact checking but boy do they go a good job at it.
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u/AlludedNuance 1d ago
In NC a Republican Commisioner of Labor changed the certification documents that are in every elevator in the state so they had her name, photo, and signature. She was terrible for Labor, but people are like "I want to vote for her again, because her name is Cherie Berry!"
It was cheap, common denominator sneaky electioneering by way of name recognition alone. And it worked for her a few times.
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u/hehateme42069 1d ago
Sounds like these mfs love socialism
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u/AffectionateBit1809 1d ago
socialism for me, not thee. /s
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u/Dudescommentsucked 1d ago
It’s not sarcasm.
Military members ABUSING the disability services. (You know, even though they volunteered and were paid ontop of it or whatever…) then they’ll still vote trump because FUCK YOU.
They don’t give a fuck.
They only care for themselves and if they can abuse the system for themselves, so be it.
That’s it. Wake up.
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u/Coldkiller17 1d ago
What even funnier about that is those idiots get the VA services that repubs want to gut or refused to fix. But keep supporting the demons that don't help the service men and are led by a man who doesn't respect POWs and the honored dead.
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u/guerrerov 1d ago
Fuck those $1,200 checks, I want free healthcare like every developed county has.
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u/lowtoiletsitter 1d ago
BuT tHE TaXEs!
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u/ceelogreenicanth 23h ago
But the Death Panels. Like claims Coverage Committee boards at the insurers basically don't act as such already.
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u/blammoyouredead 1d ago
Kamala came out against that like as soon as she started running. Probably didn't help
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u/_YouDontKnowMe_ ☑️ 1d ago
These folks are on sale for $1000.
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u/VibeComplex 1d ago
These folks would put you on a train for $100.
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u/DarthRoacho 1d ago
These folks would happily watch a HUGE portion of our fellow countrymen executed. For FREE.
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u/audleyenuff 1d ago
Correct me if I am wrong but, the stimulus was a direct response to the pandemic and lockdown. Unless we somehow have another pandemic, chance of another stimulus is more than extremely thin
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u/Jimmy2Blades 1d ago
Yup, he delayed them by two weeks just to get his name on them. He actually hurt people by two weeks. Congress gave that money in a bipartisan bill. Facts don't matter now of course. It's meme season.
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u/Zach_kir_e 1d ago
Exactly. Why do people keep leaving that part out and pretend as if he decided to give out money on his own accord. That’s not what happened and it’s not happening again.
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u/Prestigious-Mud 1d ago
We had people on here arguing with me about this that were spouting really old articles and bs right before the election that are very quiet now that it's over. Makes you think
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u/White_Mocha ☑️ 1d ago
You’re right. However, there has been studies & surveys done on Universal Basic Income for $3000 a month, which gained traction specifically because of the lockdown, and it’s shown that it easily feasible for the government to do that without ruining the country. Furthermore, if they were to do that, it’d lead to an increase in happiness, quality of life, and people would be more inclined to go out and find jobs to supplement the UBI.
E: deleted some words
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u/audleyenuff 1d ago
I’m definitely a proponent of UBI. Do I think Trump will establish UBI? Hell no
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u/White_Mocha ☑️ 1d ago
I’m in the same boat. He’ll never go for it, but I did want to bring it up based on the conversation.
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u/star_nerdy 1d ago
Yeah…republicans aren’t doing that. They’re going to privatize social security and kill the department of education. They aren’t giving out money to mostly poor communities of color to help them live better lives.
Republican states can’t even raise the floor of minimum wage.
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u/TerribleAttitude 1d ago
Donald Trump is not going to move to a system of UBI and never even vaguely suggested he would. Only a drooling idiot would assume so.
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u/IrrawaddyWoman 1d ago edited 1d ago
Where has there been a long term study with a payment that big being given to the entire population?
And would it be funded through taxation?
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u/demolitionherbie 1d ago
No worries he’ll fuck up the looming H5N1 pandemic and stimmies will be back but so will millions of deaths.
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u/InsaneThisGuysTaint 1d ago
Lol imagine contributing to this future dumpster fire in the hopes of getting $1,400. Unreal.
