Why are us retires getting a check?
 

What a dumb idea! Pay all us retires $1200 for what? I'm not being affected financially at all by the virus pandemic. I will still get my SS check each month along with a pension check.
That money should be going to people that have been put out of work and are in need!

I agree with you completely. That money needs to go to people who really need it. Many have lost their jobs and are suffering. If and when I receive it, I’m seriously considering donating it to a food pantry or something like that.

The check will be based on your income, a good number of people here will receive nothing, as it should be. Last I read, the income would be based on your 2018 returns, don't know it that changed.

There are lots of seniors who barely get by on SS checks and don't have a pension. You are not everyone.

I think the intent is for you to SPEND IT!

It’s then a win-win...helping you and struggling businesses to get people BACK to work.

Agree not everyone here retired with large pensions and or SSI checks, some have also lost their spouses and their incomes so they could certainly use the check when it comes. It's based on your filing income whether or not you get one and how much it will be period .

Why are retirees getting a check? The same reason the Kennedy Center is getting $25 million. Politics.

Don't desire a government check? This, after all the trillions of dollars of American taxpayers monies wasted and stolen? Better in my hands to waste....

Why don't you think of this instead of picking on those on SS...
If your out of work and were making $99,000 a year (that's almost $2,000 a week) you will be getting $2,000 unemployment benefits every week for sitting at home. As Electrician 12 years ago I was making $80+K per/year, when I went on furlough I got $246 per/week not $1,500 from unemployment benefits, $246.00 was the cap at that time, thank God my Union was able to supplement that....

Don’t want your money then donate it to an organization that could use it more than you.

It's working out good for me, just sent IRS 1200 dollars for 2019 taxes.Now I get my 1200 back - even steven

True, but they were in the same situation before this epidemic. The money should be used for those whose situations changed DUE TO the epidemic.

Have you not noticed the number of seniors working here in The Villages? Many are doing so to supplement their SSI and may be affected due to business and restaurant closings. I bet they do not qualify for unemployed payments so the $1200 will be a big help!

If you do not need the money donate it to a church or local food bank. I am sure they will be very appreciative of you donation.

That would be super simple to figure out, probably take only a year or two.

A decade or two if the GAO tries to figure it out:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

"FREEDOM" and "LAWS" are difficult for some to conceptualize. I think the whole Bill is 50% pork - and it puts us further into future Bankruptcy. But I'm not going to tell anyone what to do with their "GIFT". If you like, donate it . . . .

give it to your kids

give it to the homeless :bigbow::clap2::clap2:

You don’t have to cash it. Or are just mad others are getting it? Just cause you and I don’t need it don’t mean every retiree in the same boat.

If you think it's such a dumb idea, return the check!
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As a lover of irony, I will use money given to me by the federal government to pay for certain products deemed illegal by said federal government but allowed under Florida law.

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give it to me ,I NEED IT:pray:

So, explain how they are effected financially by the virus. Still get their SS check.

It sounds like someone is trying to buy votes!

Then give it to those in need to spend.

My God, this is so simple, why is it so hard to understand?

With everything closed, where do you spend it that can help?

I am not 100% sure which side of the fence you are coming down on. It appears you are suggesting people receiving SSI do not need the check because their income situation has not changed. This concept could be expanded further. There are millions of folks that have not lost their jobs and they will be getting the checks as well. Because they have not lost their jobs should they be denied the payment as well?

I think many here will do that.

If you don't need it, think you don't deserve it....now you can just go out and spend that much more than you usually would in the local small businesses in TV.

yes

Election coming Nov, expecting you to vote. That said I agree with you

You’ll have to beat me in one pocket for it:super:

They are on very limited income anything puts them in bind. Evidently Only the poor Would understand?

So, you think career politicians have the answers?

Calculator for coronavirus check

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graph...ck-calculator/

Its pretty simple, based on your 2019 (or 2018) tax return and adjusted gross income

Easy to figure out if you're going to be handing out benjamins at Publix soon :1rotfl:

The payment is based on your income as reported in your 2019 tax return and if you haven't filed it goes to your 2018 return. I agree that most of us don't need it and shouldn't get it but I also agree that those that are currently getting government aid should not. Their income hasn't changed, what they made in 2019 is what they make now so their life and budget doesn't change. The 1200 won't make that much of a difference. If someone is working now they shouldn't get it now but there should be a mechanism that if they lose their job as a result of the virus impact they can file and receive it. Let the bashing begin.

I'm with you, ColdNoMore and I find it interesting no discussion on Socialism with this topic. A government handout usually causes a big blowup on this forum and is not favored.

When I first heard about this potential windfall, I thought it would be a good time to buy the bike I was considering. Then I sat back and thought about all those people and their families that just had their livelihood knocked out beneath them. Cornavirus hits and we worry about no toilet paper. Many people have to worry about how to get food on the table and keep roofs over their heads.

There was 3.8m people who filed for unemployment in one week!! At certain points in each of our lives, most of us could have been in their shoes. These people have to worry about money and a pandemic, simultaenously.

Now these government payments may be needed by some here in the Villages, but many of us can survive without it. Most of us should step up and join ColdNoMore in handing out Benjamins in the next few weeks. Seek out your favorite server or retail clerk that has been laid off. See a hard working hero like a nurse or grocery clerk who is risking their health and hand them a bonus. Is the fitness instructor no longer able to help you...maybe help them. There are any number of ways. You can always give it to a foodbank or similar place of assistance, but in this time, maybe direct assistance will better benefit an individual.

Anyhow...keep safe. We will get through this if we help each other, but it will take a bit to get back to normal or at least the new normal.

So... I was thinking. If you do receive a stimulus check of $1200 or any amount really, if you are comfortable without it, how about investing it in a stock that you like. That would bolster the company, and face it, most are in trouble. This would ultimately pay you a dividend down the road so both the company and you win. Without companies, there are no jobs and without jobs, we become Venezuela.

After 9/11 When Wall Street took a big hit, there was a campaign in New York to buy “just one share” to start rebuilding. I bought one share of Walt Disney stock and to this day I do receive a quarterly dividend. It’s not much, change really, but it was something to show support after a really tough time. We are facing a horribly rough time head of us.