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Originally Posted by jbrown132
The real scam is the 91% of the money form the American Rescue Plan the government is going to spend that has nothing to do what so ever with COVID relief..
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This is a bald faced lie circulating on social media and spread by people who do not take the time to actually do anything even approaching a fact check. 9% of the bill was for vaccines, testing, and contact tracing, and other public health measures. But that is not the only Covid relief provided. So read the bill, or read the summary or read a fact check. Here are a few fact checks on your lie:
Fact check: Breaking down spending in the COVID-19 relief bill this one is before the Senate made a few changes.
PolitiFact | Budd says 9% of stimulus targets COVID, the rest is 'not even' related again before the final bill language
FactChecking Cruz's Partisan Spin on COVID-19 Bill - FactCheck.org
By the way, where did the $1,400 per person figure originate that is provided by this third stimulus program? In Dec 2020 the second stimulus program passed and was signed by Trump. It included a $600 per person check.
He went on twitter and TV and complained that it should have been
$2000 per person.
Congress accepted his suggestion and took his $2000 per person figure, subtracted the $600 paid in December 2020 and agreed to pay the difference of $1400 with this law. How quickly people forget or get brainwashed into forgetting.