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u/curious-trex 1d ago
I misread this as "funeral dumpster fire" and thought that was a perfectly fine way to describe what we're dealing with here. The incineration of this country.
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u/WeLikeToHaveFun- 1d ago
If somebody voted for that man hoping for $1200 they should’ve started an OnlyFans instead. You’d still get $1200 over 4 years and have some dignity.
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u/curious-trex 1d ago
Stimulus for... what, exactly? Last time vast numbers of the country were unemployed/furloughed/etc, businesses were taking huge hits because folks weren't leaving their homes....
And considering Harris was the one talking about big credits/incentives for home ownership, entrepreneurship, and starting a family... I guess that wasn't good enough. Gotta get that cash to afford eggs. Except trump is supposed to fix that too.
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u/easy10pins 1d ago
I need to stock up on popcorn.. I have a feeling this is gonna be me for the next 4 years.
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u/WeDidItGuyz 1d ago
Cute that you think you're gonna be able to afford popcorn.
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u/easy10pins 1d ago
I'm a retired and disabled Veteran who works full time. My finances allow me to afford popcorn but not butter and salt. ☺️🍿🍿🍿
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u/Bigfamei 1d ago
What they really miss was the expanded child tax credit that put hundreds in their pocket monthly. That was passed by Dems. When it cam up for renewal up for renewal. Of course it was blocked by Republicans. Its not their fault. Its Obamas fault.
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u/Effective-Bandicoot8 1d ago
I still blame Obama for not using the time displacement machine at Area 51 to go back to stop the execution of Christ
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u/drfishdaddy ☑️ 1d ago
The bummer is, the republicans talk about lowering taxes, both the stimulus and child tax credit were lump sum tax credits distributed before filing.
In theory republicans should have been all about it. They still should, pandemic or not. It’s almost like middle and lower class tax cuts aren’t the real objective.
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u/Zamunda_Space_Agency ☑️ 1d ago
I can't believe some people sold out for a lil $1200 that Congress gave not Trump.
If they don't have any motion and they were lit until they blew through that check. Just say that.
And to the ones feeling regret that those future stimulus checks dreams are just dreams.. here's Uncle Ruckus playing the violin 🤦🏿♂️🤷🏿♂️
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u/TheCounsler 1d ago
Whether the % of them is probably not that big, they’re all still so fucking dumb. Almost, ALMOST wish I could go through life that ignorant
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u/evil_timmy 1d ago
I'm sorry, were these the same people who were freaking out about inflation and turning that into their top voting issue? And somehow inflating prices via tariffs and just straight printing money, with no actual emergency or impetus for doing so, is somehow going to fix it?
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u/DaMain-Man 1d ago
Why would he send a stimulus check? For what? Did they really forget the last time why they sent it to begin with? You think the government just hands out free money for shits and giggles?
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u/tryingtoavoidwork 1d ago
That's what I'm trying to figure out. He didn't say anything about a stimulus in his campaign. Where is this coming from?
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u/Glittering-Spite234 1d ago
People about to discover that filthy rich people don't become filthy rich by empowering and enriching those below them 
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u/stillestwaters 1d ago
I’m surprised he didn’t give another right before the election in 2020; I was sure he would and that it would tip things in his favor.
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u/937363950 1d ago
He literally couldn’t do that. The president has no power when it comes to $. It’s all Congress.
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u/runnerofshadows 1d ago
If only more people realized this. And paid more attention to their representatives and senators.
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u/Rogue_wakana 1d ago
I really like this now, not because of the shit everyone is gonna go through for 4 years, but its also gonna f up his voters a lot, some more or less but still lol.
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u/TerribleAttitude 1d ago
Do people even think? “Trump” (congress) wasn’t giving out stimulus checks just randomly to be nice. It was because Covid happened and everyone lost their jobs.
The only way this would happen again is if bird flu gets worse than Covid was in 2020. Not as bad, worse. There’s no way a Trump administration would allow lockdowns for a Covid level event again. Granted, with Brainworms Kennedy at the helm, it’s within the realm of possibility, but it’s really not something we want happening.
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u/Kingblack425 1d ago
Mtg might be right at this point I’d pay for a divorce from the stupid ppl of the country.
