Please please fact check.

hmmm! As a bonus it might, just might, help climate change.

Spot on
 

Spot on with this comment. Don’t you just love the myth that everyone living in The Villages is rich! Many of us worked for 40 years, avoided spending what we earned on “instant gratification”, saved all that we could for our retirement years, paid our taxes and now live comfortably in The Villages, FL. If that makes us rich, then so be it.

Ohiobuckeye
 

FG111 - I agree, also all the other FREE things. Wonder how long it’ll be before the U.S. goes bankrupt!

Rich is more than money.

Please, do us all a favor, and read the stimulus bill, and then, maybe then, we will all be better informed, and not pass on misinformation.

You don’t have an idea what this is about !
I would say educate yourself on this matter.

What pipeline?
The rate was so low because demand was not there.

The stimulus is just that, to stimulate the economy and the vast majority of folks who will receive it will truly need it. As for those who do not need the money, they have a couple of choices. They can always return it, or better yet, donate it to a worthy charity. A charity will certainly be able to spend the money and stimulate the economy.

Someone bought my old golf cart with their family’s stimulus check and I coupled it with my family’s stimulus check to stimulate my credit card company to the tune of 8400 - now I’m not going to complain.

What pipeline?
The rate was so low because demand was not there.

I 100 percent agree with you !
Hopefully there will read this.

Just give yours back.......Easy peasy:bigbow:

I think that depends on where those products are made. So many of our available products are made in China. Personally, I don’t think a country that is responsible for a pandemic should be rewarded, but many folks will be using their stimulus checks to purchase Chinese products and that I don’t support.

I also don’t support money going to prisoners. The argument to give them money was on the premise that they have families that might need that money, but I would counter-argue that family member may qualify on their own and many do not have families.

When my brother was attacked a few years ago by a meth head and left disabled, he refused to let his injuries get the best of him. He worked hard to regain the ability to walk and went back to work as soon as he could. He still suffers from his injuries. His assailant is still in prison. He will get a stimulus check; my brother who is faithfully paying his taxes will not. Our government made the decision to give checks to prisoners. I do not support this and I do not see how anyone in good conscience could do so.

Have you read the bill? Define pork please, federal "pork" is on the way for Florida. A little compassion goes a long way for folks that are less fortunate. Sometimes saving any amount of money is impossible with illness and unexpected circumstances. I know that the Villages has more compassion than is displayed on this post.

Not a scam
 

It’s not a scam. It’s called a “stimulus” for a reason. Do your part, and SPEND IT! That is the whole point. Flood the economy with money and get things rolling again. Concentrate on the 95% that need it, and not the 5% that don’t. Most Americans are extremely thankful for the additional help.

I am sure the Oil Industry is all about politics, but I was replying to a post regarding the present rise in oil prices.
Which over the last year was due to basic supply and demand, which was worldwide and not anything to do with politics.
Future price rises may be affected by political decisions in the USA. I leave that to the Wall Street Traders to speculate on!

As foot note.
Gas in the UK is today is $8.18 a gallon.
Diesel today is $8.66 a gallon!

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:bigbow:

leave 100 200 300 dollar tips. make some ones day. it will make you feel good

Sorry, but for tens of millions of hard working Americans, "envy" has absolutely nothing to do with it. Just a continued disgust with giving tax cuts to those who need it the absolute least (and those who see no problem with this inequity), while those who need it the most - get nothing more than crumbs. Because we are more fortunate than most, we don't have a problem with contributing more than most.

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.

Don't need it? Give it away! It's fun... :)

From pairadocs I tried to find any online statement supporting your "well publicized fact" and found none. Perhaps you'd like to come back and give a few links to that well publicized fact.

Scamming? Strong words, though irrelevant. The law is the law. Those who are receiving the checks are entitled per act of congress.

A whole lot of people seem to be allergic to actual facts and prefer to just run with anything said, that supports their own uninformed opinion. It's much appreciated that you, and a few others, actually provide links to facts and the truth.

If you did not yell about the tax cut for the rich, this has zero credibility.

The problem with your statement is the "rich" do spend a lot that helps to create jobs and also invests in business that also helps to create jobs.

A lot of what the govt does in taking money from us is they spend it very wastefully.

You must not believe that this rescue package is needed. The stimulus check is give the economy a quick start to get people back work. As for republicans be fiscal conservatives. Don’t go there. That boat sales when Bush took over after Clinton left office and so did balance budgets

The way I see it the government has taken hundreds of thousands of dollars from me in my 55+ years of working if they want to give me some of my own money back so be it.

Can you give me some examples of these tax cuts for the rich?

That is not a fair assumption. what about the people that actually save the money did right by themselves to afford a house paid off cash and live on an income that they worked for that they pay taxes for what about the people that are collecting the stimulus money have not worked a day in their life and are driving $80,000 cars and not paying rent or mortgage?

No way for Government to help only who need so yes in helping those in need some will benefit who should not. This is chump change in comparison to crooked and disorganized ear marks and government contracts wasted over the last 50 years. Lets be happy that government wasted some money on those who actually pay taxes

I am on a fixed income that includes a small pension and $156 from SS each month. Because of that, I get nothing from the government for stimulus. Could I use the money to stimulate the economy? Yes, just as much if not more than the next guy. Does it make me angry that I don't get it because I have a pension check even though it is small and SS? Yes. I have worked my entire life - and worked hard. Just because of this I get nothing. I don't like handouts but so many are getting them that don't need them that I'd like to get my fair share. I would appreciate lower taxes or no income taxes just as much.

I personally would have LOWERED the cut-off AGI to 1/2 that or even $50K for an individual. I would give those under $50K more than $ 14,000. So, I agree that the MOST needy should get the stimulus checks. Unfortunately, the government has to do stimulus in broad strokes. There is no computer program that could perfectly calculate which individuals have the most NEED - yearly AGI is a broad brush that is easy for the government to use. The important thing is that RENTERS were about to be thrown out into the street and the government needed to react QUICKLY. There may be, in the near future, some relief from CV because of the increase in vaccine shots distribution. Hopefully, that brings back jobs. And this stimulus could help the economy to stabilize. It had to be done and I would NOT have voted against it!

OK, but your "small pension" must total $73,128/ year since you only get $1872/year in SS and stimulus checks were given out this time to those with income under $75,000. Then please define "fair share". Do you believe you paid your "fair share" of taxes all your life?

It is a known economic principle that stimulus money given to any higher-income folks often is NOT spent! That money has less "velocity" or good effect on the economy. It is put into savings accounts or gold or some other non-productive-to-the-economy holding place.

However, this was intended as a STIMULUS check, NOT a welfare check. That being said, I would have gone one step further than you. The checks should only go to those whose income was adversely affected by COVID. NOT to those already mooching off the taxpayer on perpetual welfare, NOT to those retired and living off investments that haven't changed. These are the people who will spend the $$$ and stimulate the economy. I struggled to give away the last 2 $600 payments to workers, now I'm stuck with $1400 to give away. I didn't want it, I don't need it, but I'm glad the government put it in my hands so I can direct it to those that do need it, since the government is basically clueless.

That may be the first thing you ever posted that I agree with :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Since you agree with that statement, perhaps you could tell Dr. Boogie just what tax breaks for "the wealthy" the OP was referring to?