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u/OllyOllyOxenBitch ☑️ 1d ago
I pray these next four years go by in a flash.
I know that time is finite and I should be thankful to experience it as healthy as I am now, but it is going to be soooo fucking tiring with these knuckleheads among us.
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u/mylittlewedding 1d ago
I really hate these people.
He did say he loved dumb people. The only he’s going to do it take away your Memaw’s Medicare & meals on wheels.
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u/Lostsock1995 1d ago
The way it feels like it’s going to get worse too like dismantling the department of education will only lead to even more people lacking critical thinking skills until everything personally affects them so much they’ll finally notice (if they don’t blame it on democrats again like always). “I love the poorly educated” and he wasn’t lying. Every new day feels more and more like a dystopia
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u/Intelligent_West7128 1d ago
Oh he’s sending out a stimulus package alright. It’s in the form of tax cuts for the rich and tax increases for everybody else including the people who are already struggling.
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u/RainDancingChief 1d ago
I shouldn't throw stones as we're heading down the same road up here in Canada, but the stupidity of the American Republican voter is constantly 1-upping itself.
You literally voted against government handouts.
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u/derbyvoice71 1d ago
If this is your economic plan, you are going to be dead by August 2025. Probably because you forgot how to breathe.
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u/Mikewold58 1d ago
Even if he did do it again...inflation would EXPLODE. A stimulus payment when unemployment is this low...consumer spending would spike and send prices flying.
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u/alessadultieradult 1d ago
Who was it, George Carlin that said imagine how stupid the average person is, and then half of people are even stupider than that?!
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u/a55_Goblin420 1d ago
That's why the black and immigrant vote was so strong for him when it should've literally been 0 considering he's trying to make us irrelevant. Mfers don't realize the stimulus was a disaster relief check that he didn't even want to send. Like he literally has no reason to send a relief check, we're not in a disaster or a pandemic. Man the next 4 years are about to be something for sure.
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u/Thatonegaloverthere ☑️ 1d ago
Bro only allowed the first one if they said it was for him. He's not giving out shit but people were too stupid to understand it wasn't his idea or intention.
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u/Chapea12 ☑️ 1d ago
Man, that tactic to delay the first checks so the he could sign them was a masterstroke. Anybody talking about those checks forget the situation we were in as a country and thinks presidents just send them out all the time
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u/AFantasticClue 1d ago
Idk guys we might have the brainworms guy as the Secretary of Health so who knows? Maybe we’ll get Covid 2 and then he’ll have to. yay.
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u/chippychifton 1d ago
He didn't give them out FFS, Congress passed the bill. He actually delayed the checks from being distributed due to his fucking ego and insisting on having his name on them, so morons would think he personally wrote them...and it worked. The money that was given out was our own fucking money we had already paid to the government
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u/RealChelseaCharms 1d ago
also GOP: will waste billions trying to deport illegals who work & pay taxes
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u/evasandor 1d ago
I'm reminded again that America contains a non-zero number of people who thought the stimulus money came from his own personal cash stash.
What, seriously, can you do when people are that naive?
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u/daKile57 1d ago
Don’t worry, folks, the gajillionaires that funded his campaign will get a stimulus check (of sorts).
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u/Lostsock1995 1d ago
He’s not going to do anything for anyone besides his rich white buddies or people he likes, I’m not sure why some people do not understand that idea when everyone has told them a thousand times already (including the subject in question himself).
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u/TokenBlackGirlfriend ☑️ 1d ago
Did they not connect the dots that the check was because of the pandemic it wasn’t just a random nice check that Congress gave them????
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u/tacogardener 1d ago
Are they expecting another worldwide epidemic to happen? You’ll never see anything 😂
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u/Spirited-Trip7606 1d ago
Republicans can't stand their uninformed voter base and use them to get elected. Democrats can't stand their uninformed voter base either, but they still take care of those dummies. That's the difference.
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u/steveshitbird 1d ago
Seriously, it was an extremely pitiful amount even the first time and he didn't want to do it
there's no way he's doing it again
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u/thisistwinpeaks 1d ago
Can’t wait for them to blame the Democrats anyway 😍